Music Ally SI:X is our annual showcase, contest and mentorship programme for early-stage music startups. We launched it in 2022 – you can read about last year’s winners here – and now we’re delighted to announce the finalists for 2023.

To quickly recap: the contest element to SI:X involves six categories: Music Creation and Hardware; Marketing, Promotion and D2C; Live, Experiential and Gaming; Data, Analytics and Tools; Distribution and Consumption; and then an Other category for startups who don’t fit any of the others.

The contest is for music-related startups founded since the start of 2018, who currently have a headcount of fewer than 200 people. And the 2023 finalists are…

Other
Hall Up (live home recording with premium audio engineers)
IndieKnow (An app that helps self-releasing artists succeed)
Remixology (A platform to help commission remixes and derivative works)
Surf Music (Connecting musicians with ‘willing buyers’ for signings and syncs)
Twelve x Twelve (web3-based investment in music royalties)
Vogum (A tool to help teachers and creators build music education content)