In collaboration with the Department for Culture and Media, the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft through the Music WorX Incubator once again fosters five innovative startups at the intersection of music and technology. In addition to financial support of up to 7,700 euros each, the teams will receive a three-month workshop programme and access to a network of experienced mentors.
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September 22, 2026
Music WorX will once again support five Startups in 2026
The teams of Music WorX 2026 © Laura Müller
Music WorX supports startups and strengthens Hamburg as a music hub
The five selected startups bring together founders from various cities in Germany and Norway for three months in Hamburg. At the Music WorX incubator, they will develop solutions to various challenges facing the music industry. Close links with Hamburg’s music and creative industries provide participants with valuable contacts to help them further develop their business models. At the same time, Music WorX strengthens Hamburg’s position as a hub for innovative business models at the intersection of music and technology. A highlight of this year’s programme is the Music WorX Public Pitch on 11 November in Hamburg. There, the startups will present their business ideas to the public for the first time and compete for the audience prize of 1,000 euros.
These five startups were selected by a panel of experts from the music and creative industries:
Musicsteps (Munich) – Benjamin Voß and David Kasipovic
Musicsteps is a career development platform for independent musicians. It brings together music, social media channels, press materials and business information in a single professional profile.Veriti (Trondheim, Norway) – Bendik Furnes and Ayush Bhardwaj
Veriti helps musicians and songwriters to collect the royalties to which they are entitled but which have not yet reached them, and to this end checks music catalogues for songs that have not been registered or have been registered incorrectly.Louder.cloud (Hamburg) – Louisa Rockstedt and Marie Schweigert
LOUDER.cloud is a networking and discovery platform that connects artists, collectives, venues, labels and listeners within the music industry, and raises the profile of existing scenes and key players.Holdwatch (Leipzig) – Jörg Kosinski
Holdwatch is developing software for booking independent live music venues. It helps to centrally manage bookings, options, deadlines and enquiries from agencies.Orchly (Wiesbaden) – Raghad Al Kassar and Khaled Ayoubi
Orchly transforms orchestral scores into interactive practice partners. Musicians can upload sheet music files and rehearse with an AI-generated orchestra.
