David Wanek
Investment Partner @ Western Technology Investment
Portola Valley, United States
David Wanek is a debt financing investor at Western Technology Investment in Portola Valley focused on Legal and Music. David joined WTI in 2000. Prior to that he held marketing, business development, and legal positions with VeriSign, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, and Los Alamos National Laboratories. David holds a BS from the University of Kansas, an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico and a JD from Santa ClaraUniversity. He is a member of the California State Bar.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries David Wanek invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Legal 1 (100%)
- Music 1 (100%)
- Accounting 1 (100%)
- Publishing 1 (100%)
- Transaction Processing 1 (100%)
Investments
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| RightsFlow is a leading technology-enabled provider of mechanical licensing and royalty accounting, reporting, and payment services for online music companies, record companies, distributors, artists, and songwriters. The RightsFlow technology powers rapid song identification and provides an unprecedented level of transparency for both licenseesand licensors. RightsFlow specializes in obtaining bulk physical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited download rights. Our proprietary licensing technology and 30+ million song database allow us to license content, render accounting, and pay royalties on behalf of clients quickly and accurately, ensuring that rights-holders are paid for the use of their work. RightsFlow was acquired by Google in 2011 and is now part of the team at YouTube helping to simplify music licensing, content identification, accounting and payments for songwriters and publishers worldwide. | $1M / Debt Financing / Aug 21, 2009 |
Western Technology Investment is a venture capital firm that specializes in offering acquisition financing to revenue-generating firms. The firm provides debt and lease financing to venture capital backed technology companies.
Western Technology Investment Contacts
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David Gravano
Investment Partner
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Jon Beizer
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Katherine Scott
Director of Compliance
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Linh Cao
Director of Investment and Fiinance
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