About WeBeat

WeBeat was founded in late 2009 by Giacomo DiGrigoli and Holcombe Waller, each passionate about creating a new service in the volatile music space that would be valued by artists and fans alike. As a music artist who has independently sustained his work for 10 years, Holcombe understood both the challenges and possibilities of creating and realizing value with a digital medium that has a perceived value of zero. Giacomo brings a wealth of experience with digital payments and online community, and the ongoing conversation between these two friends generated the ideas behind WeBeat.

WeBeat believes that there is still tremendous value in digitally distributed music, and that this value is created by artists and fans alike through direct engagement with each other.

WeBeat Management Team and Contributors

Giacomo DiGrigoli, co-founder

Giacomo was a founding member of PayPal's product team and went on to become Director of Product at PayPal/eBay. Prior to starting WeBeat, he was a Senior Director of Product at Geni.com, launching Geni's core content subscription and revenue platform. He also helped launch Yammer.com (Winner of TechCrunch 40 2008), developing the International and mobil/SMS notification systems. Giacomo holds a BA from Yale.

Holcombe Waller, co-founder

Holcombe worked as an Enterprise Business Systems specialist at Digital Island to fund his first two music albums before becoming a full-time independent music, theater and video artist. He has toured music venues nationally and has had theatrical pieces presented at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The New York Public Theater, and many others. Ann Powers called his sophomore album "A small pop epic", and SPIN Magazine heralded his work as "crazy beautiful." Holcombe has managed a successful music career for over 10 years. Holcombe holds a BA from Yale.