The BPI, London’s growth agency London & Partners and Abbey Road REDD have unveiled a new cohort of UK music tech companies selected for the 2025 GrowMusic business support programme.
GrowMusic is a 12-week scale-up and business support programme designed for start-ups and founders at the interface of technology and music based in London, the South East or East of England.
Sixteen UK-based companies with music or music-adjacent technologies at the heart of their product have been welcomed to the programme, which launched last year with its first cohort. Running from September to December 2025, the programme will close with a gala showcase of the graduating companies.
The 2025 GrowMusic cohort includes: Alloy, Ampollo, Copper Candle, Creds, Gotobeat, Headsoup, Klef, Melsonic, Memory Tracks, Musiqmesh, Pro Studio Time, PureSound Network, Soule, SphereTrax, The Blues Project and Voice-Swap.
This year’s cohort represents a snapshot of the music technology ecosystem with participating businesses demonstrating innovation across sync, music & wellness, AI, education and more.
GrowMusic was designed by the BPI and Abbey Road REDD. Programme partners include Abbey Road REDD, Anthony David King, Andy Ayim MBE, UK Black Tech and Measure of Music. The 2025 programme has been designed to help early-stage founders grow and road-test their business and ideas.
GrowMusic 2025 will help founders strengthen their products, services and teams. The programme will support participants in recruiting new roles, increasing revenue or investment, and becoming active members of a peer-to-peer network. Founders will also receive mentoring from experienced figures from the sector.
Several key developments have already been reported across the first cohort from 2024, with 20 new jobs created, nine companies reporting increases in revenue, and 21 companies launching new products or services as a result of the programme.
Following support and endorsement from the Grow Music team, cohort companies have reported being nominated for major industry awards, raising over £20 million collectively in new investment, and striking new strategic partnerships.
GrowMusic was launched out of BPI’s Insight & Innovation department in collaboration with London & Partners and Abbey Road REDD. More widely, BPI Innovation offers an invite-only, free tier membership to BPI for start-ups and founders across the world who want to add value to the UK recorded music industry.
We were blown away by the calibre of participants in last year’s inaugural programme
Dr Jo Twist
BPI’s CEO Dr Jo Twist OBE said: “We are honoured to once again be partnering with Abbey Road REDD, Measure of Music, UK Black Tech and Anthony David King to deliver GrowMusic 2025, and are grateful to London and Partners for their funding and continued support.
“We were blown away by the calibre of participants in last year’s inaugural programme, and by the impressive outcomes brought about by their participation in GrowMusic. Last year’s graduates have developed new products and services, created and protected new full-time jobs, and raised an impressive amount of fresh funding.
“As they look to take their businesses to the next level, this year’s cohort will have the chance to learn from some of the greatest minds in music. We’re excited to see the new ideas and innovations that will come about through the programme and wish this year’s participants every success during the twelve weeks and beyond.”
BPI’s director of insight & innovation Leon Neville said: “Music and technology have always existed side by side. The music industry is innovation-focused, forward-thinking and responsive and adaptive to emerging technologies. Through collaborating with our partners and playing an important role in developing a healthy, strong MusicTech ecosystem in the UK, we are attracting more investment, educating the next generation of MusicTech founders and strengthening the quality of products and services that can turbocharge the music industry for the next decade."
Janet Coyle CBE, managing director of Grow London at London & Partners, said: “We are incredibly proud to be delivering GrowMusic for a second time with BPI and Abbey Road REDD – a testament to the success of the programme and the incredible work our partners have done to make support London’s most innovative music technology entrepreneurs. London is a global centre for music, technology, and business growth. Grow Music was created in recognition of this and to provide the support needed for the next generation of music technology companies to thrive.”
Abbey Road’s managing director Sally Davies said: “We’re thrilled to be joining forces with the BPI and London & Partners for GrowMusic 2025, building on the incredible success of last year’s inaugural programme. Abbey Road has always been a home for creativity and innovation. Through our work at Abbey Road REDD, we’re excited to share our experience and support a new wave of entrepreneurs as they bring their technology to life for artists and the wider music-making community.”
Anthony Achille, Abbey Road’s emerging technology & strategy lead, said: “It’s great to be working with our partners again on GrowMusic 2025. The UK is a global hub for music technology, and we're committed to supporting founders on their journey towards success and driving forward a healthy and sustainable music tech ecosystem. I’m excited to begin working with this year’s cohort and I look forward to the twelve weeks ahead.”
PHOTO: GrowMusic’s 2025 cohort photographed at Angel Studios
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