Thursday, December 14, 2017

HAAWK Buys RoyaltyClaim and TuneRegistry

Los Angeles-based a href="http://www.haawk.com">HAAWK, the startup led by Ryan Born which focuses on rights management, copyright enforcement, and content monetization, has acquired two startups, TuneRegistry, and RoyaltyClaim. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. As part of the acquisition, HAAWK said it has named TuneRegistry and RoyaltyClaim founder Dae Bogan as CEO, and named TuneRegistry co-founders Jesse Morris, Kara McGehee, and Shane Zilinskas will serve as HAAWK's CLO, CPO, and CTO. Born becomes Chairman, President, and CFO of the combined companies. HAAWK is venture backed by Rincon Venture Partners, Wavemaker Partners, Frontier Venture Capital, and Apex Ventures.

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