Radar · Music Tech in California
Best Music Tech Companies in California, United States
The 566 best Music Tech companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Triller.
By Sweetie IyerMarkets & Momentum
566companies tracked
$2.9Bdisclosed funding
2unicorns
163have raised
Ranked: Best Music Tech companies in California
| # | Company | App-install YoY | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bandcamp Online retailer of digital music, vinyl records, and related merchandise | +20% | $40M | 66 mo ago | 196 | Neal Tucker Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+15 | — | — |
| 2 | StarMaker Karaoke app with AI effects, lyrics, and singing skill improvement | +16% | $43M | 91 mo ago | 418 | — | SentryNode.jsGoogle Sign-in+12 | — | 1 job opening |
| 3 | TREBEL Music download and streaming app | +13% | $30M | 51 mo ago | 17 | Luis Durazo Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 4 | Smule Developer of social music creation and sharing apps | +2% | $211M | 42 mo ago | 77 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+34 | 253 patents Collaborative music creation and real-time audio‑visual processing with latency and pitch synchronization | — |
| 5 | AiMi AI-based platform offering personalized music to listeners | +2% | $20M | 54 mo ago | 19 | Edward Balassanian CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPress Site EditorWordPress+28 | 55 patents AI-driven personalized music generation and interactive composition systems | — |
| 6 | TuneIn Subscription-based broadcast radio channel aggregator | +1% | $98M | 106 mo ago | 137 137 → 185 (+35%) | Richard Stern Chief Executive Officer | SentryAtlassian StatuspageApple iCloud Mail+31 | 6 patents Location-based media streaming and interruption prediction for personalized broadcast delivery. | 3 partnerships |
| 7 | Create Music Group 🦄 Provider of diversified solutions for artists and labels | — | $165M | 3 mo ago | 350 | Jonathan Strauss Co-Founder and CEO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+14 | — | — |
| 8 | beatBread Online music funding platform 69Funding top 18%News top 28%Growth top 30%Tech top 32% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Newstop 28% Growthtop 30% Techtop 32% Talenttop 32% Moattop 39% Marketbottom 45% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $134M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 16 tracked, 3 types) · +100% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | — | $134M | 10 mo ago | 43 | John Haller Co-Founder | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365MUI+27 | — | — |
| 9 | EVEN Online platform offering music store and fan engagement solutions | — | $12M | 7 mo ago | — | Alvaro Ramírez Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 10 | Musical AI AI-powered music rights management platform | — | $4M | 5 mo ago | — | Nicolas Thomas Co-Founder & CTO | Framer SitesReactMixpanel+8 | 4 patents Audio‑enhanced video creation UI and social sharing platform for multimedia content | — |
| 11 | Audioshake Developer of audio separation and stem creation software for various uses | — | $5M | 9 mo ago | 5 | Jessica Powell Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowStripeMicrosoft Clarity+13 | 9 patents AI-driven audio segmentation using magnitude spectrograms for speech/music analysis | 1 partnership |
| 12 | Mogul Platform offering diversified solutions for musicians | — | $2M | 6 mo ago | — | Joey Mason Co-Founder | Node.jsClerkRadix UI+17 | 4 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 13 | Songtradr Online music and sound licensing platform for commercial usage | — | $169M | 30 mo ago | 95 | — | SanityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+34 | 3 patents Optimizing web interaction speed and automating intellectual property valuation analytics | — |
| 14 | We Are Giant Music community platform offering fan engagement solutions | — | $14M | 20 mo ago | 14 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Triller 🦄 Mobile-based music video creation and social sharing platform | — | $400M | 45 mo ago | 86 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | — |
| 16 | Stem Disintermedia Digital rights management platform | — | $42M | 35 mo ago | 72 | — | GSAPNetlify FormsjQuery+9 | — | — |
| 17 | Gumroad Marketplace for artists for selling digital content | — | $16M | 27 mo ago | 111 | — | Cart FunctionalityGumroadRuby+21 | — | — |
| 18 | Coop Records NFT-based music store platform | — | $2M | 20 mo ago | — | Cooper Turley Founder | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+20 | — | — |
| 19 | Stanly Platform offering fans worldwide to connect and earn rewards | — | $8M | 24 mo ago | — | Rebecca Leung Co-Founder & CEO | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+16 | — | — |
| 20 | Napster B2B platform offering customizable, branded music streaming and download services | — | $32M | 36 mo ago | 163 | Cameron Parson CEO | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+31 | 47 patents Digital media distribution, peer-to-peer streaming, licensing, and synchronized playback technologies. | — |
| 21 | EngineEars Online marketplace for sound mixing engineers | — | $8M | 27 mo ago | 47 | Derek Ali Founder & CEO | Firebasestyled-componentsEmotion+32 | — | — |
