Dart Music

Name

Dart Music

Website

https://dartmusic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dart Music is a Nashville-based private company founded in 2014 that builds metadata management and distribution tooling for the music industry, delivered primarily through its Atlantis Digital Sub-Label Dashboard for label partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Dart Music provides the Atlantis Digital Sub-Label Dashboard, a software platform that enables music sub-label operators to manage digital music distribution and label operations through a sign-in portal. The company states its focus is on solving metadata issues for the music industry and beyond, indicating the platform also addresses music metadata processing as a core capability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Stem: Distribution and royalty services platform (acquired by Sony in 2021) with explicit focus on label accounting, metadata and rights data — overlapping dashboard/wrap-up functionality.
• DistroKid: Largest DIY digital music distributor offering sub-label/aggregation dashboards and ancillary tools. Most directly comparable as a white-label-friendly distribution + metadata stack for indie labels.
• TuneCore: Long-standing digital music distribution platform owned by Believe, serving indie labels and artists with dashboard-based delivery and rights administration — same sub-label workflow model.
• CD Baby: Pioneer DIY digital music distributor with sub-label partnerships, offering distribution and ancillary metadata services — historically comparable customer base.
• AWAL (Artists Without A Label): Sony-owned distribution and label-services platform with sub-label-level onboarding, royalty accounting, and metadata management comparable to Dart's offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Songtrust: Music publishing administration platform focused on songwriter rights and metadata accuracy globally — directly addresses the same metadata-cleansing use case.
• Kobalt Music: Tech-forward music publisher and rights administrator that built proprietary metadata and royalty infrastructure; broad incumbent with comparable technology orientation.
• Downtown Music: Major music services company (owns DistroKid, FUGA) with wide distribution, publishing administration and rights-tech stack — broad competitor on distribution + metadata.

Emerging players

• UnitedMasters: Artist-direct distribution and label services company with strong indie focus; overlaps with Dart in indie/sub-label distribution and rights metadata.
• Sonosuite: White-label B2B music distribution and label-management SaaS used by independent labels and aggregators — closest pure white-label technical analog to Dart's Atlantis Dashboard.

Market position

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dart-music

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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