INVESTMENTS

Digital Daruma has reviewed over 600 investment proposals from digital music business start ups and music artists since 2010, and have made a number of investments in promising companies and artists to date. Our primary focus is on 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 to navigate this new and shifting digital landscape. 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 that they can be.

Verifi is a new dynamic file format and supporting technology architecture, designed to modernize rights management of media files globally for all participants.

Verifi Media

Boomy uses a variety of algorithms, some assisted by machine learning, to generate musical compositions with client's input.

Boomy

Deed is an app that provides an easy and direct employee giving + employer matching experience, along with the most robust volunteering features on the market.

Deed (app)

Zedge is a content platform, and global leader in smartphone personalization, with more than 280 million app installs and 30 million monthly active users.

[Acquired]
Zedge

A revolutionary new approach to online branding, content management and marketing for musicians. Section 101 is a web-based self-serve platform specifically designed to be intuitive, easy-to-use and efficient.

​[Exited]

Section 101

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.  

[Acquired]

Audiam

Music 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

[Exited]

Music Xray