The information follows FUEL’s €1.5million pre-seed financing spherical in March 2022 to develop its platform, which permits musicians and creators to construct their very own custom-branded NFT store for his or her assortment with none technical data required.
With the brand new traders, FUEL has not solely secured additional funds, however direct entry to the music and leisure scene. CRO alone holds 4 number one single placements and is presently listened to by almost 5 million customers on Spotify monthly. Two Sides, based in 2017, is run by Lucas Teuchner alongside rapper Bausa (“Was du Liebe nennst”, 2017, #1 single charts). A few of Germany’s most profitable musicians, together with Apache207, Loredana, Zuna, Azet and Miksu/Macloud, are presently signed to Bausa’s and Teuchner’s label. With over 26 million Spotify streams monthly, Two Sides is among the most profitable German unbiased labels.
Nicely-known traders already concerned embrace Gumtree co-founder Michael Pennington, Certainly founder Paul Forster, and Bitstamp CTO David Osojnik, in addition to the US and English enterprise capital funds Fintech Collective (a shareholder of OpenSea), Seedcamp (which invests in Sorare and Revolut) and Notion Capital with its pre-seed automobile Pioneers.
FUEL co-founders Csongor Barabasi and Thanh Binh Tran stated: “NFTs are revolutionizing the music, arts and leisure industries, delivering actual added worth and strengthening the connection between artists and their followers. Within the music business, for instance, this could possibly be presale rights for live performance tickets or backstage entry.
FUEL co-founders Stefan Tietze and Patrice Deckert add: “We’re really excited to have these German rap superstars on board. Nobody embodies the trendy music business like CRO, Lucas and Bausa, who not solely take FUEL to a brand new stage as musicians themselves, but in addition with their community of artists.”
Rapper CRO stated: “I’ve been wanting on the NFT sector for some time and I’m satisfied of its potential, not just for the music business, but in addition for all different areas of the creator economic system. With FUEL, I’ve now discovered not solely a crew but in addition a mannequin that has excited me a lot that I additionally need to be on board as an investor.”
Label boss Bausa provides: “It will be significant that the music business evolves. With NFTs and FUEL’s mannequin, we have now the possibility to make that occur.”
As an end-to-end resolution, FUEL is uniquely positioned within the German market: The platform permits creators to construct, handle and function their very own NFT retailer with none prior technical data. On this method, creators retain full management over their exterior presentation and may function independently of platforms resembling OpenSea.
What the end result seems to be like will be seen, for instance, on matjoelabamba.io, the NFT retailer of Tomorrowland DJ duo Mat.Joe, which was created with the assistance of the FUEL platform. Additional NFT drops with well-known creators are already within the works. These embrace, amongst others, DJ legends Tube&Berger.
About FUEL
FUEL, based in Berlin in 2021 by Csongor Barabasi, Thanh Binh Tran, Stefan Tietze and Patrice Deckert, goals to deliver NFTs additional into the mainstream – making them extra accessible to tens of millions of creators and their followers. The FUEL platform permits creators to create their very own NFT retailer with none prior technical data.
About TwoSides Two Sides is an unbiased file label and artist administration firm. It’s dwelling to among the most gifted musicians, artists and established producers. Two Sides presents a wide range of companies to its expertise: Artist and label administration, model growth and far more. Their purpose is to assist artists proceed their growth, understand their inventive imaginative and prescient, and work with them to achieve their full potential.
