Best Music Tech Companies in Seoul, South Korea
The 60 best Music Tech companies in Seoul, South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: MUSICOW.
Ranked: Best Music Tech companies in Seoul
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | App-install YoY | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mnet Plus Online platform offering to connect with artists and fans | — | +72% | — | — | Yoon Hyun CEO | WebflowSentryReact+19 | — | — |
| 2 | Kooky App-based social platform for K-Pop fans | — | +54% | 43 mo ago | 12 | — | TurbopackNode.jsApple Sign-in+16 | — | — |
| 3 | Likey Subscription-based monetization solution for content creators | — | +40% | — | — | Minjoo Yoo CEO | — | — | — |
| 4 | KDOL Provider of idol rankings, voting, and advertising services for artists | — | +12% | 4 mo ago | 4 | — | Google Sign-inAmazon ALBGoogle Web Server+9 | — | — |
| 5 | MUSICOW Fintech platform that enables users to buy and sell fractional ownership of music rights | $162M | +10% | 37 mo ago | 92 | Daekyoung Seo CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+12 | 6 patents NFT-driven copyright indexing and rights management for digital media | 1 job opening |
| 6 | Pinply App-based social platform for music enthusiasts | — | +10% | — | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Genie Music Online Korean music streaming platform | — | +9% | — | 233 | Kim Hoonbae CEO | FlowplayerYouTubeVue.js+13 | — | — |
| 8 | Media scope Diversified music streaming, discovery and distribution platform | — | +5% | — | — | Gi Geum CEO | — | — | — |
| 9 | Modhaus Platform developing and managing K-pop artists with fan participation focus | $12M | — | 11 mo ago | 53 | Joseph Baek Co-Founder & EVP | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+20 | — | — |
| 10 | Makestar Crowdfunding services provider for connecting fans with the artists | $22M | — | 21 mo ago | 74 | Jae-myun Kim CEO | — | 5 patents Digital crowdfunding platforms for entertainment media and venue financing | — |
| 11 | Metabeat NFT-based fan engagement platform for music artists | $3M | — | 23 mo ago | 12 | Danny Jeong Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 12 | Memusic Blockchain and AI-based platform for creation and streaming of music | $3M | — | 28 mo ago | 8 | Youngsung C CEO | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+7 | — | — |
| 13 | MyMusicTaste Concert crowdsourcing platform | $22M | — | 104 mo ago | 54 | — | Node.jsFirebasestyled-components+25 | — | — |
| 14 | Infludeo Developer of fan membership platform connecting global K-pop fans with K-pop artists | $2M | — | 36 mo ago | 29 | Steven Kang Co-Founder & Co-CEO | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 15 | Art Together Crowdfunding platform for art trading | $3M | — | 46 mo ago | 20 | Kim Joo CEO | Microsoft ClarityNaver AnalyticsGoogle Analytics+15 | — | — |
| 16 | LABEL Blockchain-based music store platform | $1M | — | 39 mo ago | — | Steve Pruitt Chief Executive Officer | — | — | — |
| 17 | Soribada Digital music store focused on Korean music | $10M | — | 113 mo ago | 21 | Sean Yang Founder & CEO | PHPFacebook LoginNginx+12 | — | — |
| 18 | CeREELs Online platform offering on-demand music content | $8M | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Music Tech companies in Seoul
#1
Series B · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2021 · 53 employees$12Mraised▾
Platform developing and managing K-pop artists with fan participation focus. It aims to integrate fans into key production stages through communication. The agency focuses on creating a fan-centered entertainment system. It collaborates with creators in IT areas for group projects.
- Aug 2025Series B$15M
- Nov 2023Series A$8M
- May 2022Seed—
#2
Series D · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2015 · 74 employees$22.3Mraised▾
Developer of a music crowdfunding platform designed to support multiple projects related to Korean pop music. The company's platform connects Hallyu stars with fans worldwide and also helps them meet with global fans and advance overseas, enabling fans to communicate with the stars and participate in the content production process.
#3
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2017 · 92 employees$162.5Mraised▾
Fintech platform that enables users to buy and sell fractional ownership of music rights. It allows investors to participate in the music industry through a public auction or online marketplace. The company's innovative approach enables creators to monetize their music assets and provides a new way for investors to access the music market. With a focus on modern music and a growing user base, it is poised to disrupt the traditional music industry model.
- May 2023Series C$46M
- Dec 2020Series B—
- Apr 2020Series B$5.8M
#4
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2021 · 12 employees$3.3Mraised▾
NFT-based fan engagement platform for music artists. It enables fans to buy and sell the NFTs of their favorite artists. It also identifies and monetizes the interactions of fans on social platforms.
- Jul 2024Seed$3M
- Oct 2022ICO$287.1K
- Aug 2022Seed—
#5
Funding Raised · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2020 · 8 employees$2.9Mraised▾
Developer of online music streaming application designed to offer an inclusive ecosystem through a multitude of services. The company's blockchain-based platform personalizes users' experience with the music ecosystem through high-quality music streaming, music feeds, and community and also allows artists, users, and companies to participate in transparent payouts, incentivized activities, and decentralized governance.
- Feb 2024ICO$2.9M
#6
Series C · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2013 · 54 employees$22.3Mraised▾
MyMusicTaste is a crowdsourcing platform for music and live events. Lets music fans request their favourite artist to the city of their choice and state at how much they're willing to pay to see that artist. Works directly with event planners and artists. Charges a commission on tickets sold on the platform along with a fee for promoting the events.
- Nov 2017Series C$11M
- Jan 2016Series A$10M
#7
Series A · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2020 · 29 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Developer of fan membership platform connecting global K-pop fans with K-pop artists. It offers users an app Pocar Market -which provides exclusive content and private messages from Kpop artists. The application is available on both Android and iOS platforms.
- Jun 2023Series A$1.5M
- Jan 2022Seed—
#8
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2018 · 20 employees$3Mraised▾
Crowdfunding platform for art trading. It provides users with a platform where buyers can jointly purchase expensive works of art and manage them using a state-of-the-art security system. It also offers partial ownership of works that can be purchased or sold through sculptural transactions between members.
- Aug 2022Seed$3M
#9
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2020$1.3Mraised▾
Blockchain-based music store platform. It enables users to learn, invest, and incubate in music NFTs. The company offers an NFT infrastructure with a permissionless P2P incubation platform to invest in IP rights.
- Apr 2023Seed—
- Dec 2021ICO$1.3M
#10
Public · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2000 · 21 employees$10.1Mraised▾
Soribada is digital music store focused on Korean music. Initially, it was the first Korean peer-to-peer file-sharing service, launched in 2000 as a Napster clone. It was closed in 2002 by court order but continued to be distributed with a stipulation that its users were responsible for any of the files downloaded. In early 2006, it settled with record labels and copyright owners and it turned into a commercial music download service.
- Jan 2017Post IPO$4.2M
- Dec 2016Post IPO$5M
- Sep 2016Post IPO$903.9K
#11
Early Stage · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2019 · 24 employees$7.9Mraised▾
Online platform offering on-demand music content. The platform allows musicians, artists, and studios to publish their music content on the platform.
#12
Seed · Seoul, Seoul · founded 2021$51.9Kraised▾
NFT-based fan engagement platform. It provides users with digital music collectibles from various artists and bands. It also enables users to purchase NFT-based concert tickets.
- Mar 2023Seed$51.9K
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