# Crush Music

> Crush Music is a VC fund in New York backing Music and Audio. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crush-music
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/partypupils
- Website: http://www.crushmusic.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whiteseamusic

Crush Music is a music management company that provides services worldwide.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Crush Music. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Crush Music. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/crush-music?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 2 | 67% |
| Audio | 1 | 33% |
| Podcast | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Kruchkow | CMO & Early Stage Investments | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-kruchkow |
| Jonathan Daniel | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-daniel-8b1f |
| Andy Cohen | Head of Crush Ventures | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-kahn-3cf3 |
| Bob McLynn | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-mclynn |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Audioshake | Audioshake makes sound more usable for both humans and machines by separating sound into its component parts. Used by some the world's largest media, entertainment, and tech companies, AudioShake is used in audio editing workflows, Voice AI, and multimodal training. | $2.7M | Seed | May 09, 2023 |  |
| Audioshake | Audioshake makes sound more usable for both humans and machines by separating sound into its component parts. Used by some the world's largest media, entertainment, and tech companies, AudioShake is used in audio editing workflows, Voice AI, and multimodal training. | $2.7M | Seed | May 09, 2023 |  |
| Royal | Royal is a developer of an NFT-based music platform used to allow buy ownership in songs. It also allows artists to create their music and convert it to non-fungible tokens (NFT) and sell them by using limited digital assets (LDA) technology that enables fans to invest in artists and earn royalties alongside them.The company was founded in 2021and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $55M | Series A | Nov 22, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Black Angel Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-angel-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Black Squirrel Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-squirrel-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Indicator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indicator-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Peermusic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peermusic) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Precursor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/precursor-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Side Door Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/side-door-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Crush Music invest in?

Crush Music invests primarily in Music, Audio and Podcast startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Crush Music?

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### Who are the partners at Crush Music?

The team at Crush Music includes Daniel Kruchkow (CMO & Early Stage Investments), Jonathan Daniel (Co-Founder) and Andy Cohen (Head of Crush Ventures). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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