Top Music Startups in 2024

DISCO is on a mission to make music and media workflow as simple, fast and intuitive as possible.

The ROSTR Group is a media and technology company building products that are helping to connect and modernize the music industry. Founded in 2018 by two former Spotifiers - Mark Williamson and Adam Watson - the company began with ROSTR, its flagship product, a comprehensive industry directory and relationship mapping tool. The platform has quickly become a go-to resource for tens of thousands of music professionals around the world. Since then, the company has launched a series of new products designed to help the the music industry work better, including: Jobs by ROSTR, a music industry job board that doesn't suck. Data by ROSTR, providing data to help companies make better decisions. Stack by ROSTR, a curated directory of essential music industry tools and resources. ROSTR Insider, a resource for exclusive industry news, trends, and intel. New Industry Friday, a new music industry newsletter you'll actually want to read, every week Our mission is to help connect and modernize the music industry through cutting-edge technology, data intelligence, and software you'll actually want to use. At its core, much like Google organizes information, The ROSTR Group organizes the music industry, bringing structure and transparency to an often complex and opaque space. We believe that by doing this we can make the industry more accessible, transparent and connected than ever before.

Since launching in 2009, Grindr has grown into the largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. We have millions of users who use our location-based technology in almost every country in every corner of the planet. And we’re still evolving. Today, Grindr proudly represents a modern LGBTQ lifestyle that’s expanding into new platforms. From social issues to original content, we’re continuing to blaze innovative paths with a meaningful impact for our community. At Grindr, we’ve created a safe space where you can discover, navigate, and get zero feet away from the queer world around you. Keep connecting.

Backstage matches creative projects with the best talent. We help staff over 50,000 creative projects a year in film, television, commercials, branded content, theater, experiential marketing and more. At our core is a strong belief in breaking down barriers and providing direct access to the best talent in the creative industry. We’re a team of product centric, analytical and creative problem solvers with a passion for helping our customers make amazing projects together.

Viewers can watch on demand through vevo.com the mobile web, apps for mobile, tablets, TV's or through vevo tv the always on broadcast style linear music channels built by expert human programmers additionally vevo syndicates the catalogue to dozens of sites across the web giving music fans the option to view their favorite programming anywhere anytime.

Melodia is a music search platform for content creators. We want to make it easier for the over 200 million content creators worldwide, whether they’re YouTubers, TikTokers, Instagram users, game developers, or film producers, to find the song that best fits their content.

Q&A is a modern music and technology company co-founded and launched in 2019 by Troy Carter, Suzy Ryoo and J. Erving, who formerly worked together at Atom Factory (the artist management company behind Lady Gaga, John Legend, Meghan Trainor, Kamasi Washington and Charlie Puth). Q&A seeks to power the business the music through technology, tools and services. Q&A is dedicated to creating an ecosystem where the “artist as an entrepreneur” is supported throughout their entire career.

An app dedicated to promoting creators & growing their careers. In-app features: crowdfunding, collab contracts, posting music videos, film, written works, artwork & audio content, networking & educational workshops, including networking events. Allows fans the opportunity to comment on creative works in real-time and provides lucrative opportunities to corporate partners.

Flat, created by Tutteo Ltd, is an online music notation platform that empowers music enthusiasts to create, learn and share music scores, tabs, and lead sheets. We believe that the old fashion sheet music industry has come to a point where it needs to be renewed. Flat is the forefront of a new way to write, teach and consume written music. We proudly support 5M+ composers and music enthusiasts around the world.

Music is severely under-monetized, and creators lose 85-90% to middlemen, so very few people can actually earn a living making music. Controlla makes interactive experiences out of songs for artists that allow their fans to control the music. Artists bring their most engaged, active fans to our community to play these interactive experiences, and this enables direct artist-to-fan and fan-to-fan financial relationships.