New York, NY – August 27, 2009 – RightsFlow, a company that manages licensing and payments for record labels, musicians, and online music services has raised $1.5 million in a first round of funding.

New York City-based RightsFlow says its technology helps companies and artists manage the complex issues around copyright and licensing. Launched in 2007, the company says it has more than 1,500 clients, including Muzak, the company whose name has become synonymous with elevator music, as well as the music start-up Imeem.
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Originate Ventures invests in company that offers music copyright licensing, accounting and royalty payment services for online music services, record companies, distributors and artists

New York, NY – August 26, 2009 – RightsFlow, a leading provider of mechanical licensing, accounting and royalty payment services for companies that sell or distribute music worldwide, announced the completion of a $1.5 million Series A financing round with Originate Ventures of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Profitable since launching in 2007, the company helps online music services, record companies, distributors and artists properly license and remain compliant with a complex array of U.S. copyright obligations while ensuring payment for rights-holders. The completion of the Series A financing will allow RightsFlow to more rapidly expand their robust worldwide data and licensing network as well as develop additional products and services.
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Los Angeles, CA – August 26, 2009 – The funding tap keeps-a-dripping for music-related startups, another sign of economic recovery. The latest beneficiary is New York-based Rightsflow, a company focused on managing the tricky terrain of mechanical licensing compliance and accounting. According to details tipped Wednesday, the company just rallied a $1.5 million, Series A round from Originate Ventures.
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New York, NY – August 26, 2009 – RightsFlow, a company that manages licensing and payments for record labels, musicians, and online music services has raised $1.5 million in a first round of funding.

New York City-based RightsFlow says its technology helps companies and artists manage the complex issues around copyright. Launched in 2007, the company claims to have more than 1,500 clients, including Muzak (the company whose name has become synonymous with elevator music) as well as music startup imeem. In addition to improving existing services, RightsFlow says it will use the money to build a site where fans and artists can easily license songs from publishers — if you want to record a cover version, you could just visit the site, search for the song, and then pay the licensing fee.
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New York, NY – August 26, 2009 – RightsFlow, a provider of mechanical licensing, accounting and royalty payment services for companies that sell or distribute music worldwide, has completed a $1.5 million Series A financing round with Originate Ventures of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The new funding will allow RightsFlow to more rapidly expand its worldwide data and licensing network as well as develop additional products and services.
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New York, NY – August 26, 2009 – Music licensing and royalty service provider RightsFlow has raised $1.5 million in a first round of funding from Originate Ventures. RightsFlow’s music licensing and royalty payment technology platform is used by more than 1,500 music-related companies, including imeem, INGrooves, and E1 Entertainment. New funds will be used to expand the company’s licensing network and develop additional products and services. TechCrunch has additional details, including that some of the new cash will be used to launch a consumer-oriented website where anyone interested in licensing rights to a song could connect with (and pay) the license owner. RightsFlow says it has been profitable since 2007.
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San Francisco, CA – August 26, 2009 – RightsFlow, a startup that manages music licensing and payment services, has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding from Originate Ventures. Launched in 2007, RightsFlow helps online music services, record companies, distributors and artists license music and lyrics while also managing payments for the rights-holders.

RightsFlow says that the funding will be used to develop new products and services, one of which will be launched this fall. Currently named “Clearance Form” (I’m told this name is temporary), the product will be a consumer-facing site that will help coordinate payments between the licensee and licensor. So if a cover band or artist wanted to obtain the licensing rights to a particular song, they could go to the site to find and pay for the proper license.
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RightsFlow helps US and international labels, online, mobile and physical music distributors, and online music sellers to obtain the prerequisite publishing licences to do business in the US. It tracks usage, then calculates, collects and pays royalties, and processes royalty statements for the relevant publishers, including those belonging to the mechanical licensing organisation Harry Fox Agency. Current clients include online music services like EMI Music Special Markets, Zebralution, Muzak, imeem, and IODA. “We represent more than 1,500 clients that are trying to license music from their large catalogues,” explains Ben Cockerham, RightsFlow’s COO.
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