In April of 2008, I provided a list of investments in music tech companies from the beginning of the year. Below is the updated list for all of 2008, as well as my final post for 2008 (investments are sorted from most recent to least recent). If I've left a deal out, please post it here with a link to the news source and I will amend the post.

Updated January 2, 2009

• Songkick raises $4 million (December 18, 2008)
• PassAlong Networks raises $30 million for music services (December 1, 2008)
• Band Metrics raises angel round (terms not disclosed; November 26, 2008)
• Hoodiny Entertainment raises angel round (terms not disclosed; November 25, 2008)
• DJTunes raises capital from MP3 inventor (terms not disclosed; November 19, 2008)
• RockYou raises $52 million (November 3, 2008)
• Awdio raises $1.5 million Euros (October 30, 2008)
• TuneCore raises $7 million (October 27, 2008)
• AmieStreet raises Series B (not confirmed; October 15, 2008)
• ReverbNation gets an additional $3 million (October 9, 2008)
• Spotify raises $15 million Euros (unconfirmed investment; October 2, 2008)
• Audiolife (terms and date undisclosed)
• Toshiba invests $20 million in MOD Systems (September 24, 2008)
• China's Hurray Invests $3 Million in Taiwan's Seed Music (September 24, 2008)
• Best Buy Acquires Napster for about $120 million (September 15, 2008)
• ClashMusic raises $400K (September 5, 2008)
• Cloudspeakers Gets Funding (terms not disclosed; August 27, 2008)
• William Morris Agency Invests In RoyaltyShare (terms not disclosed; August 12, 2008)
• YouLicense gets $1 million for online music licensing (August 5, 2008)
• Music Social Net Kerchoonz raises $490K (August 5, 2008)
• CD Baby sold to Disc Makers for $22 million (August 5, 2008)
• TrueAnthem raises $2 million for song widget (July 29, 2008)
• Warner Music makes investment in uPlayMe (terms not disclosed; July 29, 2008)
• TiketLeap raises $2 million (July 22, 2008)
• GET Interactive Gets $200,000 (July 16, 2008)
• Mevio Raises $15 Million (July 9, 2008)
• Topspin secures Series B financing from Foundry (terms not disclosed; July 07, 2008)
• Warner Music Group Invests $20M In LaLa's 10 Cent Song Streams (May 29, 2008)
• Amazon funds Animoto (terms not disclosed; May 15, 2008)
• Mozes raises 11.5 million (May 13, 2008)
• MOG secures $2.8 million (April 29, 2008)
• Benchmark invests in TuneWiki (terms not disclosed; April 27, 2008)
• Sony buys Gracenote for $260 million (April 22, 2008)
• Will Smth invests in PluggedIn (terms not disclosed; April 17, 2008)
• Imeem secures additional funding (terms not disclosed; April 15, 2008)
• Sellaband scores $5 million (April 8, 2008)
• MTraks raises $550K (April 7, 2008)
• Imeem acquires Snocap (terms not disclosed; April 7, 2008)
• MySpace announces joint venture with major labels (valued about $120 million; April 2, 2008)
• Universal Music Group invests in INGrooves (terms not disclosed; April 1, 2008)
• OurStage secures $13 million (April 1, 2008)
• Universal and Interscope invest $25 million in Buzznet (March 29, 2008)
• Kobalt wins £8 million pounds for web based music royalty tracking (February 7, 2008)
• Imeem acquires Anywhere.FM (terms not disclosed; January 28, 2008)
• 7digital raises $8.5 million (January 28, 2008)
• We7 secures an additional $6 million (January 21, 2008)
• Motorola acquires Soundbuzz (terms not disclosed; January 7, 2008)

If these deals and numbers are correct, than VCs and angels invested over $260 million in music tech companies in 2008, and that doesn't even include deals where the terms weren't disclosed, or acquisitions and mergers that account for more than $520 million - that's almost $800 million in music tech related transactions in 2008. Hope 2009 is even brighter, and best wishes in the new year!