Camel Club x Invest Blue: Startup Investment & Networking Session
Join us for an engaging angel investing & startup pitch event hosted in collaboration with Invest Blue and Camel Club of Lexington.
The program will feature a startup pitch, Q&A with the founder, and conversation about the company and investment opportunity. The remainder of the event is dedicated to connecting with fellow attendees, exchanging ideas, and enjoying one-on-one conversations with the presenting founder. A perfect blend of insight, innovation, and networking for anyone interested in startups and venture opportunities.
About OwnAChord
OwnAChord (Kentucky‑based) is building the data infrastructure layer for the independent music economy. The platform simplifies how artists register their music, track royalties, and manage performance data across a fragmented system of global rights organizations. Today, independent artists must navigate 15+ separate platforms to collect what they’ve earned—leading to billions of dollars in unclaimed royalties each year. OwnAChord solves this by providing a single, unified portal where artists register once and the platform handles the rest.
As the independent creator economy continues to grow, artists are increasingly seeking tools that give them ownership, visibility, and control over their work. OwnAChord positions itself as a“system of record” for independent musicians, consolidating royalty data, automating registrations, and delivering a clear view of earnings through one dashboard. The company’s hybrid integration approach—combining APIs and automation—creates a meaningful barrier to entry and enables coverage across systems that typically do not communicate.
The company has secured over $300K in angel investment and has demonstrated strong early momentum with 200+ committed pre‑subscribers and 14 signed LOIs from established artists representing a combined 3M+ followers ahead of launch. With the platform built and beta launch scheduled for mid‑2026, this round supports final integrations, go‑to‑market execution, and early user growth.
About Camel Club
Camel Club is Lexington’s first culture and community-driven social club. Housed in a historic Colonial Revival mansion, it blends excellent hospitality with rich cultural programming. Its thoughtfully designed spaces include a restaurant, two bars, a screening room, a hi-fi listening lounge, a library, co-working areas, private dining and meeting rooms, plus lush outdoor gardens and terraces. Members enjoy near-daily events, from wine tastings and chef dinners to film screenings, art exhibitions, and speaker series. Camel Club is a gathering place for culture, community, hospitality, and the arts—offering something for all of life’s pursuits.
About Invest Blue
Invest Blue is an angel network that connects the global community of Kentucky affiliated innovators and investors. The network brings together a diverse community of investors from all levels of experience to facilitate investments, offer educational support, and remove the complexities associated with early-stage investing.
Invest Blue is a program of UK Innovate at the University of Kentucky.