Echo Music

About the offering

Eko Music (formerly Echo Music) is reimagining music participation by creating an ecosystem where fans transform into stakeholders and artists maintain creative and financial sovereignty—shifting from passive consumption to active cultural co-ownership. The Problem The current music industry system fundamentally disadvantages artists. A typical signed artist needs approximately 10,000,000 streams per year just to make minimum wage. Artists are required to give up their creative and financial control to receive only a small fraction of their revenue earnings. Traditional industry systems are outdated and ultimately do not serve artists' best interests, forcing creators to surrender ownership for limited financial return. The Solution Eko Music empowers a paradigm shift toward a creator-first future. The platform provides artists with an ecosystem to monetize on their own terms while cultivating deeper, more meaningful relationships with their communities. Rather than just being a platform, Eko creates a new kind of ecosystem where belief becomes value and fans become stakeholders in artists' success. This approach unlocks financial and creative freedom for artists while enabling active cultural co-ownership. Vision The company aims to become the foundational creative and financial platform for the global artist economy, rooted in empowerment. Eko seeks to unlock a more equitable, creator-first future where artists maintain control while building sustainable revenue streams and authentic community connections. Team CEO Ashton Horiuchi is a 2× tech founder in the robotics and music technology industries who has raised over $250,000. He is backed by several investors including Timmy McCarthy and has been an artist/multi-instrumentalist for over 15 years. COO Kevin Steidel has owned/exited several businesses across retail, food & beverage, advertising, and digital consumer profiling industries. He is a former professor of entrepreneurship, business, and economics at Wittenberg University. Chief Music Officer Ivan "Ill Factor" Corraliza is a Grammy award-winning producer and songwriter with over 20 years of experience in the music industry. He has worked on projects with top artists including Justin Timberlake, Sia, Gwen Stefani, Jason Derulo, and Skylar Grey, and is the founder of Beat Academy. Featured Investor Timmy McCarthy invested $100,000 as Syndicate Lead. He is the founder of RCO Limited, the largest Raising Cane's franchise. He states he's investing because he believes in Ashton's dream to create equity for artists and the platform's potential to create honest connections where all sides can win. Early Traction The company raised $20,000 in its first 2 weeks as a startup and achieved over $100,000 in reservations crowdfunded in less than a week, demonstrating early market validation and community interest. Current Fundraise Eko Music is raising capital on Wefunder.

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