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Best Music Tech Companies in Brooklyn, United States

The 42 best Music Tech companies in Brooklyn, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: UnitedMasters.

42companies tracked
$336.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
8have raised

Ranked: Best Music Tech companies in Brooklyn

#CompanyDisclosed fundingApp-install YoYEmployeesFoundedFounderTech stackRecent signals
1OffTop
Application for music creation
—+16%—2000Sam Hamad
Co-Founder & CEO
——
2UnitedMasters
Empowers independent musicians with distribution, promotion, and brand partnership opportunities
$170M+10%5222017Steve Stoute
Founder & CEO
PHPShaka PlayerVideoJS+33—
3Genius
Crowdsourced embedded annotations for lyrics and web content
$94M+8%2922009—Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+201 partnership
4Song Kick
Online concert marketplace provider
$60M+8%472007—RubyRuby on RailsStimulus+32—
5Weav Music
Software provider for creating and mixing music tracks
$5M—152015Elomida Visviki
Founding Board Member / Cofounder
——
6TuneCore
Platform offering music distribution solutions
$7M—1202005—Facebook LoginGoogle Sign-inAmazon Web Services+20—
7uPlayMe
Platform for sharing & connecting based on the music taste
$1M—2,8732005Dan Pelson
Founder & CEO
——
8Lessonface
Open marketplace for both online and offline music tutoring
$90K—72012Claire Cuningham
Founder
Cart FunctionalityDrupalPHP+221 partnership

Top 8 Music Tech companies in Brooklyn

#1
Series C · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2017 · 522 employees
$170Mraised
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Empowers independent musicians with distribution, promotion, and brand partnership opportunities. It provides premium music distribution services, enabling artists to release music to top music services while retaining full ownership of their masters and royalties. The platform offers promotional tools, marketing resources, and access to brand and sync licensing deals. It connects artists with brands for sync opportunities in movies, TV shows, and ads. The company provides data analytics, marketing, and promotion tools to help artists grow their fan base. It is a tech company that offers a platform for digital music distribution, artist development, and brand partnerships. The platform includes features for managing payouts, applying for brand deals, and accessing artist support. It is a B2C business model.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 56k LinkedIn followers — 26.1% of this cohort's audience · 54 engagements/post (2.3× cohort median)
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2021Series C$50M
  • Mar 2021Series B$50M
  • Nov 2017Series A$70M
Founders & team
Steve StouteFounder & CEOIsaiah McFarlandCEO
Investors
Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz, Floodgate, 21st Century Fox, Apple
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAmplitudeAngularAppsflyer
#2
Acquired · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2009 · 292 employees
$93.8Mraised
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Crowdsourced embedded annotations for lyrics and web content. It provides information on songs, artists, and a lot more through a crowdsourced model. The lyrics are annotated line by line with detailed explanations to song references, and interpretations are provided through crowdsourcing. The platform enables active contributors to get to be editors, moderators, and regulators to improve upon others' interpretations. The platform also provides a leader board for each artist's fans. Users can integrate and annotate any website. The platform has also partnered for integration with Spotify.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 42k LinkedIn followers — 19.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Sprite) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2020Series B$5.8M
  • Mar 2018Series B$15M
  • Nov 2015Series B—
  • Jul 2014Series B$40M
Investors
Detroit Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, SoftBank Capital, Lerer Hippeau, New Enterprise Associates, Fenox Venture Capital
Tech stack
American ExpressApple Icloud MailApple PayCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflare
#3
Acquired · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2007 · 47 employees
$59.5Mraised
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Online concert marketplace provider. It allows artists to sell more tickets on their own site, on Songkick, and across a wide range of partners, including Spotify, YouTube, and BBC Music.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2016Series C$15M
  • Dec 2015Series C$10M
  • Jun 2015Series C$16.7M
  • Mar 2012Series B$10M
Investors
Sequoia Capital, Access Industries, Index Ventures, Betaworks, Y Combinator, TAG
Tech stack
33AcrossAdobe AnalyticsAdobe Audience ManagerAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAdobe Experience Platform LaunchAmazon Advertising
#4
Deadpooled · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2015 · 15 employees
$5.1Mraised
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Software provider for creating and mixing music tracks. Offers Weav Mixer, for creating tracks and Weave Player, that provides SDK to integrate with the applications. Provides solutions for sports, dancing, DJing, video games, kids games, augmented and virtual reality.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2019Series A$5M
  • May 2017Seed$120K
Founders & team
Elomida VisvikiFounding Board Member / Cofounder
Investors
King River, Peloton, Passion Capital, Rivet Ventures, Techstars, CSC Upshot Ventures
#5
Acquired · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2005 · 120 employees
$7Mraised
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Platform offering music distribution solutions. It enables artists to manage the digital distribution of their music on various platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Google Play Music, YouTube, and more. It provides royalties to artists based on their music selling on multiple platforms. It also provides a tool for fan engagement over social media and fan reviews. Generates revenue through music selling and yearly subscriptions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 106k LinkedIn followers — 49.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2008Series A$7M
Investors
Opus Capital
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-Js
#6
Series A · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2005 · 2873 employees
$1Mraised
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Uplayme is a desktop application to let a user connect with people through shared tastes in music. The company uses a recommendation engine, looking at the music you’ve played and letting you contact other users who have recently played the same music. It also works for videos, including those watched on YouTube, and other digital content, such as movies and TV shows.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2007Series A—
  • 2006Seed$1M
Founders & team
Dan PelsonFounder & CEO
Investors
Warner Music Group, Village Ventures
#7
Seed · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2012 · 7 employees
$90Kraised
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Open marketplace for both online and offline music tutoring. Students can find, message, book and meet the teachers through the virtual video platform.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 724 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. John C. Campbell Folk School) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2013Seed$90K
Founders & team
Claire CuninghamFounderAshford TuckerCo-Founder
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsDatadogDrupalGoogle Call Conversion Tracking
#8
Seed · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2023 · 9 employees
—raised
▾