| 22 | AmazeVR Provider of VR music concerts 64Talent top 28%Growth top 30%Innovation top 33%Funding top 33% All 10 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthtop 30% Innovationtop 33% Fundingtop 33% Techtop 33% Producttop 36% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 38% Newsbottom 22% Customersbottom 3% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | — | $42M | 44 mo ago | 49 | Steve Lee Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WixSentryZendesk+19 | — | — |
| 23 | PearPop Monetization-based social platform for content creators | — | $34M | 42 mo ago | 48 | Cole Mason Founder & CEO | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+18 | 9 patents Graph-based digital media management and recommendation systems for content collaboration | — |
| 24 | Studio Online platform providing multi-disciplinary learning solutions | — | $50M | 50 mo ago | 9 | Valentin Perez Co-Founder | SentryFacebook LoginStripe+19 | 47 patents Engineered multispecific antibodies (catabodies) for viral detection and therapy | — |
| 25 | MUZIK Internet first brand offering smart wireless headphones | — | $79M | 83 mo ago | 11 | — | — | 102 patents Wireless audio wearables with advanced UI, networking, and integrated projection technologies | — |
| 26 | Rdio On-demand music streaming service provider | — | $126M | 146 mo ago | 216 | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Sona Online music streaming platform | — | $7M | 30 mo ago | 11 | Laura Jaramillo Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 28 | Pex Video analytics platform | — | $64M | 64 mo ago | 89 | Rasty Turek Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | — | — |
| 29 | MIXhalo Audio streaming platform for streaming events and band music | — | $39M | 54 mo ago | 21 | Vik Singh Co-CEO and Co-Founder | — | 91 patents Real-time wireless transmission optimization and AI-driven live audio processing systems | — |
| 30 | Arpeggi Blockchain-based music creation platform | — | $14M | 40 mo ago | 10 | — | WebflowAmazon Web Servicescore-js+10 | — | — |
| 31 | Beats Music On-demand music streaming platform | — | $120M | 147 mo ago | 174 | — | — | 44 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 32 | EDGE Sound Research Provider of innovative audio speakers | — | $3M | 26 mo ago | 10 | Valtteri Salomaki Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 33 | Slacker LiveOne: Music, podcasts, live events, and more for everyone | — | $62M | 110 mo ago | 50 | — | — | 19 patents Personalized digital media delivery and interactive playback interfaces for audio/video content | — |
| 34 | Muse Group Developer of music-related application | — | $4M | 30 mo ago | — | Eugeny Naidenov Founder & CEO | WebflowZohoAmazon Web Services+15 | — | 3 job openings · 1 partnership |
| 35 | SpinMedia Online community for music and celebrity fans | — | $76M | 140 mo ago | 7 | Anthony Batt Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 36 | CreateSafe Online platform for artist management | — | $5M | 31 mo ago | 13 | Langa Shamba Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 37 | Output Online platform offering music creation software | — | $45M | 67 mo ago | 96 | — | Cart FunctionalitySentryApple iCloud Mail+24 | 3 patents AI-powered audio generation and computer-vision inventory counting data systems | — |
| 38 | Boombox Cloud-based platform offering music collaboration solutions | — | $7M | 36 mo ago | 31 | Vivek Vaidya Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | — | — |
| 39 | Producer Provider of generative AI music agent for creating and remixing songs | — | $4M | 32 mo ago | — | Hayk Martiros Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 40 | Riffusion Open-source AI model for real-time music generation | — | $4M | 32 mo ago | — | Seth Forsgren Founder & CEO | SentryNode.jsRadix UI+13 | — | — |
| 41 | Playlist Powering experiences economy with SaaS solutions for fitness, wellness, beauty | — | $34M | 84 mo ago | 5 | — | DrupalMariaDBPHP+16 | — | — |
| 42 | Amaze Provider of a virtual reality enabled live music concert streaming solution | — | $25M | 62 mo ago | — | Steve Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 43 | Sol Republic Internet first brand offering audio devices | — | $56M | 135 mo ago | 61 | — | PHPApache HTTP ServerMicrosoft 365+5 | — | — |
| 44 | Crossing Minds Developing products and services based on predictive models | — | $15M | 49 mo ago | 7 | Alexandre Robicquet Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 45 | Audius Decentralized Music Streaming Platform | — | $16M | 57 mo ago | 44 44 → 33 (-25%) | — | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15 | — | — |
| 46 | Laylo Online platform offering music distribution and marketing solutions | — | $8M | 44 mo ago | 20 | Sajan Sanghvi Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowGSAPCloudflare Turnstile+13 | — | 3 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 47 | Muverse NFT-based music store platform | — | $6M | 38 mo ago | — | Kent Huang CEO | — | — | — |
| 48 | Songclip Online platform to share music clips in text messages | — | $23M | 63 mo ago | 8 | John Vansuchtelen Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 49 | Flymachine Online live event ticketing marketplace provider | — | $21M | 59 mo ago | 26 | Rick Farman Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 50 | We are Hume Online platform for music promotion | — | $12M | 49 mo ago | 21 | — | Squarespace CommerceCart FunctionalitySquarespace+12 | — | — |
