4x founder

Nick Holmsten

Co-Founder & CEO @ Belong | a16z speedrun Scout | Ex-Global Head of Music @ Spotify | Author of Fan-Powered Futures

Co-founder

Belong· Speedrun 006New York City Metropolitan Area

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2025Co-founder· Belong

Founder · since 2007

Company

Belong

Role

Co-Founder & CEO

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

New York, United States

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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Belong

We build so they Belong. Founded by Spotify's ex-Global Head of Music and Avicii's manager.

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Experience

Career

Belong
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO · New York, United States · 2025 – Present
2025
TSX Entertainment
Co-Chief Executive Officer · New York, United States · 2021 – 2024
2021
TSX Entertainment
Founder
Founder · New York, United States · 2020 – 2024
2020
Spotify
Senior Advisor · New York · 2019 – 2020
2019
Spotify
VP, Global Head Of Music · New York · 2018 – 2019
2018
Spotify
VP, Global Head of Shows and Editorial · Stockholm, Sweden & New York, USA · 2016 – 2018
2016
Spotify
Global Head of Programming, Senior Director Product · Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden · 2013 – 2015
2013
Tunigo
Founder
CEO & Founder · Stockholm, Sweden · 2010 – 2013
2010
Snowfish
Co-founder
CEO and Co-Founder · Stockholm County, Sweden · 2007 – 2010
2007
Hitfactory Songs
Owner · 2006 – 2010
2006
STHLM Hitfactory
Owner · 1999 – 2010
1999
STHLM Hitfactory
Producer / Songwriter · 1999 – 2010
1999
Gamla Stans Bryggeri
Marketing Director · Stockholm · 1998 – 1999
1998

Bio

Founder and operator at the intersection of culture, technology, and product. Founder of Tunigo (acquired by Spotify), and former Global Head of Music at Spotify, where I spent seven years helping scale the platform globally—shaping playlists and discovery into core product infrastructure and working with many of the world’s biggest artists and labels.