Top New York Music Startups (33)

Since its relaunch in October 2018, Dubsmash has become the go-to music and dance platform for tomorrow’s entertainers. As ground zero for the biggest challenges, Dubsmash is both an essential part of creators’ toolkits and a secret weapon for artists looking to promote their music. Millions of teens discover the latest songs and use them as soundtracks for ten second...

The Gawker Media Group is the publisher of some of the web's best-loved brands and communities, including the eponymous Gawker and gadget sensation Gizmodo as well as Deadspin, Kotaku, Jalopnik, Lifehacker, and Jezebel. Founded in 2002.

Weav invented an interactive music format that can seamlessly change arrangements, tempo (60-240 BPM), and energy — all in response to the listener, and in real-time. Adaptive music enables entirely new active listening experiences for metaverses, gaming, extended reality (XR), fitness, social platforms, NFT’s and more!

Audio Motion Music offers music supervision services as well as music and media licensing, music production and song selection.

Spirit music was founded in 1995 by a group of music industry rebels who wanted to return music publishing to its hard driving, entrepreneurial, service-and-results-oriented roots. We set out to create a haven for veteran songwriters, buzzing newcomers and other song owners in all genres and from all parts of the world, where mentorship would be encouraged, information shared and...

Stationhead allows music fans around the world to connect, listen live, and stream together.

Proudly independent since 2002, we have offices and production studios in 15 countries, 15 unique labels and a custom music division spearheaded by our team in Los Angeles. From digital campaigns to full film scores, our ambition is simple—to create killer soundtracks for our clients. Let’s create something amazing together.

Audiam is an interactive streaming mechanical royalty collection agency. It gets its music publishing members accurately paid from YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Rhapsody, Beats, Amazon Prime, Mood Music, TouchTunes and other interactive streaming services. We license, police, research, audit, collect and distribute "interactive"​ streaming mechanical royalties.

mtheory provides a modern set of capabilities to managers and their artists, allowing them to to take more control over their careers. mtheory believes in a holistic approach to artist development that prioritizes streaming to build a large, engaged fanbase and optimizes campaigns to maximize revenue in artists' largest earnings areas (typically live music). Our services include marketing, digital and...

WHO WE ARE: We are a producer's playground, delivering music creators the tools they need to bring their ideas to life. With a massive, industry-leading catalog of licensed samples, paired with powerful AI, and access to affordable plugins and DAWS, Splice kicks sound discovery, inspiration, and creative output into overdrive.

Live music starts on Bandsintown. Connect with your most passionate fans on the world’s #1 concert discovery platform, trusted by more than 95M fans and 645k artists. Grow and engage your fanbase, promote your music, drive sales and learn from analytics with Bandsintown for Artists.

Round Hill Music is a full-service, creative music company with a core focus on music publishing.....

Rad NFTV is the first streaming platform powered by NFTs. We invented Non Fungible Television. Rad NFTV’s suite of apps allow you to stream Live TV, Premium Video, and Live Events all unlocked through NFT's. Discover the hottest content in ESports, Music, Comedy, and Sports from companies like Complex, Showtime, The Bob Ross Channel, ESportsTV, Impact Wrestling and more. Rad NFTV’s...

We’re the smart marketing platform for the creative and music industries. Our links route millions of fans across the globe to the content they love, in the apps they love.

Soundcloud is a great music streaming platform, but it doesn't have a download button for the songs. That's where Soundcloud To Mp3 comes in. We are a web tool that helps you download any song released on Soundcloud to your device in MP3 format. We are fast, reliable, and easy to use - just enter the URL of the song...

DoStuff runs 22 local event guides (Do312, DoNYC, DoLA, etc) and a Ticket Membership that drives 60m event attendees a year. Our local teams make us a trusted part of the local scene, and our tech platform ensures we’re introducing people to the best stuff to do. We cover all events, not just those we’re paid to promote, because that...

We build smart marketing and advertising tools for the music industry

Sound Collective is redefining music education and creative collaboration for the modern era. Founded in 2018 and located in New York City's Financial District, we’ve built a vibrant hub for musicians, producers, DJs, and songwriters. With flexible membership options, hands-on learning, and access to professional-grade studios, DJ booths, and hybrid production workstations, we support creatives of all levels in building skills,...

Since 2008 BeatStars has been the pioneering and go-to online music marketplace to connect millions of recording artists and music producers worldwide. BeatStars is also the leading artist discovery tool for all the major and independent labels. Most recently, BeatStars partnered with Sony Publishing to launch its publishing arm on the platform. Now, with over 3 million monthly active users, we've...

Jammer is a music platform with a big innovation: songs are no longer fixed tracks, but interactive experiences. We turn songs into ready-to-go interactive sound boards, where you can dive deep into your favorite music. With major label partnerships in place, Jammer is the leading interactive music platform for the industry—and we’re just getting