Many household stars in music have used their influence, platform and wealth to invest in tech companies based in the UK.
From members of the Beatles, ABBA and Muse to KSI and Kylie, a number of world-famous musicians have invested in music tech, FinTechs, religious apps and more.
BusinessCloud looks at some of the most well-known investments.
Muse’s Matt Bellamy
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy is a serial tech investor. Despite putting money into many companies overseas, most notably in San Francisco, the Cambridge-born rock star still has investments closer to home.
He invested in London-based startup Bloomsbury AI before exiting when the firm was sold to Facebook in 2018.
The Hysteria singer is also a founding partner of Helium-3 Ventures, which invested in Engineered Arts, a humanoid robotics design and manufacturing company, which was founded in Cornwall.
After a $10m Series A funding round led by Helium-3 in December, Bellamy joined the firm as an ‘observer’ as it restructured to a US entity.
Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart
One half of Eurythmics, Dave Stewart not only has a background in tech investment, but was creative director at mobile platform Ideas Britain.
The platform was set up to become a ‘virtual version of Dragons’ Den’, giving professional advice and financial backing to new thinking across a range of sectors, and raised £270,000 on Crowdcube back in 2015. Its website is now dormant.
For the man whose band had hit single Sweet Dreams, it was surprisingly music rights FinTech Salt that gained his backing in February 2024.
Stewart joined ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus in investing in the platform which streamlines music rights and royalties.
ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus
Singer-songwriter Ulvaeus invested in Salt less than a year after his Swedish song data startup Session – founded in 2019 with Swedish songwriters and record producers Max Martin and Niclas Molinder – was acquired by the UK firm.
Legendary late producer Quincy Jones and Canadian songwriter-producer Dan Kurtz are also investors in Salt.
Ulvaeus also co-founded Pophouse Entertainment with EQT founder Conni Jonsson, a Sweden-based music investment firm which raised €1bn for its debut fund in April 2025.
One of the largest first-time private equity funds to be raised in Europe in the last decade, Pophouse said it secured an additional €200m through dedicated co-investment vehicles. The fund will be used to acquire music catalogues and IP.
Sir Elton John & Sir Paul McCartney
Another firm backed by Ulvaeus is music tech company Audoo, which has attracted investment from true UK music royalty in Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney.
Sir Elton’s most famous venture outside of music is arguably when he became chairman of Watford FC – but he has still drifted into different industries, including UK tech.
He followed Beatle Sir Paul in investing in Audoo as part of a £4.1m funding round in October 2023.
The London-based company aims to help artists to receive fairer royalty payments.
Jason Derulo & Michael Buble
Two of the biggest male musicians of the 21st Century invested in Christian app Glorify.
The platform, which was designed to help Christians strengthen their daily connection to God, has also been backed by Kris Jenner and raised a £30m Series A funding round in 2021.
American Derulo has sold more than 250m singles worldwide while Buble is a staple of the annual Christmas playlist.
Tinie Tempah
UK rapper Tinie Tempah has two notable tech investments.
He has funded London-based free-to-use app Gener8, which is fittingly looking to make a metaphorical earthquake this decade as it sets its sights on becoming a unicorn.
The app which allows users to be rewarded from their data raised a £2m round in July 2024, valuing the firm at £39m.
The musician was also involved in a $2m seed funding round for UK-based African-focused FinTech startup Zazuu in July 2022.
However, it was reported in November 2023 that the firm had closed down after failing to secure fresh funding.
Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue
Former Take That star Robbie Williams became the largest investor in tickets platform Tickets For Good back in June 2023.
Williams gave the firm the backing after admitting that ‘supporting access to the arts is a cause close to his heart’ and his investment was used to fuel its expansion.
The singer-turned-actor, who has recently starred in Better Man, a biopic about his own life, has also invested in entertainment tech firm ROXi.
Australian-born singer Kylie Minogue is also invested in VOXi, which doesn’t mark the first time that the two have teamed up, after their hit 2000 tune Kids.
KSI & The Sidemen
YouTuber-cum-boxer-cum-drinks entrepreneur-cum-Britain’s Got Talent judge-cum-rapper KSI has more recently added ‘investor’ to his lengthy list of titles.
He and his YouTube group The Sidemen were part of a £1.5m investment round in video-podcast studio The Fellas Studios in 2023, which is owned by friends of the group and fellow YouTubers Callum Airey (Calfreezy) and Joshua Larkin (TheBurntChip).
KSI and The Sidemen’s investment fund Upside VC has also backed London-based social app Howbout, and more recently invested in London-based MarTech startup POCKLA as part of a £1.6m funding round.
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