Best Music Tech Companies in South Korea
The 98 best Music Tech companies in South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: MUSICOW.
When you want to map the sharpest Music Tech companies in South Korea by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, 98 tracked companies with $253M in total disclosed capital is a serious place to start. The sector's growing at a ~7.47% CAGR, pulled forward by AI-assisted production tools, cloud-native platforms, and a fast-expanding creator base. Median app-install growth across music and entertainment apps is running at +12% YoY across 436 Play Store titles. That curve is bending upward, and the prize is already substantial.
South Korea's funding picture is concentrated but telling. Musicow alone accounts for $162M of that $253M pool, a dominance that reflects how royalty-backed music assets are rewriting what a music platform can be worth. Makestar and MyMusicTaste each sit at $22M, while Modhaus has pulled $12M backing its data-driven idol model. I find it telling that operators like Laguna Investment, SparkLabs, and NAVER D2 Startup Factory keep circling this space, because smart money tends to follow structural shifts, not cycles. And as modern alternatives to legacy models gain traction globally, Korea's blend of K-pop infrastructure and fintech ambition gives local founders a genuinely differentiated angle to build from.
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Ranked: Best Music Tech companies in South Korea
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | App-install YoY | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kooky App-based social platform for K-Pop fans | — | +54% | 42 mo ago | 12 | — | TurbopackNode.jsApple Sign-in+16 | — | — |
| 2 | KDOL Provider of idol rankings, voting, and advertising services for artists | — | +12% | 3 mo ago | 4 | — | Google Sign-inAmazon ALBGoogle Web Server+9 | — | — |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Genie Music Online Korean music streaming platform | — | +9% | — | 233 | Kim Hoonbae CEO | FlowplayerYouTubeVue.js+13 | — | — |
| 5 | Bugs Online music streaming platform | — | +1% | — | — | Wang Joo CEO | — | — | — |
| 6 | Modhaus Platform developing and managing K-pop artists with fan participation focus | $12M | — | 10 mo ago | 53 | Joseph Baek Co-Founder & EVP | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+20 | — | — |
| 7 | Makestar Crowdfunding services provider for connecting fans with the artists | $22M | — | 20 mo ago | 74 | Jae-myun Kim CEO | — | 5 patents Digital crowdfunding platforms for entertainment media and venue financing | — |
| 8 | Metabeat NFT-based fan engagement platform for music artists | $3M | — | 23 mo ago | 12 | Danny Jeong Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 9 | Memusic Blockchain and AI-based platform for creation and streaming of music | $3M | — | 28 mo ago | 8 | Youngsung C CEO | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+7 | — | — |
| 10 | MyMusicTaste Concert crowdsourcing platform | $22M | — | 103 mo ago | 54 | — | Node.jsFirebasestyled-components+25 | — | — |
| 11 | Infludeo Developer of fan membership platform connecting global K-pop fans with K-pop artists | $2M | — | 35 mo ago | 29 | Steven Kang Co-Founder & Co-CEO | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 12 | Art Together Crowdfunding platform for art trading | $3M | — | 45 mo ago | 20 | Kim Joo CEO | Microsoft ClarityNaver AnalyticsGoogle Analytics+15 | — | — |
| 13 | LABEL Blockchain-based music store platform | $1M | — | 38 mo ago | — | Steve Pruitt Chief Executive Officer | — | — | — |
| 14 | Soribada Digital music store focused on Korean music | $10M | — | 113 mo ago | 21 | Sean Yang Founder & CEO | PHPFacebook LoginNginx+12 | — | — |
| 15 | Supertone AI-based music synthesis and separation solutions provider | $4M | — | 63 mo ago | — | Hoon Heo Co-Founder | WebflowMicrosoft ClarityGoogle Analytics+16 | 4 patents Neural network-driven speech synthesis, singing voice generation, and speech enhancement technologies. | — |
| 16 | CeREELs Online platform offering on-demand music content | $8M | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Music Tech companies in South Korea
#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
Acquired · Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do · founded 2020$3.6Mraised▾
AI-based music synthesis and separation solutions provider. The solution allows users to record and produce music and voice. They obtain voice audio samples, train data processing, model training, and distribute for music creators. The separation solution provides a clear voice for calls and also provides a voice recognition solution. It also provides voice enhancement solutions. The company uses ethical AI technology for its products.
- 2021Series A—
- Feb 2021Series A$3.6M
#12
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.
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