Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Steve Aoki is a Grammy-nominated international producer/DJ, electronic dance music entrepreneur, and founder of the trendsetting record label, events/lifestyle company, and apparel line Dim Mak. Since launching in 1996, Dim Mak has broken bands such as Bloc Party, the Bloody Beetroots, Klaxons, and the Gossip through deftly marketed single and full-length releases, and now has nearly 500 releases to date.

As a solo artist, Aoki has become a force of nature averaging more than 250 tour dates per year. Aoki’s second artist album, Neon Future I, was released September 30, 2014, via Dim Mak/Ultra Music, and features his Gold-certified single “Delirious (Boneless)” with Chris Lake and Tujamo featuring Kid Ink, “Born to Get Wild” featuring will.i.am, and “Rage the Night Away” featuring Waka Flocka Flame. The second part of his Neon Future album, Neon Future II, was released May 12, 2015.