Music & Creator Economy · 2025

Hoopr Smash

Creating Category Leadership Through Music Rights & Licensing PR

Objective

Position Hoopr Smash as a modern music-licensing platform making trending and regional music easier to license legally for brands, agencies and creators.

Strategy

  1. Supply-side stories around labels, artists and catalogues
  2. Demand-side narratives for brands and agencies
  3. Music copyright, micro-sync and rights education
  4. Founder-led commentary on the future of music licensing

Execution

Built narratives around catalogue partnerships, commercial music use cases, copyright-safe content, micro-sync and the changing economics of music rights for the creator and brand ecosystem.

Impact

  1. Greater awareness of music licensing as a business category
  2. Stronger relevance among brands, agencies and creators
  3. Clearer positioning around legal, accessible music rights
  4. Created a platform for ecosystem and industry conversations

Coverage

  • Entrackr Music licensing platform Hoopr raises funds in extended pre-Series A round Gyan Vardhan Nov 2025
  • Business Standard Music Licensing Startup Hoopr Secures Funding from The Chennai Angels in its Pre-Series A Round Business Standard Feb 2026
  • The Tribune AI Start-Ups Win Pitches at In-house track The Tribune

Key insight

Making a complex rights problem simple and commercially relevant can turn a niche technology story into a broader industry conversation.

More proof

Other engagements, same receipts.

Quoted headlines, named outlets, every one of them.