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Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
HarbourView Equity Partners Convenes Leaders in Culture on the Riviera at Cannes Lions, Featuring will.i.am and Issa Rae
Multi-Day Experience to Feature Curated Events and Conversations with Leaders Shaping the Future of Entertainment Finance, June 17-19 NEWARK, N.J., June 11, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HarbourView Equity Partners (HarbourView), a multi-strategy investment firm focused on opportunities in the music, sports, media and entertainment sectors, is convening creators, innovators and entrepreneurs at this year's Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. HarbourView is unveiling a three-day experience focused on business, culture, and connection from June 17-19. As an investment firm focused on the best in global culture – most recently acquiring music catalogs from legendary producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and Grammy-winning artist T-Pain – HarbourView will host a series of curated conversations with major talent including Founder & CEO of and Issa Rae, Co-Founder of ColorCreative, along with intimate gatherings to spotlight its growing and diverse portfolio. Additional speakers include Sixte de Vauplane, Co-Founder & CEO of Animaj, and Alison Moore, CEO of Chief, the most powerful network of senior women executives. "Our three-day presence at Cannes Lions reflects our commitment to meaningful industry engagement," said Sherrese Clarke, Founder and CEO of HarbourView Equity Partners. "This setting allows us to showcase our portfolio companies and extensive catalog of IP, discuss our investment approach, and foster important relationships with brands, creatives, and business communities." "Cannes Lions provides the perfect backdrop to illustrate HarbourView's leadership in redefining investment through cultural relevance and creative impact," said Lucinda Martinez, Chief Marketing Officer of HarbourView Equity Partners. "Our presence here reinforces our core proposition: intelligently bridging capital and creativity to create enduring value across culture and commerce." HarbourView Exclusive Events Schedule Date Time Event Details Tuesday, June 17 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Rosé on the Riviera Issa Rae, Co-Founder of ColorCreative, & HarbourView Founder & CEO Sherrese Clarke, with sounds by social sensation DJ AG. 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM SHIFTER(S) Series Founder & CEO of and HarbourView Founder & CEO Sherrese Clarke. Powered by Winston Baker. 9:30 PM – 12:00 AM Las' Set DJ Aktive + Live performances by Saint Harison and Lucky Daye. Featuring Grammy award winning artist and musician Adam Blackstone. Wednesday, June 18 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM Rosé on the Riviera Sixte de Vauplane, Co-Founder & CEO of Animaj, and HarbourView Founder & CEO Sherrese Clarke, with sounds by social sensation DJ AG. 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM Las' Set DJ Aktive + Live performances by Mahalia, and PJ Morton. Featuring Grammy award winning artist and musician Adam Blackstone. Thursday, June 19 11:30 PM – 1:30 PM Rosé on the Riviera Alison Moore, CEO of Chief, and HarbourView Founder & CEO Sherrese Clarke, with sounds by DJ AG. 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM Las' Set DJ Aktive + Live performances by a special surprise performer to be announced. Featuring Grammy award winning artist and musician Adam Blackstone LOCATION: Port De Cannes, Jetée Albert Edouard REGISTER TO RECEIVE AN INVITE HERE About HarbourView Equity PartnersHarbourView Equity Partners is an investment firm focused on opportunities to support content across the entertainment, sports, and media markets. The firm seeks businesses or assets powered by IP and investment opportunities that aim to build enduring asset value and returns. HarbourView has been extremely active since launching in 2021, amassing roughly $2.7 billion* in regulatory assets under management including over 70+ music catalogs to date and investments in various portfolio companies with management teams in its core industries. The firm's distinctly diverse music portfolio features thousands of titles spanning numerous genres, eras, and artists, amounting to a diversified catalog of ~35,000+ songs across both master recordings and publishing income streams. The company is headquartered in Newark, NJ. *Regulatory AUM for private funds are calculated regardless of the nature of the gross assets under management as of 12/31/2024. This includes any uncalled committed capital pursuant to an obligation to make a capital contribution to the fund. Title count may include multiple versions of the same song, such as covers, remixes, remasters and/or minor differences in naming conventions. View source version on Contacts Media Contacts HarbourView: The Lede Company | harbourview@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