Online music streaming platform. It allows users to edit the pitch and speed of their tracks, add password protection, and share links for unreleased music.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers · 75 engagements/post (3.2× cohort median)
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Seed—
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Shine Capital

Funding & investor landscape

$336.5Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
26disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Andreessen Horowitz3 rounds
Betaworks2 rounds
Lerer Hippeau2 rounds
Y Combinator2 rounds
21st Century Fox1 rounds
AFSquare1 rounds
Access Industries1 rounds
Alexis Ohanian1 rounds
Alphabet1 rounds
Alumni Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Steve Stoute
Founder & CEO · UnitedMasters
Isaiah McFarland
CEO · UnitedMasters
Elomida Visviki
Founding Board Member / Cofounder · Weav Music
Dan Pelson
Founder & CEO · uPlayMe
Claire Cuningham
Founder · Lessonface
Ashford Tucker
Co-Founder · Lessonface
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 19,157,132 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Music Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Music Tech companies are there in Brooklyn, United States?
Radar tracks 42 indexable Music Tech companies headquartered in Brooklyn, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Music Tech companies in Brooklyn, United States?
The Music Tech companies in Brooklyn, United States on this list have raised a combined $336.5M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Music Tech company in Brooklyn, United States?
UnitedMasters is the highest-funded Music Tech company in Brooklyn, United States, with $170M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Music Tech companies in Brooklyn, United States are funded?
7 of the 42 Music Tech companies in Brooklyn, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Music Tech unicorns are there in Brooklyn, United States?
None of the Music Tech companies in Brooklyn, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Brooklyn, United States Music Tech companies?
The most active investors in Brooklyn, United States Music Tech companies on this list include Andreessen Horowitz, Betaworks, Lerer Hippeau, Y Combinator, 21st Century Fox.
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