Wavelab ~ Innovation Lab and Entrepreneurship Center for Music, Arts & Media

Wavelab
Incubator

Our incubator program is highly flexible and tailored to your needs as a founder. Like a modular system, you can match your requirements with our offerings and get exactly the support you need. On-site and remote.

Join our
Incubator
Program

Input

Three intensive weeks in Munich with team coaching, pitch training, networking, inspiration, and many experts from the fields of music, arts, media, tech, and entrepreneurship. Plus regular exciting digital workshops with input on startup, cultural, and tech topics.

Coaching

Individual coaching and sparring sessions tailored to your needs with the right experts from our network (remote and on-site), as well as matching and exchange with experienced mentors from the fields of culture, tech, and business.

Coworking

Free coworking space with office infrastructure and good coffee in the heart of Munich’s art district. Moderated Slack workspace for the remote phases of the incubator program, inspiring tips and events, and mutual exchange. Regular digital exchange and peer-to-peer learning with start-ups at the same stage and the art & tech community.

Netzwerk

Opportunities for exchange with cultural institutions and companies, from subculture to high culture. Networking within the Munich startup ecosystem and with technology companies. Access to investor events and contacts with mentors. Access to potential customers.

Your profile

Your idea connects clearly with music, arts, or media, and you’re using new tech like AI, ML, VR/AR/XR, data science, etc.

You have clearly identified the problems and needs of your target group, are close to having a working prototype, and have a clear idea of your MVP.

Your startup idea is innovative, financially sustainable, and has growth potential.

You’re ready to put your main focus on your startup during the program.

Your start-up is based in Europe.

You will be on site during the three in-person periods. As things stand, these are:

November 16th to 20th 2026 in Munich

January 26th to 28th 2027 in Berlin

April 5th to 9th 2027 in Munich

Ideally, you’re a team of at least two people. We’re especially excited about diverse founding teams.

How to apply

Applications for Batch #7 will start on August 1st! Here’s how it works:

Fill out the form, add the video link, and upload your pitch deck and a financial plan.

We’d love for you to record a short video in which you briefly present your idea and your team. (optional)

Application Deadline: midnight September 20th, 2026

If your application caught our interest, we’ll invite you to a video call on September 28th or 29th to get to know you better.

After that, we’ll let you know our decision. If you’re in, we’ll work together to set goals and figure out how we can best support you.

Program start Batch #7: mid October 2026

Our current batch

Alfred Audio

a compact and intuitive wireless solution that makes live audio effortless by replacing most cables and equipment.

Inspiration

Alumni & startups that are a great fit for us and truly inspire us

TimeRide

makes it possible to travel back in time with virtual reality and experience city history in a new way, for example in Cologne, Frankfurt, Dresden, Berlin or Munich.

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SIRIUS

is the platform for digital music lessons at the highest level and enables musicians worldwide to connect with each other.

TimeLeapVR

makes artworks accessible through virtual reality and creates immersive and interactive art experiences for museums and exhibitions.

FARBE

is a curated platform for showing, selling, collecting and trading digital art and NFTs.

future demand

uses data analysis to predict advance ticket sales for cultural events and tailors marketing to specific target groups in order to fill venues.

aptone

is a cloud-based software service that allows music creators to better sort and playfully use large sound collections with the help of AI.

connactz

is a virtual manager for bands & DJs. With the help of artificial intelligence, connactz organizes the calendar, acquires gigs and writes contracts & invoices.

cultway

is a platform for museums that makes it possible to create captivating and personalized experiences.

muvid

connects platform-based musicians and content creators. This allows you to get your music placed quickly and automatically in viral videos (UGC) on TikTok & co. and reach new target groups.

ipipapa

enables you to sing in all languages with the help of intelligent systems and phonetic transcription in musical notes.

AIBeatz

is an online beatmaking platform that uses real-time AI music composition to create unique beats in just a few seconds and personalize them with just a few clicks.

Loremo

is an online platform for customized art to match your personal interior style. Artists create a matching abstract statement artwork by hand.

Intonica

is a playalong app that promotes ear training for musicians.

Melodizr

is a mobile app that helps singer-songwriters record their music ideas quickly and easily and complete music projects by storing a wide variety of music data in one place.

musicstep

offers a platform for freelancers and topics related to music release: influencer marketing, playlist curators, mixing engineers and much more.

Instrument of Things

develops a MIDI controller that enables artists to make music with their movements.

atopia.space

creates a metaverse for art & culture and makes institutions from all over the world accessible from anywhere.

MIXEN

offers independent musicians an app in which fans can purchase shares in songs and thus co-finance the artists’ careers.

Artivive

is a no-code tool and platform for augmented reality art.

Mae

is the hyper-personalized social art experience that empowers people from any background to make art part of their daily life.

cre[ai]tion

is building a digital museum for creatives – a platform that inspires through unique design created by artificial intelligence.

soundvest

enables musicians to access high-quality instruments via our digital platform and at the same time offers private investors the opportunity to invest in classical musical instruments as a stable and socially sustainable asset class.

KultNow

is the new cultural platform that suggests various cultural events based on your needs in your city. Through a better and curated customer experience, from personal preferences to various features and easy ticketing, Gen Z gets excited about culture.

Kontentwerk

Kontentwerk deals in film licenses and builds a virtual screening room in the metaverse.

The Pending

is a platform for female artists of all genres who are open to collaboration and exchange and want to gain experience in the metaverse for artists.

nymio

provides business intelligence solutions for the music industry to enable data-driven decisions.

Mission Monument

brings statues to life and uses AR and VR technology to turn city tours, museum visits and your home into immersive experiences.

deepwerk

is an AI software that optimizes live event sound mixing by matching and perfecting stage sound tracks with reference sound tracks in real time.

DJOID

is the most comprehensive technology for DJ music management and preparation. Its unified approach ensures DJs have the tools they need to produce seamless, dynamic and engaging performances while saving time and resources.

Vocalisto

provides a handy vocal studio for singers, enabling sound-isolated vocal practice and recording anytime, anywhere, without disturbing other people.

Exibeat

is a community-based platform that helps DJs, labels, and producers discover and share electronic music around the world.

Just 4 Noise

A toolkit powered by AI that generates high-quality audio samples from from a single line of text, significantly reducing the time music producers need to find the sounds they require to finish and market their tracks.

GalleryTalk.io

Gives artists interactive, browser-based galleries where they can present and share their art in custom-designed virtual spaces.

Ontoworks

An AI-driven platform that lets artists and creators produce professional, personalized music videos , quickly, affordably, and creatively.

Inspiration

Alumni & startups that are a great fit for us and truly inspire us

TimeRide

makes it possible to travel back in time with virtual reality and experience city history in a new way, for example in Cologne, Frankfurt, Dresden, Berlin or Munich.