11-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
HarbourView Equity Partners Convenes Leaders in Culture on the Riviera at Cannes Lions, Featuring will.i.am and Issa Rae
NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HarbourView Equity Partners (HarbourView), a multi-strategy investment firm focused on opportunities in the music, sports, media and entertainment sectors, is convening creators, innovators and entrepreneurs at this year's Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. HarbourView is unveiling a three-day experience focused on business, culture, and connection from June 17-19. As an investment firm focused on the best in global culture – most recently acquiring music catalogs from legendary producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and Grammy-winning artist T-Pain – HarbourView will host a series of curated conversations with major talent including Founder & CEO of and Issa Rae, Co-Founder of ColorCreative, along with intimate gatherings to spotlight its growing and diverse portfolio. Additional speakers include Sixte de Vauplane, Co-Founder & CEO of Animaj, and Alison Moore, CEO of Chief, the most powerful network of senior women executives. "Our three-day presence at Cannes Lions reflects our commitment to meaningful industry engagement," said Sherrese Clarke, Founder and CEO of HarbourView Equity Partners."This setting allows us to showcase our portfolio companies and extensive catalog of IP, discuss our investment approach, and foster important relationships with brands, creatives, and business communities." "Cannes Lions provides the perfect backdrop to illustrate HarbourView's leadership in redefining investment through cultural relevance and creative impact," said Lucinda Martinez, Chief Marketing Officer of HarbourView Equity Partners."Our presence here reinforces our core proposition: intelligently bridging capital and creativity to create enduring value across culture and commerce." HarbourView Exclusive Events Schedule About HarbourView Equity Partners HarbourView Equity Partners is an investment firm focused on opportunities to support content across the entertainment, sports, and media markets. The firm seeks businesses or assets powered by IP and investment opportunities that aim to build enduring asset value and returns. HarbourView has been extremely active since launching in 2021, amassing roughly $2.7 billion* in regulatory assets under management including over 70+ music catalogs to date and investments in various portfolio companies with management teams in its core industries. The firm's distinctly diverse music portfolio features thousands of titles spanning numerous genres, eras, and artists, amounting to a diversified catalog of ~35,000+ songs across both master recordings and publishing income streams. The company is headquartered in Newark, NJ. *Regulatory AUM for private funds are calculated regardless of the nature of the gross assets under management as of 12/31/2024. This includes any uncalled committed capital pursuant to an obligation to make a capital contribution to the fund. Title count may include multiple versions of the same song, such as covers, remixes, remasters and/or minor differences in naming conventions.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Music Industry Moves: Sony Music Publishing Acquires Hipgnosis Songs Group
Sony Music Publishing will take ownership of Hipgnosis Songs Group, Variety has confirmed. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal includes songs from Sabrina Carpenter, Blake Mills, My Morning Jacket, Alex Warren, St. Vincent, Kali Uchis and more, with Sony Music Publishing taking over Hipgnosis Songs' publishing and third-party administration businesses. This news was first reported by acquisition comes on the heels of Hipgnosis rebranding to Recognition Music Group in March, which folded the Hipgnosis Songs Fund and Hipgnosis Songs Assets into the new group. More from Variety Music Industry Moves: HarbourView Acquires Royalty Rights From Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber Producer Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins Lenny Tavárez, Sony Music Publishing and More Recognized at 2025 SESAC Latina Music Awards: Complete Winners List Music Industry Moves: Kesha Launches New Community Platform Smash In 2024, Hipgnosis struck two enormous deals: the sale of the Hipgnosis Songs Fund to financial behemoth Blackstone for $1.6 billion, after which founder Merck Mercuriadis exited and Blackstone took the then-publicly traded company private. The second was Hipgnosis' issuance of $1.47 billion in bonds backed by royalties of music from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bon Jovi, 50 Cent and year 'marked a pivotal transition for the company with the Hipgnosis entities coming under common ownership and the completion of a landmark $1.47 billion financing – demonstrating strong