30 Midemlab Music Tech Startup Finalists Announced For Midem 2014
The 2014 Midem gathering takes place February 1 through 4 in Cannes. Among the special events will be Midemlab, a pitch competition for music tech startups and app developers. 30 finalists have been selected that provide an interesting cross-section of current efforts by music tech startups.
Finalists for the Midemlab competition were selected by Music Ally and bluenove. One winner will be selected from each of the following three categories. In addition, one finalist will receive the Vivendi "Coup de Coeur" award, chosen by a "jury of Vivendi and Universal Music Group senior management" and will receive "privileged access to the group’s subsidiaries."
Music Discovery, Recommendation and Creation
Blitzr (France) – Metadata-driven music platform & services
Cubic.fm (Turkey) – Social music discovery platform
Indiloop (Canada) – Cloud-based mash up software
Jukely (USA) – Matchmaker for concerts and friends
Moodsnap (USA) – Image-based music discovery app
Music Gateway (UK) – Unique music Industry business platform
Muzieo (USA) – Mobile-based music discovery service
Nagual Sounds (Germany) – New interactive musical experience
Sound Wand (UK) – Musical instrument of the future
Soundwave (Ireland) – Your music world
Marketing & Social Engagement
Feature.fm by EQuala.fm (USA) – Music promotion network
FanPic by Huggity (Ireland) – Engaging fans beyond the event
Hello Stage (Austria) – Classical music community
Lalilala by Appiway (France) – Singing challenges between friends
LISNR (USA) – Dynamic Audio Content Delivery Platform
Noise Fish (UK) – Online Home of the Music Industry
Rushmore (UK) – Platform connecting artists with fans
Starlize by Mobile Motion (Germany) – Mobile Music Video Creation
Tunespeak (USA) – Musician-to-fan loyalty platform
Vidrack (Canada) – Video Camera on Your Website
Direct-to-Consumer Sales and Content Monetization
3Plet (Estonia) – Music album as an app
10tracks (Russia) – Cloud storage for music collections
BandstandMobile (Ireland) – Artist -To- Fan App Development
Capsule.fm (Germany) – Making your online content audible
Kicktone (Australia) – Social Music Discovery
Metable (UK) – Metadata and Asset Management Platform
Pulpix (France) – Exclusive showcase online services
Screenburn (UK) – Facebook video on demand platform
Songspot (France) – Social jukebox app
Weezic (France) – Augmented Sheet Music
In addition to receiving more attention and feedback while developing additional contacts, winners:
"are announced during a special awards ceremony, receive free access to all Reed MIDEM entertainment shows for one year, gain free legal advice (with Jeff Liebenson from Liebenson Law), benefit from free advertising on midem.com and get extra visibility."
More:
- MidemLab 2013 Names 30 Music Tech Startup Finalists
- Midemlab 2012 Taps 30 Cutting Edge Music Startups
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Great list of contestants!
I’m Looking forward to pitching 3plet at MIDEM, whoever have questions on 3plet, a music album as app – i’ll be happy to answer right here or just tweet me @vladdavy. Kindest, Vlad
I look forward to finding out more about 3plet!
Thanks Clyde! In few words: We bring back the music album feel for musicians, fans and industry. We designed it as an app, which is a communication and sales channel built around such entity as a music album. For your convenience: http://www.strikingly.com/3plet
Really impressive list! Lots going on in the music world for sure:) I came accross one more music startup, they seem to be in their early stages of development:
http://bitbos.com/
The Music World is always trying to find that diamond in the rough.