Royalty Exchange
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CEO Matt Smith
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The Team: President Jeff Schneider, Chief of Staff Gary Young, CEO Matt Smith
Director of Communications Antony Bruno
CEO Matt Smith
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Royalty Exchange Introduces "Private Syndicate" Royalty Financing with Grammy-Winning Rock Band Cage the Elephant
Read MoreASCAP Veteran DeDe Burns Joins Royalty Exchange As Director of Strategic Services
Read MoreRoyalty Flow IPO Now Open to Investors
Read MoreBiography View
Royalty Exchange was founded in Denver in 2011 with a simple mission: to unlock the financial power of intellectual property for everyone. As the world’s foremost online royalty marketplace, Royalty Exchange offers artists opportunities to raise money and take control of their financial futures, and offers investors alternative income-generating assets that are hard to beat. With a focus on transparency and honesty, Royalty Exchange forges a path for successful songwriters and creators where there had been none before. In the outdated system, these creators lost out because only the biggest and richest creators could attract interested investors, and private investors lost out on access to purchasing the rights to many works that could yield significant returns. Royalty Exchange disrupts this system, providing a free and fair marketplace where buyers, sellers, and lenders come together to conduct deals.
In its six years, Royalty Exchange has given private investors the opportunities to purchase rights and collect royalties on classic works like Sesame Street theme songs and hits performed by artists such as Taylor Swift and Beyonce. In many cases, royalty streams for auctioned works can last up to seventy-five years, providing investors with lucrative income-generating assets that are not affected by the stock or housing markets. Since its inception, Royalty Exchange has closed more than $4.2 million in auctions, reached over 17,000 registered investors, and given countless artists the tools to fund their creative endeavors. A healthy marketplace creates more value for all involved, so the better Royalty Exchange works, the more opportunity it creates.
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Press Clippings
- All Access
- American Songwriter (print)
- AV Club
- Benzinga
- Billboard (Cage the Elephant announcement)
- Billboard (Dire Straits)
- Billboard - Funding Announcement
- Billboard (op-ed)
- Billboard - Royalty Flow/Eminem Catalog
- Billboard - Royalty Flow IPO Announcement
- Billboard - Sesame Street Auction
- Billboard - Wiz Khalifa Auction
- Bloomberg
- The Boombox
- Business Insider
- Celebrity Encore Access
- CNBC
- CNBC "Closing Bell"
- Consequence of Sound
- Denver Business Journal
- Detroit Free Press
- Detroit Free Press (2)
- The Disciplined Investor Podcast
- The FADER
- Financial Advisor Magazine
- Financial Times
- Forbes
- Forbes
- Good Morning America
- The Guardian
- HipHopDX
- HotNewHipHop - Royalty Flow/Eminem Catalog
- HotNewHipHop - Wiz Khalifa Auction
- HypeBeast
- HypeBot
- Inspirer
- Investing.com
- LA Weekly
- Marketplace
- Magnetic Magazine
- Marketwatch
- MixMag
- Music Business Worldwide - Profile
- Music Business Worldwide - Funding Announcement
- Music Business Worldwide - Royalty Flow/Eminem Catalog
- Music Business Worldwide - Top Songwriters List
- Music Connection (exec profile)
- Music Connection (profile)
- Music Row
- Music Row (2)
- NY Post
- OkayPlayer
- One Minute Trader
- Pigeons and Planes
- Pitchfork
- Private Wealth
- Reuters
- Rolling Stone - Royalty Flow/Eminem Catalog
- Rolling Stone - Wiz Khalifa Auction
- Slate
- Swagger
- Tearsheet
- Tennessean
- Variety
- Variety (Know Your Worth)
- Vibe
- Wall Street Journal
- Washington Post
- Westword
- XXL