Muso raises $1.

5 million in seed funding

round to grow Australia’s live music scene
By ​Anthill Magazine​ - Oct 29, 2019 ​0

Jeremiah Siemianow, CEO of Muso

Live music marketplace, ​Muso​, announced it has raised AU$1.5 million in a seed

funding round to accelerate growth, expand its operations and build out its core

team over the next 12 months.

Muso was founded in 2018 by co-founders, Jeremiah Siemianow, Brandon Crimmins

and Alan Jin to help up-and-coming local musicians find and book live gigs, while

enabling venues to uncover and access new talent.

The funding round was led by early-stage investment group​ Investible​ and the new

impact investment fund from Alberts,​ Alberts Impact Capital​, who are investing

alongside music company ​Unified Music Group​ and notable angel investors.

What is Muso looking to achieve?

Muso aims to rejuvenate Australia’s live music scene and create as much live music

in as many locations as possible by simplifying the entire end-to-end process for

venues, personal hirers and artists – from discovery to rostering, scheduling,

booking and payment – and giving artists a consistent and easily accessible source

of income from gigs.

Muso’s mission has struck a chord with artists and venues across Sydney, Melbourne

and Brisbane, with over 1800 new gigs created since its launch, 900 gigs booked

and 750 gigs already played.

With venues on board around the country and over 850 artists available for booking,

Muso plans to become the go-to marketplace for booking undiscovered talent and a

springboard for artists launching into professional music careers.

Muso co-founders Alan Jin, Brandon Crimmins and Jeremiah Siemianow

Jeremiah Siemianow, co-founder and CEO of Muso, said: “We started Muso after

realising there was a real disconnect between musicians and venues on a local level.

Many venues struggle to find musicians and DJs, while musicians end up wasting

time and energy securing gigs and chasing payments.

“Live music is hard to organise, especially if you’re not networked or if you’re

time-poor. Because of this, we realised there was a massive lost opportunity for

local live music. We found that if we made live music easier to organise, more
venues would begin hosting it, in turn creating more opportunities for musicians,” Mr

Siemianow added.

Mr Siemianow continued: “We’re thrilled to be working with a group of investors that

cover a broad range of expertise and experience. The deep music industry pedigree

of Alberts Impact Capital combined with the firepower from Investible’s early-stage

fund and network is something we’re incredibly excited about.”

Why has Muso attracted this funding?

David Albert, CEO of Alberts, commented: “We are ​really pleased​ to be partnering

with Muso and its impressive young founders – a company that seeks to create a

positive impact by increasing opportunities for live entertainment, providing artists

with greater access to performance opportunities​ and ensuring artists get paid on

time.​ The investment reflects Alberts heritage, its long association with th