The State of the Market
Music catalog acquisitions are one of the most durable investment categories in entertainment — but the market has lacked the infrastructure to support institutional-scale participation.
Catalog acquisitions are brokered entirely through personal networks. If you don't know someone, you don't see the deal.
Every earnings report arrives in a different format. Buyers and brokers alike are bottlenecked by the time it takes to process and analyze deal flow.
From first contact to close, everything lives in fragmented email threads. No pipeline visibility, no permissioned data sharing, no audit trail.
TuneTrader is the operating system for music catalog acquisitions: a single platform where brokers distribute deal flow, buyers source and evaluate opportunities, and every stage of the transaction is tracked, permissioned, and documented.
This isn't just a tool for individual transactions. It's the infrastructure that allows the asset class itself to mature.
Catalog Alpha-1
How It Works
The old way is fragmented emails, inconsistent data, and zero visibility. TuneTrader replaces the entire workflow.
The Platform
Marketplace
Browse standardized listings from vetted brokers, filtered by genre, revenue, territory, and multiple. Subscribe to deal flow and get alerted when new listings match your mandate.
Deal Room
Permissioned deal rooms replace email chains. Role-based access, document sharing, offer management, and a full audit trail on every transaction.
Analysis
Our proprietary analysis tool ingests earnings data and produces clean, standardized valuation reports — giving both sides an unbiased foundation for negotiation.
Distribute your deal flow to a verified network of institutional buyers — without the friction of managing it through email.
List publicly with curated information, then share deal-specific data exclusively with qualified buyers inside a permissioned deal room. Your clients' privacy is protected. Your pipeline stays organized.
Source music catalogs that match your investment mandate — without relying on who you know.
Browse verified listings, commission independent diligence reports, submit offers, and manage counterparties — all in one place. No more fragmented inboxes or inconsistent data packages.