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Music Tech Capital: Where Investors Are Placing Their Bets — New York Music Month

Name: Music Tech Capital: Where Investors Are Placing Their Bets — New York Music Month
Start: 2025-06-25T18:00:00.000-04:00
End: 2025-06-25T21:00:00.000-04:00
Location: New York, New York

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About Event

Join us during New York Music Month for a candid conversation with the investors and partners on the front lines of today's cutting-edge music tech deals.

We'll open with an in-depth overview of the music tech investment landscape from 2020 to 2025, drawing from data on thousands of startups from Water & Music and Perkins Coie. Then, we'll dive into a panel discussion contextualizing this data against the lived experience of active investors navigating today's market realities and identifying tomorrow's breakthrough opportunities.

Speakers

James Lindsay — Managing Director & Co-Head, Growth Advisory, LionTree
Ishan Sinha — Partner, Point72
Sun Jen Yung — Partner & Head of Digital Media, Nfluence Partners
Eitan Hoenig — Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Moderator: Cherie Hu — Founder, Water & Music

What you’ll learn

Deal flow since 2020 — How have music tech check sizes and investment theses have shifted since early COVID?
Where the upside is now — Is it in AI creation tools? Superfan platforms? Live events? Rights infrastructure? Any other white space still waiting for solutions?
NYC’s edge — How does NYC's mix of culture, engineering talent, and capital keeps it at the center of music innovation?
Next steps for founders and industry — What do investors want to see in 2025 fundraises and partnerships?

This event is perfect for:

Music tech founders raising or planning their next round
Industry strategists who need to understand capital flows and competitive dynamics across the ecosystem
Innovation teams at labels & publishers seeking greater clarity on emerging tech
VC analysts & associates refining their music tech investment thesis
Music business educators & researchers connecting market trends to deeper industry transformations

Format

6:00PM–6:30PM: Check-in & open networking (light hors d’oeuvres, full bar + NA options)

6:30PM–7:45PM: Panel + live Q&A

7:45PM–9:00PM: Networking continues

Space is limited — RSVP now to connect with the investors, leaders, and decision-makers shaping music’s next wave.

This event is part of NY Music Month, an initiative of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media + Entertainment.

Special thank-you to our venue host, Perkins Coie, for sponsoring this event.

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