{{Short description|Music technology company}} {{ad|date=January 2026}} {{About|the music technology company|other uses|Revelator (disambiguation){{!}}Revelator}} {{Infobox company | name = Revelator Ltd. | logo = Revelator-logo.png | logo_size = 200px | type = Private | industry = Music technology; Digital music distribution | founded = {{start date and age|2012}} | founder = Bruno Guez | headquarters = Tel Aviv, Israel | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Bruno Guez (CEO) | products = Revelator Pro; Revelator API; Revelator Wallet; Original Works | num_employees = 11–50<ref name="linkedin">{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/revelator/about/ |title=Revelator company profile |website=LinkedIn |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref> | website = {{Official website|https://revelator.com}} }} '''Revelator Ltd.''' is a music technology and digital distribution company serving the global independent music industry.<ref name="mbw-15billion">{{cite web |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/revelator-hits-15-billion-stream-landmark-looks-to-double-revenues-in-2025/ |title=Revelator hits 15 billion stream landmark, looks to double revenues in 2025 |website=Music Business Worldwide |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref name="mbw-independents">{{cite web |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/nothing-will-stand-in-the-way-of-independents-and-why-the-worlds-first-three-person-indie-unicorn-is-only-a-matter-of-time-away/ |title=Nothing will stand in the way of independents |website=Music Business Worldwide |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref>
Revelator's main platform, '''Revelator Pro''', offers end-to-end solutions{{buzzword-inline|date=January 2026}} 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.<ref name="mbw-15billion" />
The company operates teams across five continents and supports digital music operations with an emphasis on transparency and efficiency.<ref name="mbw-independents" />
== History ==
=== 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.<ref name="a2im">{{cite web |url=https://a2im.org/featured-exec-bruno-guez/ |title=Featured Exec: Bruno Guez |website=A2IM |date=13 April 2022 |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref name="a2im" />
=== 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.<ref name="musebyclio">{{cite web |url=https://musebyclios.com/music/revelators-bruno-guez-on-nfts-and-brands-as-art-patrons/ |title=Revelator's Bruno Guez on NFTs and Brands as Art Patrons |website=Muse by Clio |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref> After relocating to Israel, 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.<ref name="finsmes">{{cite web |url=https://www.finsmes.com/2015/03/revelator-raises-500k-in-seed-funding.html |title=Revelator Raises $500K in Seed Funding |website=FinSMEs |date=11 March 2015 |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref name="techcrunch">{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/29/revelator-series-a/ |title=Revelator raises $2.5M to build a business platform for digital music |website=TechCrunch |date=29 August 2016 |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref><ref name="mbw-funding">{{cite web |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/revelator-gets-2-5m-funding/ |title=Revelator gets $2.5m funding |website=Music Business Worldwide |date=30 August 2016 |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref>
In 2022, Revelator's Web3 platform Original Works secured investment from Dapper Labs, creators of the Flow blockchain.<ref name="dapperlabs">{{cite web |url=https://www.dapperlabs.com/newsroom/revelators-original-works-integrates-with-the-flow-blockchain |title=Revelator's Original Works Integrates with the Flow Blockchain |website=Dapper Labs |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref>
== Products and services ==
=== Revelator Pro === A SaaS platform offering catalog management, digital distribution, analytics, royalty accounting, and global payments.<ref name="mbw-15billion" />
=== Revelator API === A developer infrastructure layer enabling music delivery, reporting, metadata processing, rights and royalties management, and analytics integration.<ref name="mbw-15billion" />
=== 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.<ref name="mbw-15billion" />
=== Original Works === A Web3 protocol enabling rights holders to register, manage, tokenize, and monetize music IP using smart contracts and digital wallets.<ref name="musicbiz">{{cite web |url=https://musicbiz.org/news/music-biz-member-revelator-debuts-blockchain-based-original-works-platform/ |title=Music Biz Member Revelator Debuts Blockchain-Based Original Works Platform |website=Music Business Association |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref>
=== Revelator Label Services === A suite of strategic marketing and release-planning services designed to support independent labels.<ref name="mbw-independents" />
== Technology and blockchain initiatives ==
=== 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.<ref name="billboard-teosto">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/teosto-european-faster-royalty-payments-blockchain-session/ |title=Finland's Teosto Leads Push for Faster Royalty Payments |website=Billboard |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref><ref name="teosto">{{cite web |url=https://www.teosto.fi/en/faster-payments-for-music-rights-holders-pilot-project-by-teosto-revelator-and-bmat/ |title=Faster payments for music rights holders |website=Teosto |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref>
=== Family in Music partnership === Revelator later partnered with Family in Music to demonstrate automated daily royalty payments to artists using streaming data.<ref name="rotd">{{cite web |url=https://www.recordoftheday.com/news-and-press/revelator-and-family-in-music-first-to-pay-artists-streaming-royalties-in-24-hours-via-artist-wallet |title=Revelator and Family in Music First to Pay Artists Streaming Royalties in 24 Hours |website=Record of the Day |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref>
== Industry involvement == Founder Bruno Guez has publicly advocated for metadata standardization, equitable payment systems, and decentralized rights management.<ref name="musebyclio" /> He has served as a Director on the Board of Merlin.<ref name="a2im" />
Revelator is a Merlin member, a Spotify Platinum Preferred Partner, and an active member of the Music Fights Fraud Alliance.<ref name="merlin">{{cite web |url=https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/merlin-welcomes-six-new-board-members/089079 |title=Merlin welcomes six new board members |website=Music Week |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref><ref name="mffa">{{cite web |url=https://musically.com/2025/09/18/music-fights-fraud-alliance-debuts-partner-program-with-four-firms/ |title=Music Fights Fraud Alliance debuts partner program with four firms |website=Musically |date=18 September 2025 |access-date=5 December 2025}}</ref>
== Global presence == Revelator serves partners across North America, Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia, with expanded activity in emerging markets including Africa.<ref name="finsmes" /><ref name="mbw-15billion" />
== See also == * Music distribution * Independent music * Music streaming * Royalty payment * Blockchain
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Music companies Category:Technology companies established in 2012