Firebird Music Launches $750 Million Catalog Acquisition Fund with Backing from Ares and Raine Group
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Elizabeth Dilts Marshall
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Firebird Music, an artist management and indie label platform founded in 2022 by Nat Zilkha (former KKR partner) and Nathan Hubbard (former Ticketmaster CEO), has launched a $750 million fund to enter the music catalog acquisition space. The fund is backed by global investment firm Ares and advisory firm The Raine Group, signaling continued institutional investor interest in music intellectual property rights.
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