Investments
Digital Daruma has reviewed over 500 investment proposals from digital music business start ups and music artists since 2009, and have made a number of investments in promising companies and artists to date. Our primary focus is in enabling musicians and their teams to thrive in the emerging digital music ecosystem. As such, we are generally looking for creative and innovative companies pursuing business opportunities that help musicians, artist managers, labels and other service providers navigate this new digital world. Our investment focus is on high impact emerging companies with strong management, technology and business plans, along with a passion for making great music and musicians all they can be.
Digital Daruma has also made select direct investments in artists, songs and production service companies where our investment enables the artist to create, promote and monetize their art leveraging the new media ecosystem.
See below for a brief descriptions of some of the investments made to date. Please contact us for additional information, or if you are interested in having us review a business plan.
Digital Daruma has also made select direct investments in artists, songs and production service companies where our investment enables the artist to create, promote and monetize their art leveraging the new media ecosystem.
See below for a brief descriptions of some of the investments made to date. Please contact us for additional information, or if you are interested in having us review a business plan.
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Dot Blockchain Music
Dot Blockchain Music, Inc. (“dotBC”) is a new US public benefit corporation that is developing a new technology architecture and applications to modernize digital music files, the digital music supply chain, rights ownership information, and payment processing. We are committed to developing an architecture that will support a minimum viable dataset for musical compositions and sound recordings, and which is populated, maintained and shared via a decentralized public database, leveraging blockchain technology. We are also committed to promoting the broad adoption of the dotBC platform by focusing on open source coding standards. http://dotblockchainmusic.com |
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Stolar
Stolar is a pop artist and songwriter based in New York City. His recent release "My Own Way" has riveted fans and industry alike. In partnership with the Jed Foundation's Love Is Louder program, the single has been featured on XM's Hits 1 station, as well as garnering over 500,000 Youtube views in a short time. He is currently in the midst of releasing a song a month during 2016. http://www.stolarmusic.com |
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The Stone Foxes
The Stone Foxes are San Francisco's rock band. They bear the torch of their predecessors with the knowledge that rock 'n roll can move a new generation. They’ve played in front of thousands at festivals like Outside Lands and Voodoo Fest, they’ve headlined the legendary Fillmore Theater in their hometown and they have supported acts like The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant and ZZ Top. Now, with the release of their fourth album, Twelve Spells, they have solidified a place in their City's rich rock 'n roll history. http://thestonefoxes.com/ |
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Music XrayMusic Xray puts musicians, song owners, producers, performers and songwriters directly in touch with mass exposure opportunities and with professionals who can help them improve, give advice and career coaching. http://www.musicxray.com
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Freeform DevelopmentFreeform provides the new market standard for media distribution and is founded by digital music veterans Tim Quirk and Bryan Calhoun. Tim Quirk's describes his company as: “an application development platform that lets musicians and other digital media creators generate additional revenues by distributing their work much like free-to-play mobile games. By offering a ‘compelling enough’ version of their content for free, artists amass the largest possible audience for their work; Freeform’s platform then makes it fun and easy for consumers to unlock more and better content.” http://freeformdev.com
Learn more about Freeform here |
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AudiamAudiam gets music copyrights holders paid for digital uses of their music that are underrepresented by traditional collection agents and rights organizations. Audiam licenses the rights to the digital music services then collects and administers back the revenue generated from the use of the music. Audiam’s clients are the music copyright holders including publishers, songwriters and labels. Audiam has initially focused on YouTube, Spotify, Google Play, Rhapsody, Beats, Amazon Prime and other digital music services, where clients are legally owed a separate royalty for the composition. http://www.audiam.com
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Section 101Section 101 provides a revolutionary new approach to online branding, content management and marketing for musicians. The web-based self-serve platform puts the artist in control. The platform is specifically designed to be intuitive, easy-to-use and efficient. One, easy-to-use platform with: Content Management and Publishing; Marketing Tools; Commerce Enabled; Community Management; Reporting / Analytics. www.section101.com
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MiXi
Mixi.fm provides the algorithmic engine to drive the next generation of music services. MiXi uses machine learning and curatorial expertise to make predictive sense of user context and music. The amazing results are personalized music experiences that reflect who you are, where you are and what you are doing. http://mixi.fm |
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SF Music Tech FundThe SF MusicTech Fund invests in early stage internet music and technology companies which we identify as they flow through and participate at the SF MusicTech Summit. The SF MusicTech Summit is the world’s leading internet music and technology conference. Event producer Brian Zisk is a partner in the SF MusicTech Fund.
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