Chloe Dagenais

About Chloe Dagenais

Chloe is the Founder and President of MusicTeam®, a self-serve platform revolutionizing music catalog management, registrations, project delivery and distribution for music makers. With a background in information systems, she specializes in building technology-driven solutions that help artists, musicians, engineers and rights holders manage their music more efficiently. 

Her work in digital music rights began during her master’s thesis, where she developed the proof-of-concept for a streamlined music catalog management system, a project that laid the foundation for MusicTeam®. Recognizing the industry’s need for better metadata accuracy and artist-driven solutions, she officially founded MusicTeam® in 2020 to empower music creators through self-serve tools.

Beyond her role as Founder and President of MusicTeam®, Chloé actively contributes to industry discussions on metadata integrity, rights management, and the future of music technology. 

Explore insights into music catalog management, music distribution, music registrations and the ever-evolving intersection of music and technology.

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