Kobalt Music Group

Kobalt Music Group

The leading global, independent music publishing and music services company. Learn more

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Market cap
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Enterprise valuation
$484—726m (Dealroom.co estimates Mar 2019.)
Company register number 04672748
New York City New York (HQ), Stockholms kommun Stockholm County (founding location)
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$40.0m

Series B
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$11.9m

Late VC

$139m

Late VC
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$60.0m

Series C
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€68.3m

Valuation: €775m

Series D
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$14.0m

Series D
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SEK1.0b

Late VC
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$550m

Debt
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N/A

Buyout
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$717m

Debt
Total Funding$491m

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Kobalt Music is a leading, innovative music company that leverages technology to empower artists, songwriters, publishers, and labels. The company operates in the global music industry, providing a modern alternative to traditional music services. Kobalt's primary clients include individual artists, songwriters, musicians, music labels, and publishers.

Kobalt's business model revolves around offering a comprehensive suite of services that cater to the needs of music creators. These services include music publishing, rights management, and royalty collection. What sets Kobalt apart is its commitment to transparency and control. The company provides clients with real-time access to their income and activity data, ensuring they have full visibility over their earnings and rights. This transparency is facilitated by Kobalt's advanced technology platform, which optimizes the royalty collection process to ensure clients receive more money, faster.

Kobalt makes money by taking a percentage of the royalties collected on behalf of its clients. This performance-based revenue model aligns Kobalt's interests with those of its clients, as the company only earns when its clients do. Additionally, Kobalt offers flexible contracts that allow creators to retain 100% ownership of their work, giving them more control over their future.

In summary, Kobalt Music is revolutionizing the music industry by providing technology-driven services that enhance transparency, control, and financial returns for music creators. The company serves a diverse range of clients, including artists, songwriters, musicians, labels, and publishers, and operates on a performance-based revenue model.

Keywords: music, technology, transparency, royalties, artists, songwriters, publishers, labels, ownership, control.

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Investments by Kobalt Music Group

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AMRA Music
ACQUISITION by Kobalt Music Group Jun 2015
AWAL
ACQUISITION by Sony Music Entertainment May 2021