Dugan Schwalm

Serial Entrepreneur / Team Builder / Fundraiser

📍 DuPage County, Illinois, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2013
VC🌍 United States
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Board Member
Jul 2010
Music Dealers™ is a music agency and B2B music licensing platform whose mission is to help brands, agencies, TV networks, and film & game studios realize the full potential of authentic music to drive value for their business. Music Dealers provides music, creative and branding services along with unprecedented 24/7 music licensing access to the world’s largest catalog of emerging talent via their online platform. By working with Music Dealers, artists have earned millions through sync placements, custom music creation, and clearance deals. In 2011, Music Dealers cemented an exclusive partnership with The Coca-Cola Company as the brand’s global music partner. Since then, Music Dealers has formed partnerships with McDonalds, Disney, CBS, and HBO among others. Founded in 2008, Music Dealers is based in Chicago, with offices in New York, Atlanta, London, and Mexico City. For more information visit: www.musicdealers.com.
early stageMedia Production
Board Member
Apr 2008
Aperion Biologics has developed and patented a technique to make animal tissues usable for human applications without causing rejection. The core platform technology is an enzymatic stripping of the key carbohydrate antigens followed by a unique conversion process that both “humanizes” and sterilizes the tissues without affecting their biomechanical or biological properties. This tissue scaffold provides mechanical stability and function while being biologically integrated and remodeled. Aperion’s Z-Process™ of humanizing and sterilizing tissue can be applied to a variety of tissues from orthopaedic ligaments, bone, and meniscus to cardiovascular valves and vessels to soft tissue grafts for augmentation and repair.
Experience · 4 entries
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Investments (3)
Founder (1)
Board (2)
2018
Co-FOunder & Chief Operating Officer
Feb 2018
Cardware™ is an OS. It’s a CMS. It’s an API. Really, it’s just indispensable. We’ve been amazed at how our users have come to rely on Cardware™ in so many different ways. In as little as 48 hours, Cardware™ is integrated with your database systems, and running as a fully functional app on any device. Cardware™ works across any device. Yes, any device. Give us your video, your audio, your text, your graphics… your mega-masses of content yearning to break free. Cardware™ doesn’t play favorites. It’s an equal opportunity interface on any device – mobile, desktop, touchscreen kiosks, you name it. Four ways to put Cardware™ to work. And love it. 1. Connected Workforce Our in-platform real-time chat enables one-to-one or group communication. All formats – graphic, video, document – are securely accessible to anyone with credentials. 2. Sales Acceleration In-field salespeople have instant, searchable access to the most current product and pricing information – catalogs, brochures, even standard contracts. 3. Microlearning Flashcards are a proven way to learn a lot quickly. Easy to locate and read – anytime, anywhere – this is eLearning on a whole new level. 4. Integrated Solutions Share critical business documents with suppliers securely, helping ensure every key stakeholder has the same up-to-the-minute information at all times. The future of content management is here!
2013
Windermere Holdings
Venture Capital Consultant and Investor
Jun 2013
2010
Board Member
Jul 2010
Music Dealers™ is a music agency and B2B music licensing platform whose mission is to help brands, agencies, TV networks, and film & game studios realize the full potential of authentic music to drive value for their business. Music Dealers provides music, creative and branding services along with unprecedented 24/7 music licensing access to the world’s largest catalog of emerging talent via their online platform. By working with Music Dealers, artists have earned millions through sync placements, custom music creation, and clearance deals. In 2011, Music Dealers cemented an exclusive partnership with The Coca-Cola Company as the brand’s global music partner. Since then, Music Dealers has formed partnerships with McDonalds, Disney, CBS, and HBO among others. Founded in 2008, Music Dealers is based in Chicago, with offices in New York, Atlanta, London, and Mexico City. For more information visit: www.musicdealers.com.
early stageMedia Production
2008
Board Member
Apr 2008
Aperion Biologics has developed and patented a technique to make animal tissues usable for human applications without causing rejection. The core platform technology is an enzymatic stripping of the key carbohydrate antigens followed by a unique conversion process that both “humanizes” and sterilizes the tissues without affecting their biomechanical or biological properties. This tissue scaffold provides mechanical stability and function while being biologically integrated and remodeled. Aperion’s Z-Process™ of humanizing and sterilizing tissue can be applied to a variety of tissues from orthopaedic ligaments, bone, and meniscus to cardiovascular valves and vessels to soft tissue grafts for augmentation and repair.
Investment activity
2008–2013 · 3 investments
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