Top 12 Music Tech companies in California
#1
Late Stage · Los Angeles, California · founded 2015 · 350 employees$165Mraised▾
Late Stage · Los Angeles, California · founded 2015 · 350 employees
Provider of diversified solutions for artists and labels. It enables musicians to track their performance and view their earnings. It provides music distribution, rights management and music publishing.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 20k LinkedIn followers — 10.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026PE$450M
- Mar 2026Conventional Debt—
- Jun 2024PE$165M
Founders & team
Investors
Flexpoint Ford, Ares Management, 2 Mile
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud Mail
#2
Series B · Los Angeles, California · founded 2020 · 43 employees$134Mraised▾
Series B · Los Angeles, California · founded 2020 · 43 employees
Online music funding platform. It offers funding options and allow artists to choose their partners and retain complete ownership of their music.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%News
top 28%Growth
top 30%Tech
top 32%Talent
top 32%Moat
top 39%Funding: Raised $134M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series B (Aug 2025)
News: 8 BI events in 12 mo (of 16 tracked, 3 types) · +100% YoY · 2 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Aug 2025Series B$124M
- Aug 2025Conventional Debt—
- Nov 2022Series A$100M
- Feb 2022Seed$34M
Founders & team
Investors
Deciens Capital, Afore Capital, Angel Ventures, IAG Capital Partners, Mucker, Pier Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDocusign
#3
Series A · Los Angeles, California · founded 2022$12.3Mraised▾
Series A · Los Angeles, California · founded 2022
Online platform offering music store and fan engagement solutions. It provides users with a marketplace to buy and sell artists' music, content, tour tickets, merchandise, and more. It provides artists with a direct-to-fan platform to engage and reward their fans.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 22k LinkedIn followers — 11.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Cinq Music) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Series A$10M
- Feb 2023Seed$2.2M
- 2022Seed$100K
Founders & team
Investors
CSA Partners, Gener8tor, Gaingels, VC 414, Arenberg Holdings, Right Side Capital Management
#4
Series A · Los Angeles, California · founded 2023$4.5Mraised▾
Series A · Los Angeles, California · founded 2023
AI-powered music rights management platform. It allows users to create an Al generation licensing and attribution platform to uplift musicians, respect rights holders, and for every music maker.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior Manager, Product Management
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Series A$4.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Heavybit, BDC, Build Ventures
Tech stack
Framer SitesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHstsHttp/3
#5
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2020 · 5 employees$5Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2020 · 5 employees
Developer of audio separation and stem creation software for various uses. The software isolates instruments, dialogue, music, and effects from audio recordings. It provides tools for lyric transcription, alignment, and real-time sound separation. The technology supports mixing, mastering, localization, captioning, interactive audio experiences, and sync licensing. It also facilitates audio analysis, A/V editing, and fan engagement opportunities.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 4.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. OpenPlay Connect) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Aug 2025Series A$19.4M
- May 2023Seed$2.7M
- Oct 2021Seed$2M
Founders & team
Investors
Indicator Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Side Door Ventures, AJR Ventures, Black Angel Group, Peermusic
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted Libraries
#6
Series A · West Hollywood, California · founded 2023$1.9Mraised▾
Series A · West Hollywood, California · founded 2023
Platform offering diversified solutions for musicians. It offers services such as music licensing, music rights management, distribution, royalty management and more.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series A$5M
- Feb 2024Seed$1.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Wonder Ventures, United Talent Agency, Amplify, Creator Partners, Yamaha Music Innovations, Urban Innovation Fund
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCdnjsClerkCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#7
Series E · Santa Monica, California · founded 2014 · 95 employees$169.4Mraised▾
Series E · Santa Monica, California · founded 2014 · 95 employees
Online music and sound licensing platform for commercial usage. It allows music professionals, advertisers, producers to discover artists, songwriters, and built-in catalogs for licensing music. It also allows indie artists to create a profile to showcase their work and license or sell their music to potential commercial buyers.
