Artist Development & Support

Into Reality is a Barcelona-based startup that provides an immersive, interactive, multi-device web player for audiovisual and musical content. The platform combines traditional 2D signals with 360º/180º video and virtual reality, enabling users to access live events and concerts through mobile devices, tablets, PCs, and VR headsets without requiring apps. The technology features proprietary SYNCX multi-camera synchronization and Gaze Control for eye-tracking navigation, with a particular focus on accessibility for people with reduced mobility.

My Sheet Music Transcriptions is a professional music transcription service that converts audio recordings into accurate sheet music and digital notation formats. The company employs 80+ specialized musicians who manually transcribe music note-by-note by ear, explicitly rejecting automated AI transcription software. Services include audio-to-sheet music transcription for all instruments, music arrangements, MIDI preparation, and B2B solutions for music tech companies, with capacity to produce over 4,000 transcriptions monthly in multiple formats (PDF, MIDI, Sibelius, Finale, MusicXML, MuseScore, Guitar Pro).

Hulahoop Media is a B2B fintech platform combining financial advisory services and AI-powered technology for entertainment industry financing. The company provides financial structuring expertise for film, music festivals, and live events while offering a SaaS platform that automates paperwork, provides analytical dashboards, and creates transparency throughout the funding lifecycle. Their technology specifically addresses entertainment sector challenges including cultural tax incentives management and project-based financing across Europe's €44.5B content production market.

El Pumarejo is a non-profit cultural association and live music venue operating as an incubator for emerging artists and cultural projects. Founded in 2015 and based in l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, it provides a physical warehouse space for concerts, DJ sets, workshops, and performances, primarily focusing on experimental, folk-contemporary, and underground music scenes. The organization hosts resident collectives, runs La Penca Radio for community broadcasting, and creates programming that integrates diverse cultural forms including music, cinema, and visual arts. It operates through a volunteer-driven model with support from public institutions and ticket sales.

Gigmor is an AI-powered discovery platform designed to help music fans find artists they love while providing artists with tools to convert fans into paying customers. The platform connects bands, venues, and fans within the live music ecosystem. Originally launched in 2017, the company pivoted in 2025 to focus specifically on fan engagement and artist monetization.

Sesh is an all-in-one fan community management platform for music artists that captures fan data across multiple touchpoints, consolidates it into owned first-party data, and provides AI-powered tools to activate fanbases. The platform includes features for data capture (landing pages, link-in-bio, wallet passes), engagement tools (email campaigns, push notifications, in-app sessions), and monetization capabilities (tickets, merchandise, memberships). It integrates with major streaming platforms and social media while positioning itself as a solution for artists to own their audience data rather than relying on rented social media audiences.

Chatmu is an AI-powered conversational assistant designed specifically for the music industry. It provides data analytics, strategic insights, and educational support to artists, managers, labels, and cultural institutions through a chat-based interface. The platform combines machine learning capabilities with music industry expertise to help professionals make data-driven decisions and accelerate their careers.

Setmixer is a live music recording and distribution platform that captures studio-quality audio of performances at independent music venues. The system records sets during live shows, mixes them overnight, and makes them available for streaming and purchase within 12 hours, with artists retaining 70% of revenue. Operating across 66 UK venues with 60 shows recorded daily, the platform aims to digitize the live music industry while preserving authentic performances without artificial enhancement.

Bookr.fm is a B2B SaaS platform designed for music festival programmers and concert venue bookers to centralize and automate their workflow. The platform manages artist submissions, provides analytics and streaming data through partnership with Soundcharts, enables team collaboration, and handles offer management, budgets, and scheduling. It replaces scattered email, spreadsheet, and file-based workflows with a unified system for discovering emerging talent and making programming decisions.

Motion for Music is a creative studio specializing in motion design and visual content for the music industry. They provide comprehensive design solutions for various music industry stakeholders including artists, labels, venues, and festivals. The studio offers services ranging from music videos and social media content to live event visuals and branding materials.

Nordic Music Tech is a Swedish non-profit ecosystem association that connects artists, startups, industry leaders, and researchers at the intersection of music and technology. Operating primarily through events, meetups, and online/offline community-building activities, it curates the Nordic Music Tech List—a comprehensive directory of music tech companies across Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland. As a founding member of Music Tech Europe (established January 2024), it serves as the Nordic chapter of a pan-European advocacy and innovation network for the music technology sector.

FANPLAYMUSIC is a dual-platform system designed to serve the entire music business ecosystem. The first platform functions as a marketplace connecting all stakeholders in the music industry, from artists and venues to labels and fans. The second platform enables tokenization of artistic projects, allowing creators to fund and develop their work independently of the traditional music industry. Both platforms are described as interconnected and aimed at a global audience, with current headquarters in Barcelona.

La Musicleta is an electric bicycle that transforms into a fully autonomous, battery-powered mobile stage for live performances. The system achieves zero net CO2 emissions and brings professional-grade performances directly to streets, plazas, and remote communities without requiring external power infrastructure. Developed in collaboration with Austrian technology partner VeloConcerts, it serves as sustainable cultural infrastructure focused on democratizing access to live arts.

Overgie is a B2B2C gamified fan community and loyalty platform built by Rungie, designed for creators, sports clubs, esports organizations, and brands to build and monetize dedicated fan communities. The platform uses a points-based gamification engine where fans earn rewards for actions taken inside and outside the app, climb leaderboards, and access exclusive content, auctions, and digital collectibles. It targets the music, sports, and creator economy verticals, offering first-party data analytics to help clients make strategic decisions about fan engagement.

