Justin Gorriceta-Banusing is the CEO and Co-Founder of Clouted, an AI-powered distribution marketing platform that automates short-form video clipping and campaign delivery for consumer and entertainment brands.

A DJ, festival producer, and entrepreneur from the Philippines, Justin co-founded AcadArena and built the and FRIENDS Festival into a sold-out 20,000+ attendee biannual EDM event in Manila before launching Clouted.

Justin identified that the core problem for artists and brands was never talent or content quality, but distribution, a conviction that became the founding thesis of Clouted.

Clouted emerged from a16z Speedrun in 2024 and has raised $7M in seed funding led by Slow Ventures, with backers including Peak XV Surge, Gold House Ventures, Weekend Fund, and a16z.

Clouted's platform generates 200M+ views monthly for clients like Zedd, Illenium, and Lionsgate, has executed 250+ campaigns, and taps a network of over 100,000 gig creators to drive viral growth at scale.