Funding rounds
- Nov 2023Series E$69.4M
- Jun 2021Series D$50M
- Jul 2020Series C$30M
- Mar 2019Series B$12M
Investors
Regal Funds Management, Aware Super, Perennial, Argo Investments, Greencape Capital, WiseTech Global
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssAnt DesignApple Icloud Mail
#8
Late Stage · Los Angeles, California · founded 2005 · 14 employees$14Mraised▾
Late Stage · Los Angeles, California · founded 2005 · 14 employees
Music community platform offering fan engagement solutions. It provides a platform for fans to connect with their favorite artists. Available on the iOS platform.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 4.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Sep 2024PE$6M
- Nov 2023PE$8M
Investors
Sterling Partners
#9
Triller 🦄Acquired · Los Angeles, California · founded 2015 · 86 employees$400Mraised▾
Triller 🦄
Acquired · Los Angeles, California · founded 2015 · 86 employees
Mobile-based music video creation and social sharing platform. It allows users to create music videos and share them with friends. Users can select a song from the platform and from their devices, and add filters such as slow-motion, speed-up, tempo, and more, to share them with others. It also allows users to share created music videos on multiple social media platforms. The application is available for both Android and iOS devices. It generates revenue through in-app purchases.
Funding rounds
- Aug 2022Series B$200M
- Aug 2022Conventional Debt—
- Oct 2019Series B$28M
- Feb 2018Series A$5M
Investors
Carnegie Technologies, Global Emerging Markets, Falcon Capital Management, ClearVue Partners, Proxima, Fanjul Capital
#10
Series F · San Francisco, California · founded 2008 · 77 employees$210.7Mraised▾
Series F · San Francisco, California · founded 2008 · 77 employees
Smule is an online music karaoke platform that allows users to create, discover, and share music. Users can create, discover, share, participate, and connect with others on the platform. The mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices. Generates revenue through advertisements and in-app purchases.
Funding rounds
- Dec 2022Series F$14.2M
- Apr 2019Series F$31.8M
- Oct 2018Series F$20M
- May 2017Series F$54.4M
Investors
Granite Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, Floodgate, Adams Street Partners, Roth Capital Partners
Tech stack
AdjustAmazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailBootstrap
#11
Acquired · Los Angeles, California · founded 2015 · 72 employees$42.5Mraised▾
Acquired · Los Angeles, California · founded 2015 · 72 employees
Stem works in the digital rights management space for the entertainment industry. It enables its users, the artists to collect money for every song/video they have produced. They track and organize the artist's revenue streams, giving a clear picture of earnings at all times. It frees them from juggling earnings statements from different services and not knowing when your next payment is coming. With Stem artists can upload content, create contracts with collaborators, manage distribution, and monetize their work. They even make it easy to split earnings with shareholders.
Funding rounds
- Jul 2023Venture Debt$250M
- Apr 2022Series C$20M
- Aug 2020Series B$10M
- Jun 2017Series A$8M
Investors
Slow Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Aspect Ventures, Victory Park Capital Advisors, Red Light Management, ROAR
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelFullpage.JsGoogle Analytics
#12
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2011 · 111 employees$16.2Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2011 · 111 employees
Marketplace for artists for selling digital content. It enables creatives like writers, designers, game developers, musicians, artists, and filmmakers to earn money by selling content directly to their audience. It monetizes through a commission.
Funding rounds
- Feb 2024Series A$2.1M
- Mar 2021Series A$6M
- May 2012Series A$7M
- Feb 2012Seed$1.1M
Investors
Accel, SV Angel, First Round Capital, Tuesday Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Big Sky Capital
Tech stack
Amazon AssociatesAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAtlassian StatuspageBuy Me A CoffeeCart Functionality
Funding & investor landscape
$2.9Btotal disclosed funding
168companies funded
313disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Draper Frontier5 rounds
Notable founders
Jonathan Strauss
Co-Founder and CEO · Create Music Group
Alexandre Williams
Co Founder & COO · Create Music Group
John Haller
Co-Founder · beatBread
Peter Sinclair
CEO & Co-Founder · beatBread
Alvaro Ramírez
Co-Founder & CTO · EVEN
Mag Rodriguez
CEO & Founder · EVEN
Nicolas Thomas
Co-Founder & CTO · Musical AI
Sean Power
Co-founder & CEO · Musical AI
Jessica Powell
Co-Founder & CEO · Audioshake
Luke Miner
Co-Founder · Audioshake
Joey Mason
Co-Founder · Mogul
Jeff Ponchick
Co-Founder · Mogul
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 California, United States?
Radar tracks 566 indexable Music Tech companies headquartered in California, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Music Tech companies in California, United States?
The Music Tech companies in California, United States on this list have raised a combined $2.9B in disclosed equity funding across 168 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Music Tech company in California, United States?
Triller is the highest-funded Music Tech company in California, United States, with $400M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Music Tech companies in California, United States are funded?
168 of the 566 Music Tech companies in California, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Music Tech unicorns are there in California, United States?
2 Music Tech companies in California, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in California, United States Music Tech companies?
The most active investors in California, United States Music Tech companies on this list include Y Combinator, 500 Global, Techstars, Alumni Ventures, Boost VC.
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