Est. 2001·3,000+ placements · six offices · four regions
Product Launchcurated sourcedetected 2026-07-22 · confidence 90%

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Belong: Product Launch

Music-focused 'challenger bank' Belong, founded by former Spotify executive Nick Holmsten, emerged from stealth mode following a $1.5m funding round

Source: GN — ASX:SGI Stealth

The leadership read

Product momentum tends to widen the sector product and commercial leadership bench strength.

Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 107.4 (Hot) (down 1.8 month-on-month), Oceania is at easing (-4.4pts) on signal share.

Belong: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow.

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