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Music Tech Works
Techstars '21Mableton, US · Founded 2016 · Georgia corporation · 3 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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Music Tech Works operates rightsholder.io, a searchable database of music publishing and master recording ownership data for sync licensing.
Also known as rightsholder.io
Founders & leadership
Investors · 2
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Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$1.1M disclosed across 2 of 3 rounds · 2020–2022
▶$750KraisedApr 2022 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Justin DawkinsDirector
- Bryson NoblesDirector
- Jarrett HinesExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Offering amount
- $750K
- Amount sold
- $750K
- First sale
- Apr 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Georgia
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$350KraisedNov 2020 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Bryson NoblesDirector
- Jarrett HinesExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Offering amount
- $350K
- Amount sold
- $350K
- First sale
- Oct 2020
- Incorporated
- Limited Liability Company, Georgia, 2016
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Sep 2026Music Tech Works is a music technology company behind rightsholder.io, a platform built to identify the controlling publisher and label information needed to clear synchronization (sync) licenses for uses such as television, film, video games and advertising. At launch the rightsholder.io database covered more than 60 million songs and presented a consolidated view of publishing and master recording ownership.
Beyond ownership data, the product lets users identify past use data showing the shows, movies and brands that have previously licensed a track, and provides sample audio for each track in the database. The company positions the service as combining enterprise-level features with consumer-level usability, aimed at making rights data accessible to those seeking to license music. Its founders, Jarrett Hines (co-founder and CEO) and Bryson A. Nobles (co-founder and CTO), previously worked together on SongSplits, a digital split sheet application, and developed early versions of rightsholder.io during the Project Music Accelerator.
Founding story
Co-founders Jarrett Hines and Bryson A. Nobles had previously collaborated on SongSplits, a digital split sheet application, and developed the initial concept for rightsholder.io as part of the Project Music Accelerator. Nobles has described the effort as a response to the long-standing absence of a single consolidated U.S. database of music rights information, at a point the founders characterized as a convergence of technology development and industry demand.
Business model
The company offers rightsholder.io as a searchable rights-data platform aggregating trusted data sources on music publishing and master recording ownership for parties seeking to license music.
Traction
rightsholder.io launched in January 2021 following a beta period that the co-founders characterized as receiving positive user response.
Latest developments
In January 2021 Music Tech Works launched rightsholder.io. Tirrell D. Whittley, CEO of Liquid Soul, publicly described a partnership with the company and Collab Capital around the platform.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
The company frames rightsholder.io as addressing the absence of a single consolidated U.S. database of music rights information, a problem the founders describe as long unresolved despite sync licensing being a significant and growing income source for musicians and songwriters.
Combines aggregated ownership data with past-use licensing history and audio samples in one searchable interface, pairing enterprise-level features with consumer-level usability.
Technology
rightsholder.io aggregates data from multiple trusted sources into a database of over 60 million songs, exposing publishing and master recording ownership, historical licensing use data by show, movie and brand, and sample audio, through a user interface designed around industry workflows.
Go-to-market
Music supervisors, content producers, advertisers, film, television and video game productions, catalog managers, and musicians and songwriters whose works are licensed for sync.
Geography
Music Connection reports the company as based in Atlanta, with accelerator participation in Nashville, Tennessee.
History
The company was selected for the 2019-2020 cohort of the Project Music Accelerator in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2020 it participated in the Google for Startups Founders Academy, and in October 2020 it was awarded capital from the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund. At the end of 2020 it closed a funding round from Collab Capital, and in January 2021 it launched rightsholder.io.
Compiled by commissioned research from 2 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsLaunched rightsholder.io, a sync licensing platform with a database of more than 60 million songs covering publishing and master recording ownership, past use data and sample audio.
Tirrell D. Whittley, CEO of Liquid Soul, stated he is partnering with the Music Tech Works founders and Collab Capital on the rightsholder.io endeavor.
Closed a round of funding from Collab Capital, an early-stage investment fund focused on start-ups by Black founders, whose limited partners include Lecrae and Kapor Capital.
Chosen to join the 2019-2020 cohort of the Project Music Accelerator in Nashville, TN.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 2
primary sources listed
- Music Tech Works Launches rightsholder.io - Music Connection Magazinemusicconnection.com · web
2 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Music Tech Works do?
- Music Tech Works operates rightsholder.io, a searchable database of music publishing and master recording ownership data for sync licensing.
- Who are Music Tech Works's investors?
- Music Tech Works's investors include Techstars, Collab Capital.
- How much funding has Music Tech Works raised?
- Music Tech Works has disclosed $1.1M raised across 2 of its 3 known rounds.
- Where is Music Tech Works headquartered?
- Music Tech Works is headquartered in Mableton, US.