investor conviction in the asset class,' Qasim Abbas, head of tactical opportunities international for Blackstone, said at the Variety reported last year, Hipgnosis helped drive up the price of music catalogs through its purchases, paying top dollar to a large number of top producers and songwriters for their work. The market then followed suit, driving up the value of catalogs enormously — Hipgnosis paid a reported $100 million for half of Neil Young's songs catalog. In separate deals Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen reportedly were paid as much as four to six times that — but Hipgnosis grew overextended as investors questioned the company's ability to exploit the catalogs it had Music Publishing is the largest such company in the world, with 6.63 million songs in its catalog as of March 31, according to the most recent available data. + HarbourView, the content-focused investment firm founded in 2021, has announced $500 million in debt financing via the financial conglomerate KKR. Last year, the two companies struck a similar deal, also for $500 million.'This additional capital from KKR will help us accelerate our strategy to align with where the media, sports and entertainment markets are headed,' HarbourView Founder and CEO Sherrese Clarke said in a year, it was announced HarbourView would be financing a Queen Latifah biopic. Earlier this year, it purchased the rights to T-Pain's catalog, along with certain assets from Grammy-winning producer Rodney Jerkins. The company's catalog includes music from Brad Paisley, Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo and Cardi B and hits like Pat Benatar's 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' and Nelly's 'Hot in Herre,' the latter as part of a $50 million deal.'In the industrialized revolution, we're going from horse and buggy into motorized cars,' Clarke told Variety's 'Strictly Business' podcast last year. + Cooking Vinyl, home to Billy Bragg, Roger Waters, the Jesus and Mary Chain and many more iconic artists from the UK and beyond, is being acquired by the U.S.-based Exceleration Music, the companies have has struck deals with numerous companies including its acquisition of Redeye in 2023, the acquisition of Kill Rock Stars and a 'financial alliance' with Mom+Pop Music in 2022 and acquiring Bloodshot Records in 2021, among others. One of the company's earliest deals was with Chicago-based blues stalwart Alligator Records in was founded in 2021 by former Concord Music Group CEO Glenn Barros along with Amy Dietz, John Burk, Charles Caldas and Dave Hansen with 'substantial investment capital,' according to Music Business Worldwide.'It's great to see the music industry being embraced by the investment world. Not so long ago, most investors thought this industry was finished,' Barros said at the time. 'But this influx of capital has in many ways turned music into a commodity to be traded like any other financial asset.' Best of Variety 25 Hollywood Legends Who Deserve an Honorary Oscar New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Animated Program — Can Netflix Score Big With 'Arcane,' 'Devil May Cry' and the Final Season of 'Big Mouth?' Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
Bloomberg
09-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
HarbourView, KKR Ink $500 Million Financing Backed by Music
HarbourView Equity Partners, the investment firm that owns music royalties for artists including Fleetwood Mac and Wiz Khalifa, has raised $500 million in debt financing from vehicles managed by KKR & Co., according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg News. The raise is backed by HarbourView's music portfolio and follows a $500 million financing by KKR for the Newark, New Jersey-based firm last year.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
HarbourView Equity Partners Acquires Royalty Portfolio of Iconic GRAMMY® Award-Winning Producer and Songwriter Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins in Deal Facilitated by Chapter Two
NEWARK, N.J., May 29, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HarbourView Equity Partners (HarbourView), a multi-strategy investment firm focused on investment opportunities in the sports, media and entertainment space, announced today that they have agreed to purchase select catalog assets from the iconic GRAMMY Award-winning producer and singer-songwriter Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. The deal was facilitated by Swedish music technology company, Chapter Two, which specializes in advanced royalty data analytics and music rights transactions. Jerkins is a multi-GRAMMY Award-winner whose discography includes some of the most recognizable songs and albums of the last 30+ years. Known for his innovation and influential collaborations, Jerkins has worked with the biggest names in music including Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Drake, SZA, Monica, Toni Braxton, and Mary