Music Frontiers 2026
Music tech & audio tech · 2026 cohort
Six focused weeks to make your music or audio-tech company investor-ready: six modules, from business model to a main-stage pitch at Music Frontiers in Hamburg. No equity taken.
The Programme
Six weeks to get your company investor-ready. The Fundraising Bootcamp starts online in late July with six modules across six weeks (idea, model, revenue, sales, fundraising, pitch), and live sessions and homework on Veln in between. It takes you from business model to a sharp pitch deck. Then you bring it to Hamburg (17–18 September) for expert sessions, keynotes, the investor-founder gathering and a main-stage pitch at the Music Frontiers conference, to a jury weighted toward active investors. One team is named MusicTech Startup of the Year. Just 8–10 startups per cohort; this is our second.
What is Music Frontiers
A different kind of music conference: Hamburg, 17–18 September, alongside Reeperbahn Festival, Europe's largest club festival. It's where the people building music's future meet: AI, spatial audio, rights infrastructure, new business models. Your bootcamp runs straight into it, and you pitch on the main stage with a conference pass included.
Who should apply
Early-stage music-tech and audio-tech founders, typically pre-seed or seed, incorporated, and past the idea-only stage. Solo founders are welcome. We focus on Europe and Asia but will consider strong teams from other regions. If you're building for how music and audio get made, distributed, monetised or experienced, you're in scope.
Key dates
Applications closed on 17 July 2026 and the cohort was selected. The 2026 cohort pitched in Hamburg on 17–18 September 2026.
What's included
- Fundraising Bootcamp: six modules across six weeks (idea, model, revenue, sales, fundraising, pitch), online, with live sessions and homework on Veln in between
- A produced Sound of Startups podcast episode, released before the conference
- Days in Hamburg at the conference, with expert sessions, keynotes and the investor and founder gathering
- Main-stage pitch at Music Frontiers to a jury weighted toward active investors
- Two full Music Frontiers passes for the two-day conference (worth €123 each), up to two people per startup
- Visibility across Amplitude & Music Frontiers channels throughout the programme
Cost
€1,500
per startup
Payable on acceptance to confirm your place. Exceptional circumstances considered case by case.
Logistics
In person in Hamburg, 17–18 September 2026.
Attendees cover their own travel and accommodation.
Up to two people per startup may attend. Full programme handbook on acceptance.
We can't guarantee visa support for travel to Hamburg.
Accelerator run by Amplitude Ventures: Slush #MusicTech, Music Frontiers 2025
Mentorship at accelerators at LineCheck (MTEA), Wallifornia and Tallinn Music Week
Alumni outcomes
From our bootcamp founders
A few voices from the 15 startups we've taken through the programme.
“The program pushed us to rethink our funding strategy from scratch. The online sessions were structured and demanding, and the live pitch day with a strong jury was a good test of where we stood.”
“Their coaching was super effective. We were chosen as the MusicTech project winner at Slush Music Startup Program 2025 — it opened doors to many possibilities. We owe a lot to Amplitude Ventures.”
“Being part of Amplitude's accelerator was a real pleasure. Talking Playlo through with Taj and Jakob gave me valuable perspective on the project and its potential — and their feedback sharpened both my pitch deck and my approach to investors.”
“Amplitude Ventures' accelerator provided Music Tech founders with a unique combination of pitch training, media exposure and market insight, like no other. It was challenging, well structured and highly rewarding.”
“The accelerator was highly valuable for us, especially because of Jakob and Taj's patient, hands-on guidance in shaping our startup's positioning. Their time and feedback helped us build a much clearer, stronger narrative, which has been invaluable for our next stage of growth.”
“The Amplitude Ventures X Slush accelerator helped us transform our pitch into by-far its best and final version with a clear story narrative highlighting the business opportunity. The dedicated sessions provided direct feedback and suggestions, allowing us to easily elevate our pitch in just a few sessions.”
Music Frontiers 2026 is complete
Applications closed on 17 July 2026. The cohort worked through six weeks of the bootcamp and pitched in Hamburg on 17–18 September 2026.
Raising as a music-tech founder? Our current open call is the Amplitude Ventures × Linecheck Fundraising Bootcamp 2026 and late applications are still considered.
Apply to the Linecheck Bootcamp