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We’ve ranked the top 26 Music Streaming companies in San Francisco, California. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Music Streaming Companies & Startups (San Francisco, California)
Feed Media Group
Feed Media Group is for businesses that need licensed popular music to create engaging customer experiences.
Founder(s): Eric Lambrecht, Jeff Yasuda, Lauren Pufpaf
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Music, Music Streaming
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Gimme Radio
Gimme Radio is a digital music platform designed for passionate music fans.
Founder(s): David Rosenberg, Jon Maples, Tyler Lenane
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, Internet Radio, Music, Music Streaming
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Beats Music
Beats Music is a website providing online music streaming service, centered around curated playlists created by musicians and music writers.
Founder(s): Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Android, Internet, iOS, Music, Music Streaming
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Perform
The most personalized running program, ever. Perform uses AI and personal coaching to help you reach your running goals.
Founder(s): Christian Mathiesen, Eric Brownrout
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Fitness, Music Streaming, Software
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Playlist Media
Playlist is a fully licensed, ad-supported music streaming service that generates 10 times the user engagement of Pandora and Spotify.
Founder(s): Karen Katz, Steve Petersen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Internet, Machine Learning, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Music Streaming, Social Media, Social Network, Software
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Scout FM
Scout FM is a hand-curated podcast radio stations personalized with the power of data and artificial intelligence.
Founder(s): Cara Meverden, Daniel McCartney, Saul Carlin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Internet Radio, Machine Learning, Music, Music Streaming
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Mixhalo
Mixhalo is a real-time audio platform that delivers an immersive experience for live events.
Founder(s): Ann Marie Simpson, Mike Einziger
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Audio, Consumer Electronics, Enterprise Software, Media and Entertainment, Music, Music Streaming, Software
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DistroKid
DistroKid is a service for musicians that puts their music into online stores so that people can buy it.
Founder(s): Philip Kaplan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Content Creators, Independent Music, Internet, Music, Music Streaming
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bop.fm
bop.fm is a YCombinator-backed music technology company.
Founder(s): Shehzad Daredia, Stefan Gomez
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Music, Music Streaming
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Seven Seas Music
Seven Seas Music is an international music discovery & licensing company.
Founder(s): Brooke Wentz
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, Independent Music, Media and Entertainment, Music, Music Streaming
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Dacast
Dacast offers API-based and easy-to-use streaming solutions to host, manage, monetize and deliver OTT video worldwide.
Founder(s): Stephane Roulland
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Audio, Broadcasting, Developer APIs, Music Streaming, Video, Video on Demand, Video Streaming
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Snapwave
Snapwave is a community platform that combines music and photography to create visually engaging music experiences for its users.
Founder(s): Akshay Kolte, David Blutenthal, Jan Kukka
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Content Marketing, Music, Music Streaming, Photo Sharing
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Sessions
Sessions is a live video streaming platform that connects musicians to a global audience.
Founder(s): Charles Ju, Gordon Su
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Music, Music Streaming, Video Streaming
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Listen
Listen.com is an on-demand and radio streamed and online music subscription service in the United States.
Founder(s): JP Lester, Rikk Carey
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Internet, Internet Radio, Music, Music Streaming, Subscription Service
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Wolf – Band Radio
Ascolta ovunque dal Web.
Founder(s): Anson Tsai, Luxiou Chen, Sachin Rekhi
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Music, Music Streaming
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Mixwit
Shareable Mixtapes
Founder(s): Michael Christoff, Radley Marx
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: File Sharing, Music, Music Streaming
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Sample Focus
Sample Focus is a sound library in the web.
Founder(s): Daniel Trostli
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Audio, Internet, Music Streaming
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Siavash Records
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Founder(s): Siavash Shahsavari
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Audio, Brand Marketing, Internet Radio, Multi-level Marketing, Music, Music Education, Music Label, Music Streaming, Music Venues, Personal Branding
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Rexly
Rexly is an app for iOS devices that allows users to play music from their iTunes library and share them on Twitter or Facebook.
Founder(s): Bradley Lautenbach, Joel Resnicow, Kyle Fleming
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Applications, Music, Music Streaming
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Kdfc Radio
Kdfc Radio is a broadcast station that offers a wide range of classical music and playlists by live streaming.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Broadcasting, Internet Radio, Music, Music Streaming
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New Albion Records
New Albion Records is a musical ensemble.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Media and Entertainment, Music, Music Label, Music Streaming
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Songstream
Songstream is a free music streaming app helping users discover music, follow curated playlists, and organize songs into personal playlists.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Music, Music Streaming
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ArifZefen
ArifZefen is an Ethopian music streaming app for both iOS and android platforms
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Music, Music Streaming
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Gidi
Music
Founder(s): Great Anthony
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Events, Information Technology, Music, Music Streaming, Social Media, Social Network, Ticketing
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The Beta Lounge
The Beta Lounge online music showcase that also provides live shows for independent artists.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Music, Music Streaming
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gigzee
Gigzee is the way to find local live music, not the big and pricey events, but the local neighbourhood gigs happening.
Founder(s): Shantanu Bhardwaj
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Events, Music, Music Streaming
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