Outlander Capital Management, LLC is a Dallas-based intellectual property fund targeting both music and patent royalty streams. One of its managing Principals, Les Ware, is the co-founder and chairman of Marconi, a multi-platform patent management firm that manages the licensing of tens of thousands of patents globally for dozens of Fortune 500 companies and other major IP holders around the world.
Outlander also has investment and operational ties to companies working across blockchain-backed NFC technologies, entertainment development, and experiential live events.
CTM is a Netherlands-based leading independent music entertainment company in Europe with expertise in publishing and master rights exploitation and administration, artist management, and TV-production. André de Raaff is the co-founder and CEO of CTM. André formerly served as President and CEO of Arcade, Europe’s largest independent record company and music publisher. He also partnered with the Dutch pension fund ABP to create Imagem, the leading worldwide independent music publishing company.
Leslie D. Ware is a lawyer and entrepreneur living in Dallas, Texas. He has extensive legal experience and has practiced intellectual property law for over 20 years. He specializes in patent management, patent licensing, and patent litigation. He is now the CEO of PanOptis Patent Management LLC.
André founded CTM in 2000 to become one of the most successful independent entertainment music companies, now owned by André and his son Jitze. In 2008, in cooperation with the Dutch pension fund ABP, André succeeded in creating the worldwide leading independent music publishing company IMAGEM in the shortest time ever in history.