# AKM

> AKM is a VC fund backing Audio, Music and Analytics. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

AKM is a VC fund focused on Audio and Music. AKM is the Austrian collecting society responsible for the management and licensing of music copyrights. It represents composers, songwriters and music publishers and collects and distributes royalties for the public performance, broadcasting and reproduction of musical works. AKM operates as a member-based organization and collaboratesinternationally with other collecting societies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audio | 1 | 100% |
| Music | 1 | 100% |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| nowon | Developer of AI-based music recognition and reporting infrastructure for the music rights management industry. The company provides mobile-first technology to identify music usage across live performances and digital environments, transforming unstructured audio and setlists into validated, royalty-ready data for collecting societies and rightsholders. |  | Seed | Sep 01, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does AKM invest in?

AKM invests primarily in Audio, Music and Analytics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did AKM last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for AKM closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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