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Staxe
Techstars '22Zug, CH · Founded 2018 · 3 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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Staxe is a blockchain tokenization platform that turns music and other creative productions into investable digital assets.
Also known as B-Live
Founders & leadership
Staxe was founded in 2018 by Martin Liebrich.
Investors · 2
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Staxe is a web3 tokenization company focused on music and creative production economies. Its platform converts creative projects — including music, culture, film and live events — into an investment opportunity, with the stated aim of enabling creative productions as a new digital asset class. The company works with income streams such as royalties from recorded music, live events and ticketing, identifying creative assets expected to generate future income over a defined period and using that expected income as the basis for tokenizing the asset today.
The co-founders describe Staxe as a two-sided marketplace: on the supply side, creatives and promoters bring assets from the creative space that require financing; on the demand side, collectors and investors purchase tokenized exposure in order to share in the success of artists, songs and productions, alongside additional interactions with those projects. The founders frame individual creative productions as "micro-startups" that each need financing for studio time, session musicians, video and marketing. Product delivery is through a Staxe dapp (decentralized application).
Founding story
Co-founder Luis Martinez trained at DJ school before moving into finance and working as a trader, and entered the crypto space around 2017 after becoming interested in programmable money. The concept arose from a practical financing problem: while organizing a gig with a booking-manager friend, the team faced a chicken-and-egg situation in which the venue required upfront payment before granting a date, while tickets could not be printed or sold to raise that funding without a confirmed date and venue. This led to a project called B-Live, which subsequently evolved into Staxe. Martin Liebrich met Martinez in 2017 at a startup pitch session at a conference in Crypto Valley (Zug, Switzerland); he initially considered investing in Staxe before joining as co-founder.
Business model
Staxe operates a two-sided marketplace connecting creative producers seeking financing with collectors and investors who buy tokenized interests in those productions, with income sources including recorded-music royalties, live events and ticketing.
Traction
The company is listed at seed stage with 1-10 employees.
Latest developments
In 2022 Staxe took part in the Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator Class of 2022, and its co-founders discussed the company's tokenization model publicly in a June 2022 podcast interview.
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Market position
Staxe positions itself in the intersection of blockchain/web3, crowdfunding, music and event management, and is described as a portfolio company of the Launchpool Web3 Techstars accelerator.
Technology
Staxe uses blockchain and smart contracts to tokenize creative assets, delivered through a decentralized application. Its founders describe blockchain as a social coordination tool and identify user experience for non-crypto-native music fans, rather than technical scalability, as the main hurdle to adoption. Web-facing technologies reported for the company include Next.js, React, Headless UI, lit-element/lit-html, Sanity CMS, Webpack, core-js and Netlify.
Go-to-market
Creatives and their production teams — artists, promoters and booking managers needing financing for productions — and, on the other side, music fans, collectors and investors seeking exposure to creative assets.
Geography
Staxe is associated with Zug, Switzerland; Valencia and Alzira in the Valencian Community, Spain; and Dublin, Ireland.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsCo-founders Luis Martinez and Martin Liebrich discussed Staxe's tokenization of music and creative production economies on episode 184 of the MoneyNeverSleeps podcast.
Staxe was one of the founding teams in the Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator Class of 2022 and is described as a Launchpool Web3 Techstars portfolio company.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Staxe do?
- Staxe is a blockchain tokenization platform that turns music and other creative productions into investable digital assets.
- Who founded Staxe?
- Staxe was founded by Martin Liebrich in 2018.
- Who are Staxe's investors?
- Staxe's investors include SICTIC, Techstars.
- Where is Staxe headquartered?
- Staxe is headquartered in Zug, CH.