Music
Stellwagen Venture’s focus is connecting rights holders with some of the world's leading investors. We have direct access, on a non- exclusive basis, to numerous funds ready to make investments in the rights holders' greatest assets.
Stellwagen Ventures helps create a marketplace by connecting buyers and sellers of music intellectual property rights.
The buyers are strategic investors, motivated to aggressively pursue the acquisition of copyrights and/or royalty revenue streams from artists, producers, record labels, songwriters and music publishers. Each one of these investors is looking to amass a substantial portfolio of music rights.
Music Opportunity
According to The Wall Street Journal, A Hot Pandemic Market = Music Royalties . Unable to tour, artists tap their catalogs for income as music rights increasingly are seen as “a sound alternative asset.” The coronavirus outbreak is causing musicians to monetize their catalogs and has accelerated the market for the acquisition of music royalties. Over the last three to five years, rising revenue from music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music has led to an increase in the value of music rights ownership.
Investors are eager to acquire music assets and willing to pay significant multiples on annual revenue streams.
According to an industry source, "no matter how much an artist earns, losing any portion of expected income takes its toll. You tend to expect and build a life around a certain amount of income."
The Stellwagen Process
IDENTIFY
the rights owner (Seller)
e.g. artists, producers, record labels, songwriters, publishers.
DETERMINE
the approximate music royalty revenue 12 months trailing
ANALYZE
the availability of the data for the music rights being sold
Why Us?
Stellwagen Ventures and our network of music investors aren’t for everyone. We all deliberately fly under the radar, by design. We are not about the flash or the spotlight. The investors we broker deals with are typically finance experts who have a focused investment fund in music. As for leveraging the catalogue once it’s acquired, the investors typically work with the world's greatest resources (distributors, digital marketers, PR agencies, etc.) when and if needed. We work swiftly and efficiently. Our turnaround time is unparalleled and can beat any of our competitors’ timelines.
We broker deals all around the world from our offices in the UK and the US.