Belong
Belong is an a16z speedrun SR006 company. Based in New York, United States of America. Team of 9, founded in 2025.
About Belong
Summary
Belong builds artist-owned membership programs that turn fan loyalty into a financial relationship. Artists issue memberships tied to real financial infrastructure, so fans who have spent years buying records, attending shows, and streaming releases are recognized and rewarded for that history. The product replaces informal, unmonetized fan devotion with a structured, recurring revenue stream driven by spending fans already do.
Business model
A recurring revenue stream for artists drawn from existing fan spending routed through the membership program.
Go-to-market
Artists are the direct customer, acquired one by one; fans enroll through each artist's own membership program rather than a consumer marketplace.
Facts
- Fintech / Consumer
- New York, United States of America
- 9
- 2025
Founders (2)
- Ash Pournouri
- Nick Holmsten
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