The Music Streaming App That Pays Artists Fairly — Founder Highlights Vol. 01

Supermoon's Founder Highlights January 2026 edition presents its fourth startup: a platform challenging the economics of music streaming from the ground up.

Lissen — The Last Music App You'll Ever Need

Streaming broke the relationship between artists and fans. Royalties are opaque, discovery is algorithmic, and a fan's money gets pooled across artists they've never heard of. Gen Z in particular isn't buying it — they want participation, community, and a real connection to the artists they love.

Benjamin Geyre and Erik Kovari are rebuilding that relationship with Lissen, an all-in-one streaming platform designed for superfans. Every dollar a fan spends goes directly to the artist they actually stream — backed by a user-centric royalty model across 80M songs and 12M artists. Beyond streaming, Lissen layers in live event activities, concert ticket purchasing, loyalty tokens, and Web3-enabled experience interoperability across music and gaming. In under three months, the platform has 3k users, a 40% conversion rate from events, and major labels set to join in H1 — with last month alone seeing revenue up 99% and daily active users up 197%.

As Ben puts it: "Communities are more valuable than audiences. The future of entertainment is phygital — and music is the best art form to implement it."

Lissen is raising $1M and looking for music industry partners, advertisers, and gaming companies ready to build at the intersection of fandom and ownership.

👉 Read the full January 2026 report

Founder Highlights Vol. 01 — 4 of 5. Last one coming: the marketplace making influence on X actually measurable.

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