Extra Møenia is a Barcelona-based boutique music strategy consultancy and creative agency founded and led by three senior women professionals with over 15 years of combined experience in the music industry. The company offers artist development and release strategy, digital and data-driven marketing campaigns, and live event production, serving artists, labels, festivals, and music tech startups. They leverage analytics, AI tools, and digital platform strategy to deliver growth and international positioning, and run CompáSñeras, a recurring concert and talks series spotlighting women in flamenco and world music.

Dotlinesdot is a Barcelona-based music industry mentoring and acceleration platform that connects emerging artists, musicians, and creative entrepreneurs with verified senior industry professionals for one-to-one online sessions. It also runs structured multi-week entrepreneurship programmes covering the full music industry value chain, taught by active CEOs, founders, and directors of leading music companies. The platform operates a hybrid B2C marketplace and B2B model, with paid individual sessions and cohort-based programmes priced between €449 and €1,799. It is subsidised by Spain's Ministry of Culture and Sport and partners with institutions such as SGAE, AIE, Sónar+D, and the Barcelona Music Tech Hub.

Paisatge Sonor de Barcelona/Catalunya is a strategic initiative driven by the company Sonorus, with support from APECAT, aimed at transforming Barcelona and Catalonia's sonic landscape by promoting locally produced music—especially in Catalan—in ambient music settings for both local and visiting audiences. The project seeks to reinforce Catalan linguistic and cultural identity through curated soundscaping that bypasses algorithmic control. It also focuses on fair artist remuneration, personalized sonic experiences, and strengthening the Catalunya brand internationally.

OMD² (Open Music Database for Discoverability) is an open database initiative focused on improving the discoverability of music content through structured metadata. The project aims to address metadata gaps, rights information fragmentation, and catalogue accessibility challenges in the global music industry. It targets stakeholders such as streaming platforms, distributors, labels, publishers, researchers, and developers, and operates under open data principles to enable broad access and integration.

Unframed Collection is a B2B SaaS platform and marketplace dedicated to the distribution of immersive VR/AR experiences to cultural venues such as museums, galleries, libraries, and location-based entertainment spaces. It provides a curated catalog of premium immersive works, a content management system for remote management of VR headsets, DRM-protected content licensing, and editorial resources for the cultural immersive sector. The platform operates a dual-sided marketplace connecting rights holders and content creators with cultural institutions, using a subscription plus credit-based pay-per-use business model with a 70/30 revenue split favoring creators.

Glissandoo is a SaaS and mobile platform designed for the management of musical ensembles, including bands, choirs, and orchestras. It provides tools for scheduling rehearsals and concerts, attendance tracking and forecasting, member management with analytics, and digital repertoire distribution. The platform consolidates communications, logistics, and data insights into a single app, targeting both group directors and individual musicians. With over 60,000 musicians and 400+ institutions served, it operates on a freemium/subscription model available on web, iOS, and Android.

Desilence is a Barcelona-based creative visual arts studio founded in 2005 that specializes in live visuals, projection mapping, and immersive visual experiences for concerts, festivals, theatre, and institutional venues. The studio creates real-time generative visuals and large-scale installations using tools like Notch and VDMX, combining a painterly artistic sensibility with advanced digital technology. Their client portfolio spans major international festivals (Sónar, Primavera Sound), top cultural institutions (Tate Gallery, Le Grand Palais, Guggenheim Bilbao), and global brands (Apple, Adidas, Red Bull). Beyond their studio work, they are also driving the Academia de las Artes Digitales, an initiative to strengthen the digital arts ecosystem in Barcelona.

AUDIOBREEZE is a Swiss B2B startup that delivers algorithmically generated, never-repeating 3D spatial nature soundscapes for healthcare facilities, retail spaces, hotels, and offices. The system uses proprietary 8-channel field recordings recombined in real time by an AI-driven algorithm, distributed via a local mini-computer subscription device paired with compatible multichannel speakers. Targeting stress reduction and wellbeing improvement, the product is currently deployed in Swiss hospitals, utility flagship stores, and retail locations, with scientific validation underway through partnerships with the University of Basel and FHNW.

SoundStorming is an interactive platform that connects artists and their super-fans through a participatory creative process, allowing artists to share raw audio snippets, beats, and unfinished ideas with their most engaged followers. Fans can participate via community polls, live chats, and feedback sessions, earning a proprietary loyalty currency called '$ounds' for their engagement. These $ounds can be redeemed for exclusive experiences, concert discounts, and other benefits through an integrated marketplace, turning fan participation into tangible rewards.

TORXA is a Barcelona-based cultural and music startup focused on identifying trends, activating collaborations, and developing initiatives to grow musical talent. The company operates at the intersection of music, culture, community, and value creation, connecting artists, industry professionals, and audiences through projects with long-term potential. TORXA's offering centers on discovering, developing, producing, and amplifying talent through formats, experiences, and tools, working alongside labels, venues, promoters, producers, and music technology platforms.

Gig 'n' Pick is an AI-powered platform for independent musicians, venues, and music fans that automates content creation, promotion, booking, and career guidance. The platform features a Studio Engine for generating AI video highlights from live performances, a smart matching system for connecting artists with venues and collaborators, and a fan-facing event discovery tool. It operates as a three-sided marketplace currently in beta, with early community activity focused on Berlin. The platform aims to reduce the administrative burden on independent artists while increasing their visibility and revenue through automation and AI-driven career advice.