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Core Music Industry Funding Jumped Year Over Year in January 2025, But Still Failed to Top 2023’s Total

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February 7, 2025
Music industry funding grew year over year in January 2025, but fell short of January 2023's total. Photo Credit: Giorgio Trovato Thanks in large part to another sizable contribution from the catalog sub-sect... Read More...
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Madrid, where AI concert analytics startup Breakevent is based. Photo Credit: Quique Olivar Breakevent, a startup developing AI-powered concert analytics software, has scored an over $908,000 (€876,000) fundi... Read More...
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Photo Credit: Influence Media Partners Influence Media Partners scores $360 million in debt financing via an inaugural private securitization collateralized by royalties from its portfolio. Influence Media P... Read More...
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January 23, 2025
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Photo Credit: Anthropic Google has announced another $1 billion investment into Anthropic, bringing its total investment in the AI company to $3 billion. That’s still peanuts compared to Amazon’s total $8 bil... Read More...
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Photo Credit: Moises by Music AI Music AI, the company behind Moises, raises $40 million in Series A funding, led by Connect Ventures and monashees. Music AI, a leading player in the field of AI for audio an... Read More...
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Anthropic Closing $2 Billion Funding Round at a $60 Billion+ Valuation

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January 8, 2025
Photo Credit: Ashley King Anthropic is reportedly in advanced talks to raise another $2 billion in funding. The deal would value Anthropic at $60 billion—more than triple its valuation from a year ago. Amazo... Read More...
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Core Music Industry Funding Actually Rose in 2024 Thanks to a Few Massive Raises — Is a Wider Resurgence In the Cards for 2025?

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January 8, 2025
Music Industry Funding Breakdown by Type, 2024 (Digital Music News/DMN Pro) Music industry funding ticked upward in 2024, but year-over-year levels would have plunged if not for a few huge raises. Amid rumbli... Read More...
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Anghami co-founder and CEO Elie Habib (left) and OSN CEO Joe Kawkabani. Photo Credit: Anghami About eight months after officially closing a partnership deal with OSN Group, Middle Eastern streaming service An... Read More...
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