Start Pill
This article showcases our top picks for the best San Francisco based Music Based companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Music Based industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top San Francisco Music Based Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
TuneIn
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From live sports & local radio to news, music & podcasts, TuneIn is one of the most widely used streaming audio platforms in the world.
Smule
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Smule develops music-making apps that connect people online.
Patreon
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Patreon is an online platform connecting musicians and other artists with their fan base.
Mixhalo
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Mixhalo is a real-time audio platform that delivers an immersive experience for live events.
Fourthwall
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Fourthwall is all about artists, it is a service that allows creators to easily create their website where fans can help target them.
Merchbar
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Merchbar is an operator of an online marketplace used to be used for selling music band merchandise.
Audioshake
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AudioShake uses AI to help artists and labels open songs up to new revenue opportunities.
Castbox
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Castbox is a global podcast platform that enables anyone to easily find, access, create and enjoy spoken audio content.
Songclip (Audiobyte)
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Songclip is the first Social Music API, offering a SaaS technology platform for integrating licensed music on social and digital platforms.
Gimme Radio
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Gimme Radio is a digital music platform designed for passionate music fans.
Feed Media Group
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Feed Media Group is for businesses that need licensed popular music to create engaging customer experiences.
Bandcamp
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Bandcamp is an online music store and a promotion platform for independent artists.
Penrose Studios
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Penrose is a group of artists, engineers and storytellers pushing the boundaries of virtual and augmented reality.
Descript
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Descript is building a platform for creative tools, making audio and video creation as fast, accessible, and collaborative as Google Docs.
Dubset Media Holdings, Inc.
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Solving complexities behind rights-holder identification, licensing and distribution associated with derivative content across all media
Gigwell
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Gigwell is building the next generation collaborative gig booking platform for live entertainers and venues.
Perform
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The most personalized running program, ever. Perform uses AI and personal coaching to help you reach your running goals.
8tracks Radio
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8tracks is an internet radio and social network that streams user-curated song playlists that contain at least 8 tracks.
Bandpage
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BandPage is the distributed marketplace that musicians use to engage and sell to fans across the largest music services in the world
Tunelark
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Tunelark is an internet company that provides online music learning services.
Audius
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Audius is creating a fully decentralized community of artists, developers, and listeners collaborating to share and defend music.
The ONE Music Group
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Using technology to improve the musical experience, we embody the concept of classic + smart.
Nasdisc
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Nasdisc is an online marketplace that offers vinyl records, cassettes, and CDs.
The Social Radio
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The Social Radio allows you to take advantage of your time while driving, having breakfast, running and so on.
Jamiphy
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Jamiphy is a music video application for people to post their own short, live-music videos.
DistroKid
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DistroKid is a service for musicians that puts their music into online stores so that people can buy it.
The Music Fund
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The Music Fund provides capital to musicians and allows investors to gain exposure to the music industry through an investment fund
PonoMusic
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PonoMusic is a company founded by Neil Young and sells high quality audio players and recordings.
Humm.ly
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Humm.ly is making mindfulness fun and motivating through music therapy informed content!
Lomotif
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Lomotif is the video-sharing social networking platform that is democratizing video creation.
Trqk
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Music Royalty Intelligence platform for publishers and creators
Audios
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Audios is the creator of the world’s first completely cableless loudspeaker speaker system.
Acrossio (Across Lab Inc.)
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Ai company providing a context-augmented intelligence platform for high-stakes discussions. #Ideas #Opportunities and #Risks in Enterpises
Creative Action Network
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Creative Action Network is a community of artists and advocates making art with purpose
SoundRex
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SoundRex is building the next generation of sound technology.
Viki
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Viki is a prime-time entertainment to new audiences and unlocks new markets and revenue opportunities for content owners.
Seven Seas Music
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Seven Seas Music is an international music discovery & licensing company.
TastemakerX
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TastemakerX enables users to create and share their music playlists in social networks.
RABBL
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RABBL is a social booking platform for live music. RABBL lets fans prove real demand for potential concerts by reserving tickets in
Tokn Music
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Tokn Music enables artists to generate more revenue streams by selling streaming royalties to fans through our launchpad and marketplace.
Beatrobo
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Beatrobo is a social music player that allows its users to collect and share music and videos from the web.
Tappur
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World’s first industrial quality wearable musical instrument. Watch someone play it to believe it.
BandAndMe
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BandAndMe is a mobile app that lets fans share in the music journeys of their favorite bands.
Ultimate Guitar
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The world’s largest community of musicians paired with an extensive catalog of tabs.
Empire Distribution
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Empire is a digital media distribution company that provides up-to-date social networking outreaches.
INgrooves Music Group
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INgrooves provides digital distribution, marketing and promotion services to music, video and book publishing communities.