J. Blige. His long list of megahits includes Joe's "Don't Wanna Be a Player," Mary J. Blige/Lil' Kim's "I Can Love You," Brandy & Monica's "The Boy is Mine," Monica's "Angel of Mine," Destiny's Child's #1 pop hit "Say My Name" which won the GRAMMY for Best R&B Song in 2000, Justin Bieber's "As Long As You Love Me," Lady Gaga/Beyonce's "Telephone," H.E.R.'s "Hard Place," Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" which won a GRAMMY Award for "Record of the Year" in 2014, and many more. As he continues to set new industry standards, he works diligently to illustrate to fellow creators how adopting advanced technological solutions can unlock and maximize the true value of their creative works. "At HarbourView, our mission is to curate a canon of work that represents the very best of global culture which is why it is essential that the contributions of legendary creators like Rodney Jerkins continue to be recognized, preserved, and celebrated," said Sherrese Clarke, Founder and CEO of HarbourView. " We are honored to welcome him to the HarbourView family and humbled by his decision to join us." "HarbourView truly understands the value of music and the people who create it," said GRAMMY Award-winning producer and singer-songwriter Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. "Music creators deserve respect and clarity when it comes to selling their life's work, and working with both HarbourView and Chapter Two has made that process feel seamless." "This transaction is a clear sign that creators are realizing the true value of their work faster and more transparently than ever before," said Michel Traore, CEO of Chapter Two. "Rodney is setting a new benchmark in the industry, and we thank HarbourView for their vision in working with us." Since its inception in 2021, HarbourView has amassed roughly $2.67 billion* in regulatory assets under management including over 75+ music catalogs to date and investments in two media production companies, MACRO and Mucho Mas Media, both with a mission to center premium storytelling. The firm's distinctly diverse music portfolio features thousands of titles spanning numerous genres, eras, and artists, amounting to a diversified catalog of ~41,000+ songs across both master recordings and publishing income streams. HarbourView's diverse portfolio of music catalog assets includes T-Pain, James Fauntleroy, George Benson, Luis Fonsi, Noel Zancanella, Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie, Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Nelly, Jeremih, Wiz Khalifa, Kane Brown, Full Force and more.** Fox Rothschild served as legal counsel to HarbourView in this transaction. Jerkins was represented by Pamela L. Klein of Rossi Baldivia Klein Fine & Spector, P.C. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. About HarbourView Equity PartnersHarbourView Equity Partners is an investment firm, founded by Sherrese Clarke, focused on opportunities to support premium content across the entertainment, sports, and media markets. The firm seeks businesses or assets powered by IP and investment opportunities that aim to build enduring value and returns. HarbourView has been extremely active since launching in 2021, amassing roughly $2.67 billion* in regulatory assets under management including over 75+ music catalogs to date and investments in two media production companies, MACRO and Mucho Mas Media, both with a mission to center premium storytelling. The firm's distinctly diverse music portfolio features thousands of titles spanning numerous genres, eras, and artists, amounting to a diversified catalog of ~41,000+ songs across both master recordings and publishing income streams. The company is headquartered in Newark, NJ. About Chapter TwoFounded in 2021 by Filip Strömsten, Michel Traore, and Ida Brink, Chapter Two is a Swedish data-driven platform transforming music rights transactions. Leveraging advanced proprietary technology for royalty data processing and analytics, Chapter Two significantly accelerates and improves accuracy in music rights transactions. The platform provides music creators with enhanced transparency into their royalty earnings and catalog valuations, while offering music investment funds structured, enriched data to enable faster and more informed acquisition decisions. Chapter Two is backed by prominent investors such as Swedish House Mafia member Axwell, King founder Sebastian Knutsson, and leading Nordic VC Inventure. *Regulatory AUM for private funds are calculated regardless of the nature of the gross assets under management as of 12/31/2024. This includes any uncalled committed capital pursuant to an obligation to make a capital contribution to the fund. **Catalog assets included in this release do not represent the full HarbourView portfolio. View source version on Contacts For HarbourView: The Lede Company | harbourview@ For Chapter Two: Deliberate PR | connor@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
