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Revelator}} Revelator Ltd. is a music technology and digital distribution company serving the global independent music industry. Founded in 2012 by Bruno Guez, the company partners with independent record labels, distributors, artist managers, and music companies to release, manage, market, and monetize music assets.
Revelator's main platform, Revelator Pro, offers end-to-end solutions for catalog management, delivery and distribution, analytics, and royalty payments. Its companion product, the Revelator API, enables partners to integrate music delivery, royalty operations, and analytics directly into their own products or infrastructure.
The company operates teams across five continents and supports digital music operations with an emphasis on transparency and efficiency.
Background
Revelator was founded by Bruno Guez, a Paris-born, Los Angeles–raised music executive whose career in the music industry began in the early 1990s. Before launching Revelator, Guez founded the independent label Quango Music Group in partnership with Chris Blackwell, releasing artists including Zero 7, Tricky, Sneaker Pimps, Basement Jaxx, and Kruder & Dorfmeister.
Founding and early development
In response to the rapid transformation brought by digital streaming, Guez identified the need for improved tools to manage rights, royalties, metadata, and financial transparency for artists and rights holders. That's when he began developing a cloud-based data infrastructure that evolved into Revelator's platform. The company was formally incorporated in 2012.
Funding
In 2015, Revelator raised US$500,000 in seed funding. In 2016, the company secured a US$2.5 million Series A round led by Exigent Capital with participation from Digital Currency Group and Reinvent.
In 2022, Revelator's Web3 platform Original Works secured investment from Dapper Labs, creators of the Flow blockchain.
Revelator Pro
A SaaS platform offering catalog management, digital distribution, analytics, royalty accounting, and global payments.
Revelator API
A developer infrastructure layer enabling music delivery, reporting, metadata processing, rights and royalties management, and analytics integration.
Revelator Wallet
A digital blockchain-based wallet designed for artists and rights holders to manage rights, receive royalties in USDC, split earnings, and track payments.
Original Works
A Web3 protocol enabling rights holders to register, manage, tokenize, and monetize music IP using smart contracts and digital wallets.
Revelator Label Services
A suite of strategic marketing and release-planning services designed to support independent labels.
Teosto pilot
In 2019, Revelator partnered with the Finnish collective management organization Teosto and BMAT to test a blockchain-based system for near real-time radio royalty payments. The pilot delivered payments to 19 rights holders within 24 hours, compared with months or years using traditional systems.
Family in Music partnership
Revelator later partnered with Family in Music to demonstrate automated daily royalty payments to artists using streaming data.
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