Xposure Music co-founders Ryan Garber (left) and Gregory Walfish, whose company has announced $42.5 million in new funding. Photo Credit: Xposure
Artist advance and catalog acquisition company Xposure Music has announced a $42.5 million funding round, thereby upping its total capital raised past the $50 million mark.
Nearly five-year-old Xposure reached out with word of the sizable tranche today. According to the Montreal-headquartered business, the $42.5 million at hand consists of “new debt and equity funding,” with New York-based Andalusian Credit Partners having participated on the debt-financing side.
Meanwhile, “select family offices and private investors” now possess equity interests in Xposure. Per their LinkedIn profiles, Xposure co-founders and co-CEOs Ryan Garber and Gregory Walfish double as venture partners at Lalotte Ventures, an “[e]arly stage VC fund powered by the Garber-Boucher family office.”
A rep also confirmed the participation and new board seat of Paper founder Philip Cutler; Mitch Garber likewise participated in the $42.5 million round.
Regarding Xposure’s goals for the capital, the Too Lost partner underscored plans “to scale its efforts, funding additional artists and acquiring catalogs at a larger volume,” into 2026 and beyond.
Overall, the entity is said to have “deployed funding to support nearly 100 artists” during the past 18 months – with the appropriate site’s roster page featuring DannyProd, Chris Sails, Megan Cromwell, MegaGoneFree, and Bryson Gray, among many others.
As initially mentioned, Xposure deals both in advances ($5,000 to $1,000,000 apiece) and straight IP buyouts (covering whole or partial catalogs and totaling $10,000 to $4,000,000 each), the same site shows.
Addressing the funding, Garber emphasized an objective of becoming “one of the world’s leading independent catalog buyers.”
“We’re thrilled to work with Andalusian as partners in our mission to become one of the world’s leading independent catalog buyers,” said Garber. “Our goal is to continue to serve as the gateway for emerging artists to access meaningful funding and take their careers to the next level, and this investment gives us the resources to make that possible.”
In the bigger catalog picture, 2025’s final stretch and especially the new year appear poised to deliver a steady stream of IP investments. Last month, Circuit Group and Create Music partnered on a $500 million fund eyeing (among other things) electronic song rights; GoDigital pulled down $230 million in fresh funding as well.
Separately, Warner Music and Bain are preparing to announce the initial purchases under their $1.2 billion catalog JV, WMG execs indicated during the major’s latest earnings call.
