Midemlab 2014: the music startups that made it to the final

Midemlab 2014: the music startups that made it to the final

Midem has announced the finalists of its Midemlab 2014 competition which seeks out the most interesting startups working in the music space every year.

The finalists were chosen by Music Ally and bluenove and span across music discovery, marketing and direct-to-consumer categories.

As always there’s a real mix of companies here and the decision is made all the hardest by the presence of companies that are already established and with a wide user base such as Soundwave alongside ones that are just out of closed beta.

Here a complete list:

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