Albany Avenue Music Fund

Name

Albany Avenue Music Fund

Legal name

Albany Avenue Music Fund

Website

https://aamt.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Royalty Investment Fund

NAICS

Open-End Investment Funds (52591), Open-End Investment Funds (525910), Music Publishers (512230)

SIC

Mineral Royalty Traders (6795)

akta.pro primary industry

Royalty Financing, Advances & Securitization (Catalog Finance) (MPAIAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Music Rights Administration & Royalty Processing (Admin, Accounting, Statements) (MPAIAKAD)

Keywords

• Music royalty investment
• Music catalogue fund
• Alternative asset investing
• Copyright rights portfolio
• Accredited investor offering

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Music Royalties - Performance: Royalties received upon public broadcast of sound recordings by television, radio, digital services including satellite radio, non-interactive digital radio services, interactive streaming services, and on-demand live streaming.
2. Music Royalties - Mechanical: Royalties paid on reproduction of compositions in digital downloads, streaming, physical sales, and all other forms of reproduction including lyric display through digital service providers.
3. Music Royalties - Synchronization License: Fees negotiated with third parties (film, television, advertisements) who wish to use compositions in audio-visual settings, generally paid in equal parts to copyright owner and publisher plus performance royalties for subsequent broadcast use.
4. Music Royalties - Master Rights: Royalties from commercial use of sound recordings including streaming, satellite radio broadcast, internet, radio, placements in film, advertisements, television, and physical sales, typically flowing through record labels.
5. SoundExchange Royalties: Digital performance royalties collected and distributed by the U.S. Congress-designated organization for non-interactive use of sound recordings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Albany Avenue Music Fund is an open-ended investment trust that acquires and holds high-quality music catalogues comprising copyrights, publishing rights, performance rights, and recording rights. The fund collects royalties from digital streaming, broadcast, synchronization licensing, mechanical reproduction, and SoundExchange digital performance, then distributes royalty-derived returns to unitholders. It manages a diversified portfolio of 5-30 music rights across 30+ artists and 350+ songs, with concentration limits per genre and artist, and offers accredited investors Rule 506(c) exempt securities representing proportional ownership of the underlying music rights.

Product overview

Albany Avenue Music Fund operates as a single unified investment trust product that invests in music catalogues and music royalty rights. The fund acquires and holds music rights including copyrights, publishing rights, performance rights, and recording rights across various genres, vintages, and royalty types. The fund's portfolio comprises approximately 5-30 music rights across artists such as James Bryan McCollum, Jon Levine, and Rami Yacoub. The offering is structured as an open-ended investment trust under Ontario law, not an investment fund under securities laws.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Albany Avenue Music Fund (Open-Ended Investment Trust Units) An open-ended investment trust that acquires and holds music catalogues and royalty rights (copyrights, publishing, performance, and recording rights) and distributes royalty-derived returns to accredited investor unitholders. Sold under SEC Rule 506(c) exempt offering with up to 20% leverage capacity, capped concentration (60% per genre, 25% per artist/song), and continuous investment/redemption.
• Albany Avenue Music Fund US LP (SEC Rule 506(c) Offering) US limited-partnership vehicle through which accredited investors subscribe to the fund's music royalty investment offering under SEC Rule 506(c), with a total offering size of $70 million and $3.24 million sold to 6 investors as of February 10, 2026.

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

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Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hipgnosis Songs Fund: Publicly-listed (now taken private) investment fund that acquired catalogs from artists including Dua Lipa, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Dylan. The most direct comparator to AAMF's model of acquiring music rights for royalty income, though AAMF is much earlier stage and structured as an open-end trust rather than a closed-end listed fund.
• Primary Wave Music Publishing: Independent music publisher that acquires and administers catalog rights (publishing and master) for legacy and contemporary artists, including Whitney Houston, Stevie Nicks, and Bob Marley estates. Comparable focus on acquiring high-quality music IP for long-term royalty monetization.
• Round Hill Music Royalty Fund: Closed-end fund listed on the London Stock Exchange that acquires music catalogs and distributes royalty income to investors. Closely comparable vehicle structure and asset class focus, though Round Hill is larger, older, and publicly traded versus AAMF's private open-end trust.
• Kobalt Music Group: Independent music publisher and rights administrator that collects royalties on behalf of songwriters and rights holders across publishing and master rights. Comparable operating focus on royalty collection and rights administration, though Kobalt is primarily a service platform rather than a fund.

Broad incumbents

• Concord Music Group: Independent music company that owns and administers a large catalog across recorded music, publishing, and theatrical rights, including rights to thousands of compositions and recordings. Comparable as a scaled catalog owner with royalty-driven economics, though far larger and more diversified than AAMF.
• Spirit Music Group: Independent music publisher that owns and administers a large catalog of historic and contemporary song rights across multiple genres. Comparable as a scaled catalog owner with publishing-focused royalty exposure, owned by Lyric Capital Group.
• BMG Rights Management: Major music rights management company owned by Bertelsmann that combines publishing and recorded music rights administration across a global catalog. A scaled incumbent operating across all five royalty categories AAMF targets, with materially larger AUM and headcount.
• Hipgnosis Song Management (Hipgnosis Songs Capital): Acquired Hipgnosis Songs Fund in 2024 and continues to manage the underlying song catalog as a privately-held vehicle. Comparable in continuing the catalog-acquisition thesis pioneered by the public fund, but operating at meaningfully larger scale than AAMF.

Emerging players

• Sound Royalties: Royalty financing company that provides advances and direct purchases of music royalties to artists and rights holders. Comparable in monetizing music royalty streams as an investment asset, though at smaller scale and shorter duration than AAMF's fund model.
• Royalty Exchange: Online marketplace that auctions music royalties and other IP-backed cash flows to individual and institutional buyers. Comparable in providing investor access to music royalty cash flows, but operates as a transaction platform rather than a pooled fund.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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