What mewo.io does

Mewo is a Paris-based AI-powered B2B music sync ecosystem founded in 2018 that operates a marketplace and workflow platform for commercial music licensing. The company serves both sides of the sync industry: music supervisors, agencies, broadcasters, and creative teams on the demand side, and labels, publishers, libraries, and sync representatives on the supply side. As of the most recent disclosures, Mewo counts 600+ companies and 10,000+ users on the platform, with operations in France and Japan and global web-based access.

The product suite follows a platform-plus-four-modules architecture: Sync (AI search engine for music discovery with natural language and similarity search), Meta (collaborative catalog back office), Modo (custom branded website builder for catalogs), and Maia (the proprietary in-house AI engine trained for six years across more than 1.5 million tagged tracks). The underlying technology combines audio analysis (mood, genre, tempo, structure, instrumentation) with multimodal capabilities including video auto-edit (Magic Preview), and supports catalog ingestion via DDEX, API, CSV, and integrations with digital distributors. Real-time Market Insights and Gap & Trend Insights extend the AI into analytics for catalog strategy.

Revenue is generated primarily from right-holder subscriptions (Starter tier at 49 EUR/month for up to 2,450 tracks, with overage at 0.02 EUR per additional track) and commission on direct license sales facilitated through the platform; music buyers access the platform for free under a freemium model. Go-to-market blends eligibility-verified self-serve onboarding, product-led growth through collaborative team features, and direct enterprise sales via Calendly demo booking. Named enterprise customers include Sony Music Entertainment, Dentsu Music and Entertainment, Prodigious, Believe, Kitsune Musique, and Kaptain Music. The company appears to be privately held and largely bootstrapped, with a single disclosed seed round of approximately $788K in January 2022 and a headcount of 1-10 employees.

Name

mewo.io

Legal name

Mewo

Website

https://mewo.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mewo is a Paris-based AI-powered B2B platform, founded in 2018, that connects music supervisors and right holders to source, manage, and license commercial music. Its proprietary Maia AI enables tagging, similarity search, and video-fit editing across a catalog serving 600+ companies globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Sync Licensing Platform

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Sync Marketplaces & Licensing Platforms (MPAIALAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sync Licensing Agencies & Representatives (MPAIALAA)

Keywords

• Music sync licensing
• AI music search
• Catalog management platform
• Music rights licensing
• Sync supervision platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Starter Subscription - Right Holders: Monthly subscription at 49 EUR for right holders covering up to 2,450 tracks. Additional tracks billed at 0.02 EUR per track. Includes catalog sharing, management, AI-powered search, and inbound licensing request features.
2. Scale Commission - Direct License Sales: Commission-based model enabling direct license sales through Mewo platform and license pipeline. Revenue generated on completed transactions through the platform.
3. Usage-based Overage: Overage charges for tracks exceeding the 2,450 track limit on Starter plan at 0.02 EUR per additional track.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mewo operates an AI-powered B2B music sync ecosystem that connects music right holders (labels, publishers, libraries) with music buyers (supervisors, agencies, broadcasters, advertisers) to source, manage, pitch, and license commercial music. The platform is built around four modules: Sync (AI-driven music discovery and collaborative workspace), Meta (catalog management back office), Modo (DIY branded showcase websites), and Maia (proprietary AI tagging, similarity search, and auto-edit engine). Mewo combines subscription access for right holders, freemium access for buyers, and commission on direct license sales executed through the platform.

Product overview

Mewo is an AI-powered B2B sync ecosystem built as a platform-plus-four-modules architecture, comprising Sync (AI search and collaborative workspace), Meta (catalog management back office), Modo (custom branded website builder), and Maia (proprietary AI engine). The platform serves music supervisors, agencies, labels, publishers, broadcasters, and libraries as a single hub to source, manage, pitch, and license music at scale.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mewo Sync AI-powered search engine and collaborative workspace that lets music supervisors, agencies, broadcasters, and creatives search, shortlist, brief, and license-share music across trusted catalogs without endless emails or file transfers.
• Mewo Meta Collaborative music back-office and catalog management platform for modern sync operations, enabling teams to upload, organize, enrich, and share catalogs with vetted music buyers across the Mewo ecosystem.
• Mewo Modo DIY custom website and private showcase builder for music catalogs, letting right holders launch fully branded portals with advanced search and AI-similarity features and share secure playlist links with clients inside or outside the Mewo platform.
• Mewo Maia In-house AI music assistant embedded across the Mewo platform, providing instant AI tagging (more than 400 keywords per track), natural-language search, similarity matching for sync recommendations, auto-edit for video (Magic Preview), and gap/trend insights for catalog optimization; trained for six years across more than 1.5 million tracks.

Quantifiable outcome

• Faster music discovery - Find the right music in seconds, not hours
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Audio Network: Independent music licensing company supplying cleared music to film, TV, advertising, and broadcast — competes with Mewo's Sync module for the same enterprise media buyers.
• Artlist: Subscription music and SFX licensing platform for video creators and brands, with rights-cleared catalogs; adjacent to Mewo on the music-for-video and licensing-for-advertising use cases.
• Soundstripe: Subscription music licensing service targeting video producers, agencies, and brands; competes for overlapping demand-side budgets (music-for-video, advertising) with Mewo's supervisor and agency customers.
• Pond5: Large royalty-free music and stock media marketplace serving video producers, agencies, and broadcasters — an adjacent marketplace player competing for the same music-for-video budgets as Mewo.
• Epidemic Sound: Subscription-based commercial music licensing platform widely used by content creators, brands, and agencies; overlaps with Mewo on the demand side for sourceable, cleared music but serves a much broader creator/UGC market.

Emerging players

• Tunefind: Platform specializing in music discovery for film, TV, and advertising supervisors, with curated sync search; competes with Mewo for music supervisor workflows but from a discovery-first rather than licensing-first angle.
• Rightsify: AI music and rights licensing platform that combines catalog generation with licensing tooling, overlapping with Mewo on AI-driven music catalog metadata and rights clearance.

Regional players

• MassiveMusic: Global music agency (with strong EMEA/APAC presence) offering music supervision, sync licensing, and sonic branding services — competes with Mewo on the buyer side and could route to in-house tools as an alternative platform.

Direct peers

• Musicbed: Sync-focused music licensing platform curating catalogs for film, TV, advertising, and brand projects — competes with Mewo for the same music supervisor and right-holder customers in film/TV/ad sync.
• Songtradr: Global B2B music licensing marketplace and platform providing catalog distribution, sync licensing tools, and AI-driven search for music supervisors, brands, and rights holders — the closest direct competitor to Mewo in the sync/licensing platform category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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