Audiodraft
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Audiodraft helps companies outsource their music and audio production to a global community of sound designers and music composers.
Fileblaze
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Fileblaze is a way to transfer and preview large quantities of rich media files such as music, video, and image libraries.
Big Box Labs
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Big Box Labs creates Note trainer lite, a fun sight-reading game that teaches users to recognize music notes.
Bluurp
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Bluurp is a social media app for social media influencers and music artists. Your influence. Your voice.
Dacast
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Dacast offers API-based and easy-to-use streaming solutions to host, manage, monetize and deliver OTT video worldwide.
Ticketweb
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TicketWeb is a self-service online ticketing and marketing company that provides services for venues and event promoters.
Funimate
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Funimate is a smartphone application that enables users to create looping videos and animations with integrated music and text.
Morphe
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Morphe was born in 2008 among the artists and influencers in Los Angeles.
Isolation Network
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Isolation Network is a digital media infrastructure company specializing in distribution of media, marketing and promotion services.
Sessions
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Sessions is a live video streaming platform that connects musicians to a global audience.
Cloudup
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Cloudup is a photo, video, and document sharing service.
Tronic.fm
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SaaS publishing and management platform for creatives and the businesses that surround them in the music industry.
Fanpop
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Fanpop is a network of fan-driven communities passionate about pop culture and entertainment.
Muzico International
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Muzico is a crowdfunding platform that enables artists to launch self-service campaigns for the advancement of their careers.
Snibbe Studio
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Snibbe Studio is pioneering a new interactive music platform for people to socially engage with visual music.
Focus@will
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Focus@will offers a web tool that enables its users to concentrate on their work, studies, writing, and reading by listening to music.
Imeem
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Imeem is an online music service that provides fans with access to songs they want.
MetaCritic
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Metacritic provides reviews on films, music, books and game genres to help consumers make entertainment-related decisions.
nugs.net
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Nugs.net Enterprises is a company which develops music apps for iPhone
Amuse Labs
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Amuse Labs is a creator of first-of-its-kind multimedia crossword puzzle platform.
Tunefind
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Tunefind helps you find music from your favorite TV shows and Movies.
The DJ List
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The DJ List, Inc. is a web-based company dedicated to the promotion and awareness of the electronic dance music industry.
JAMR Labs
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JAMR is an interactive video and a music platform that let users merge and share videos.
Authentic Artists
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AI-powered Virtual Artist platform, purpose-built for music, gaming and streaming applications.
SlideWinder
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SlideWinder owns, manages, and sells a portfolio of innovative, patent-pending disruptive technologies for playing musical instrument.
Comedy World
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Comedy World is an entertainment network that produces and broadcasts live talk radio programming.
Blip.fm
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Blip.fm offers a real-time social music discovery service to find, build, listen to and share users’ personal playlists with friends.
Trance
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Trance is bringing technology and dance together.
Listen
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Listen.com is an on-demand and radio streamed and online music subscription service in the United States.
Imagine Research
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Imagine Research identifies and labels sounds, making media files searchable and adds a set of ears to computers and mobile devices.
Intercept Music
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Intercept Music is a marketing and advertising company that specializes in music distribution, music marketing, and social media marketing.
JamLegend
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JamLegend is an online, browser-based music video game.
LessThan3
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LessThan3 is a movement to bring about needed changes in the world of music, specifically through the marriage of music and technology.
Sitch
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Sitch shows you everything fun that is happening around you right now. Find festivals, fun runs, live music performances.
Pop-Up Magazine
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Pop-Up Magazine is a live magazine — an evening of new, reported stories, photography, film, radio, and music, all mixed together.
Star Wars
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Star Wars is one of the world’s leading film and entertainment companies.
Rocket Network
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Rocket Network provides online music recording studios.
Controlla
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Controlla is a technology company that offers mobile-first augmented reality music creation tools.
DJ TechTools
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The #1 resource for DJ technology, digital DJ tips, tutorials, and news about DJ controllers and devices.
Outside Lands
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Outside Land is a mobile apps developer company and has developed applications related to music programs.
Monster Store
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Monster is leading manufacturer of Headphones, Speakers, HDMI Cables.
Vitaminic
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Vitaminic was one of the firts Digital Music Platform in Europe, founded in 1999, it had from the start an international footprint with
Beast
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Beast specialize in editorial and visual FX for the advertising, digital and music industries.
GoodGame
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GoodGame is an agency dedicated to serving the needs to pro-gamers and brands looking to be involved in the eSports industry.
LipMemo
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LipMemo is a video sharing, social network and music platform to create short videos.
JamBase
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JamBase is an online database of live music, show listings, ticket information and tour dates of artists and venues around the globe.
