Amuse invests in CHAOS as the music creation collaboration platform raises £1M ahead of public launch

Stockholm, October 19, 2026 | CHAOS app, a single space where music creators collaborate, communicate and create, has raised £1 million in a pre-seed round led by Bridford Group. Global digital music distribution company Amuse also invested, along with a group of investors and operators from across the music industry.

Amuse contributes its insights as a fast-growing, digital music distribution company, home to billion-streaming songs and independent artists and labels worldwide.

Commenting on Amuse’s involvement, CEO Giorgio D’Ambrosio said:  

“Amuse exists to help the next generation of artists and labels release music and build careers, effortlessly and on their own terms. CHAOS shares that belief and adds something the industry increasingly needs: provenance. A clear record of every contribution will not only facilitate releasing and managing catalogs, but play an increasingly bigger role in which music gets heard, and we’re proud to back Ruhan and the CHAOS team building it.”

Built to be the home for the creative process, CHAOS brings communication, files, feedback, sharing and lossless live writing rooms into one place. At its core is a provenance layer that fingerprints each contribution and keeps a record of the creative process. That gives creators full visibility and control over their work, with every contribution recognized and attributed.

This investment round will enable CHAOS to expand its offering focusing on advanced collaboration and deepening the ecosystem infrastructure. It will build more intelligence into the infrastructure surrounding the creator; help organise information; understand projects; and automate repetitive work while leaving the act of making music in human hands. CHAOS plans to accelerate its expansion across the UK and the US ahead of its public launch on October 29, 2026.

Ruhan Verma founded CHAOS to solve a lifelong frustration: a self-taught musician and producer, he spent years watching creative work get fragmented across endless messaging threads, disconnected files and siloed software, making collaboration cumbersome and attributions an uphill battle. CHAOS allows the entire creative process to live in one place with clear attribution - this way artists can move faster, collaborate instantly, and build real momentum.

Since Verma founded CHAOS 18 months ago, it has grown from a solo project into a hybrid UK/US operation with a waitlist exceeding 15,000 creators.  While music is the initial focus, the platform is now rebuilding CHAOS around collaboration as its core foundational feature ahead of its wider launch. Music is the starting point, but the long-term thesis is broader.

Ruhan Verma, Founder of CHAOS said: “I started producing music when I was 13, and over the years I’ve been lucky enough to work with some incredible artists and producers. So much effort that goes into the creative process gets lost purely because of disconnected tools and current creator tools felt outdated. This investment will support our growth and ambition to be the single source of truth in the industry, just like Notion is for businesses. There is an opportunity here to improve tools available to creators and build CHAOS, to replace music’s outdated and fragmented software. We are grateful to our investors and industry leaders backing our vision.”

All investors backing CHAOS have a track record in the music industry and bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the business. Bridford Group invests its own capital in founder-led businesses with long term potential including music, technology, life sciences and sustainability space and Amuse contributes its industry leading insights as a data driven digital distribution service for independent musicians.