Remember the flurry of speculation that the catalogue-sales boom was about to pop – or at least deflate? A series of announcements this year on big raises for catalogue buyers suggests […]
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Funding roundup: Tamber, Futures Music Group, Inversa…
This week brings a spate of new ventures and funding announcements in the music sphere. Starting with Tamber, a startup that pitches itself as a “sonic intelligence-powered creative suite”. What’s that? […]
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Amazon will invest up to $25bn more in AI company Anthropic
Despite a damaging fallout with the White House – and ongoing lawsuits from music publishers – AI company Anthropic continues to have no problems raising huge amounts of funding from tech giants. […]
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OpenAI raises $122bn and says it’s now making $2bn a month
What was that about OpenAI raising a $110bn funding round valuing the company at $730bn? The AI giant has now updated those figures.
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Seeker Music Group bags $267m in asset-backed securitisation
A quick definition for readers outside the music-finance world: in this context, an asset-backed securitisation is when the future income streams from music catalogues are packaged into tradable financial instruments […]
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Bridge Conference and Jukebox Ventures launch £1m accelerator
We like to keep a keen eye on new opportunities for music-tech startups to develop and get funding. Croatian event Bridge Conference has teamed up with Jukebox Ventures to do […]
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Too Lost bags investment with acquisitions and advances in mind
Music distributor and tech firm Too Lost has been splashing its cash recently, making a ‘seven-figure’ investment in startup AntiFragile Equity Partners last October. Now it has some new funding of its […]
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Talent-discovery firm Surf Music raises $6.3m funding round
Japanese firm Surf Music emerged onto our radar in 2023 as a platform to connect musicians with labels, sync licensors and other opportunities globally. It was a finalist in our Music Ally SI:X […]
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Create Music Group raises $450m at a valuation of $2.2bn
Create Music Group (CMG) has been a regular acquirer of independent labels and other music companies. Now it has raised new funding.
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Kaafi Aalsi, Inshallah Babes have won the 2026 TFA Awards for Music
There’s a severe lack of grants for Indian independent musicians at the early stage of their careers. Bengaluru-based non-profit trust Toto Funds The Arts (TFA), which was set up in […]
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OpenAI raises $110bn and says it has 900m weekly ChatGPT users
Speculation about an imminent wallet-busting funding round for AI giant OpenAI has been building in recent months, but now the round has been announced – so the figures involved are finally official. […]
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Report: Amazon to invest up to $50bn in OpenAI’s next funding round
Money has been pouring in to the leading lights of the AI sector, but OpenAI’s next funding round could set a new bar – aided by the tech giants keen to […]
