Working Capital Partners

What Working Capital Partners does

Working Capital Partners (WCP) is a New York-based structured capital platform founded in 2024 by Grady Gamble and Jesse Greenberg to provide institutional-grade financial solutions to elite talent in sports, music, and entertainment. The company addresses a gap it identifies between the revenue profile of high-earning talent, which it compares to middle-market companies, and the institutional capital tools that such companies typically access. WCP's core product enables athletes, musicians, and entertainers to monetize guaranteed player contracts and music catalogs through structured financing while retaining ownership of their underlying assets, positioning these revenue streams as a recognizable financeable asset class.

The platform operates as an enterprise field sales motion, sourcing deals directly from individual high-net-worth talent with contracted and predictable revenue streams. Its competitive positioning rests on domain specialization in underwriting non-traditional, talent-linked cash flows rather than on disclosed technology infrastructure; the company's website and disclosures make no reference to AI, software products, or proprietary technical systems beyond the structuring framework itself. The company targets elite athletes as its primary segment, with musicians and entertainers as a secondary segment, and has signaled plans to expand into the broader creator economy.

WCP generates revenue through transaction fees on its structured capital solutions, with pricing handled on a quote basis and not publicly disclosed. In March 2026, the company closed a Series A funding round led by WTSL, an investment firm founded by former Endeavor executives Patrick Whitesell and Jason Lublin that is itself backed by a $250 million commitment from Silver Lake. The funding enables WCP to deliver more than $2 billion in structured capital solutions, with stated use of proceeds directed toward expanding operations, scaling the platform across entertainment and the creator economy, and broadening access to liquidity for talent with predictable revenue streams.

Name

Working Capital Partners

Legal name

Working Capital Partners

Website

https://workingcap.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Working Capital Partners is a New York-based structured capital platform, founded in 2024, that provides institutional-grade financing to elite athletes, musicians, and entertainers against their guaranteed contracts and music catalogs while retaining asset ownership. It generates revenue via transaction fees and closed a Series A in March 2026 led by WTSL with Silver Lake backing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structured Capital Services

NAICS

Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (523150), Miscellaneous Intermediation (52391)

SIC

Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159), Short-Term Business Credit Institutions (6153), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211), Asset-Backed Securities (6189)

akta.pro primary industry

Media & Entertainment (FSABACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Large-Cap / Sponsor Finance Direct Lending (FSANADAJ), SME Trade Finance & Working Capital (LCs, Guarantees, Receivables) (FSABABAF), Corporate Finance & Capital Advisory (BPAHADAB), Institutional Capital Introduction (LP/Family Office/Endowment Matching) (FSAEALAI)

Keywords

• Structured capital solutions
• Talent monetization financing
• Athlete contract lending
• Music catalog financing
• Entertainment capital markets

Headquarters

HQ city

Palos Verdes Estates

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Structured Capital Solutions: WCP provides structured financing solutions to talent, enabling them to access upfront capital against their contracted, predictable revenue streams. The platform institutionalizes guaranteed player contracts as a financeable asset class while allowing music artists to retain full catalog ownership as an alternative to traditional catalog sales.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Working Capital Partners provides structured capital solutions to elite athletes, musicians, and entertainers, enabling them to access upfront liquidity against their contracted and predictable revenue streams—including guaranteed player contracts and music catalogs—while retaining ownership of the underlying assets. The platform institutionalizes these future earnings as a financeable asset class, offering bespoke institutional-grade financial tools tailored to high-earning individual talent.

Product overview

Working Capital Partners is a structured capital platform for elite talent, consisting of its core Structured Capital Platform offering. The platform provides institutional finance tools that enable athletes, musicians, and entertainers to access capital markets and monetize guaranteed contracts or music catalogs while retaining ownership of their assets. The platform has the capacity to deliver more than $2 billion in structured capital solutions for talent with predictable revenue streams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structured Capital Platform A structured capital platform serving elite athletes, musicians, and entertainers, enabling them to access upfront liquidity against their contracted and predictable revenue streams (including guaranteed player contracts and music catalogs) while retaining ownership of the underlying assets. The platform has the capacity to deliver more than $2 billion in structured capital solutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than $2 billion in structured capital solutions capacity for elite talent

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Royalty Exchange: Online marketplace where investors buy music royalties, enabling musicians to access capital against catalog earnings — directly comparable to WCP's music catalog monetization model.
• Primary Wave Music: Music publishing and IP investment firm that partners with artists and estates on catalog deals — comparable to WCP's structured capital solutions for musicians and catalog monetization.
• Concord Music Publishing: Independent music publisher that acquires song catalogs and royalty streams at scale — adjacent to WCP's capital solutions for musicians against contracted catalog earnings.
• ANote Music: EU-based music catalog marketplace for institutional investors — comparable to WCP in institutionalizing royalty streams as investable assets for professional capital providers.
• Sound Royalties: Royalty financing company that provides advances to independent musicians against royalty streams — directly comparable to WCP's structured capital model based on contracted catalog earnings.
• Hipgnosis Songs Capital: Music catalog acquisition fund that institutionalizes royalty streams as investable assets, led by Merck Mercuriadis — directly comparable to WCP's approach to music IP financing.
• Duetti: Music catalog investment platform that buys rights and offers structured deals to artists — directly comparable to WCP's music catalog monetization with ownership-retention flexibility.

Regional players

• Excel Sports Management: Athlete representation firm offering financial advisory and ancillary services — adjacent to WCP as an athlete-focused financial services provider with deep M&E industry relationships.

Broad incumbents

• JPMorgan Private Bank: Major private bank with a dedicated Sports and Entertainment practice serving elite athletes and entertainers with lending and wealth services — a scaled incumbent that competes with WCP for the same talent clients.
• Stifel Financial: Brokerage and investment bank with a dedicated sports and entertainment group serving professional athletes and entertainers — a scaled incumbent providing athlete lending and structured capital adjacent to WCP's offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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