Bookable 1-2-1s with industry experts

Founder of Soundwave Strategy – a specialist boutique advisory focused on fundraising and corporate development within the music tech ecosystem.

Former investment banker (10 years across capital raising and M&A) and ex recording artist, Ishaan now works at the intersection of finance and music helping founders build investable grounded in product-market fit.

Focus areas:
Investor readiness: pitch review / development, forecasts, investor mapping and introductions
Narrative, metrics and strategy aligned with what investors want
Business model clarity, GTM planning and funding milestones / requirements
Deal structuring, negotiation and hands on execution support through the raise

Rosanna Connolly – Music Tech PR Specialist

Rosanna Connolly is a communications strategist at the intersection of music tech and culture.

With 13+ years’ experience in music PR including roles at Universal Music and Apple (Music & Podcasts) she now leads Morena Comms, a boutique agency working with forward-thinking companies shaping the future of culture.

Rosanna specialises in strategic PR campaigns thought leadership product launches and founder profiling helping music-tech brands connect meaningfully with audiences and media.

Clients include AI audio tool RoEx fan community platform Levellr and Submix – the new name in real-time music feedback and collaboration.

Chartered (UK) and European patent attorney with 20+ years’ experience. Founder of Russell IP: a growing, Surrey-based patent practice specialising in protecting high-tech and music-tech inventions. Current Chair of the AI Committee of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys. Author of the Patents Rock® book on music tech patents.

Entrepreneurial experience having set up and run several companies, including one he exited. Understands the inventor journey and the value of patents having built and sold a relatively large patent portfolio of his own inventions around drone technology.

Lifelong music lover: musician, home recording, and HiFi enthusiast. Set up DefibFest to raise money for public access defibrillators (PADs) through the power of music.

Managing cash flow and budgets

Planning how long money will last (runway and burn rate)

Setting up royalty payments and understanding revenue streams

Preparing for investment (forecasts, reporting)

Setting prices for products, platforms or services

Setting up  finance systems that grow with the business

Help with VAT, music royalties and tax

Entrepreneur

Bootstrapped through to acquisition

Been through multiple acquisitions with Curve and Downtown

Technology background

Run multiple businesses

Running Leadership Training at Downtown

Made a few investments – although I wouldn’t call myself an investor!

Passionate about helping startups through the twists and turns of building a company

Strategic advice, negotiation and legal services for music tech companies and companies working at the intersection between music, gaming, metaverse, Web 3 and AI

Business Affairs Services on-demand

Commercial strategy for international content licensing

Matt is the Chief Executive of MTUK and is available to discuss ways in which MTUK can develop services, create partnerships and provide support.

Legal expertise in creative and tech sectors: Specialises in business affairs, IP, and contract law, focusing on the creative, media, entertainment, and tech sectors. Offers experienced legal support to solve day-to-day challenges and manage high-stakes projects, having worked with major companies like Sony Music, EMI, and various news producers.

Strategic business support: Provides comprehensive legal guidance on intellectual property creation and exploitation, including content development across all platforms, publishing, advertising, and tech. Skilled in negotiating high-value contracts, standardizing agreements, ensuring compliance, and supporting new business launches.

Innovation and investment: Active in data protection, AI regulation, and innovation, being possibly the first lawyer to mint an NFT. Offers strategic advice, investment insights, and acts as a sounding board for all early-stage companies and is an angel investor mainly focussing on female-founded tech start-ups.

B2B Business Development / Sales

Strategy

⁠⁠Investment readiness

All aspects of global music publishing and music licensing (ex SVP International Business Affairs Warner/Chappell Music)

Collection societies (ex CEO MCPS, IMPEL, PMLL)

Strategy, problem solving, business tactics, business model resilience (founder Laffittes Ltd)

Charity sector (Attitude Is Everything, Suffolk Artlink, Primadonna Festival)

Jon has over a decade of experience working in and around early stage music tech ventures as a founder, advisor and venture builder.

Jon is currently the COO at Figaro, a deep tech startup specialising in Audio Intelligence: training machine learning models to listen to audio.

Prior to Figaro Jon co-founded and ran The Rattle, a community, workspace and venture studio with physical locations in London and Los Angeles, designed to create the conditions for creative entrepreneurs to thrive.

Prior to The Rattle, Jon spent 8 years at Abbey Road Studios which culminated in him founding the Abbey Road Red incubator.

Cliff is a Partner at Lewis Silkin and the founder of their media entertainment team, specializing in digital rights related to music and content, and an expert on the use of music in AI.

Lewis Silkin is a leading law firm in areas such as startups, data, and employment.

Cliff also runs Eleven, an advisory firm where he advises large companies and startups on strategy.

Data governance and rights management strategies for copyright owners and licensees, ensuring compliance, monetisation, and risk mitigation in the evolving digital landscape

Product lifecycle planning at the intersection of law, technology and commerce

Fractional business and legal expertise for start-ups and scale-ups

Music Rights

Industry Relations

Capital Raising

Business models

Navigating the major labels

Future technologies