Over the last five years, 1,003 investors have participated in at least one of the 360 deals in the US entertainment software space, according to the PitchBook Platform. Capital invested in the industry, which includes music streaming services like Spotify, rose dramatically between 2013 to 2014, jumping from $312.5 million to $993.9 million. In 2016, though, that figure dropped to $439.1 million.