The catalog buyer built for the artists streaming forgot - upfront cash for independent music rights, on the artist's terms.
For a decade, the headlines about music catalogs were about legends. Bob Dylan. Bruce Springsteen. Nine-figure auctions for the songs that soundtracked a generation. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of working independent artists - the ones with real audiences but no superstar leverage - watched their streaming royalties trickle in a few dollars at a time, with no one willing to write them a check for the future value of that work. Duetti was built for exactly that overlooked middle.
Launched in 2022 and headquartered in New York, Duetti buys catalogs and royalty streams from independent creators, paying an upfront lump sum with no debt and no recoupment. An artist can sell part or all of a catalog, receive payment typically within 30 days, and walk away with capital to fund a studio, a tour, a mortgage or the next record - without owing anything back if the catalog underperforms.
The company's founders come from inside the industry they are now financing. CEO Lior Tibon was chief operating officer of the streaming service Tidal. Co-founder and COO Christopher Nolte spent years in business development at Apple Music. Both watched streaming turn millions of songs into tiny, long-lived annuities - and saw that almost no one was offering independent artists a way to convert those annuities into cash today.
Their thesis was concrete. Duetti identified a target market of roughly 90,000 independent artists generating more than $5 billion in annual streaming revenue - a long tail that the major catalog funds largely ignored because the individual deals were considered too small. Where others saw fragmentation, Duetti saw an asset class waiting for a buyer that understood it.
That bet has attracted serious money. In just over three years the company has raised more than $623 million across equity, debt facilities and private securitizations, backed by names including The Raine Group, Roc Nation, Flexpoint Ford, Nyca Partners, Viola and Cohen Circle. The plumbing of institutional finance, in other words, is now pointed squarely at independent music rights.
With the introduction of royalty and publishing deals, we are now able to help even more creators maximize their potential.
Duetti is not a streaming app and not a lender. It is a rights buyer with a growth engine attached - it pays for a catalog, then works to make that catalog worth more.
Buys part or all of an artist's recorded-music catalog for an upfront payment. Deals target tracks earning roughly $2,000+ a year, with individual transactions reported up to about $7 million.
In 2025 Duetti moved beyond masters to buy publishing rights and royalty streams - opening deals to songwriters and creators who don't own the underlying recordings.
Actively manages, distributes and optimizes acquired catalogs across streaming platforms, treating each deal as an ongoing income asset rather than a one-time purchase.
Promotes acquired catalogs through owned playlists reaching 6M+ followers, plus influencer networks and remix programs designed to lift streams and awareness.
Artists are not required to pay the money back. The cash is theirs; Duetti takes on the risk that the catalog performs. Payment typically lands within 30 days.
Creators choose how much of a catalog to sell and structure the deal around their own goals - the “on your terms” half of the tagline.
An artist earning at least ~$2,000 a year in royalties submits their catalog for a valuation.
Duetti analyzes the streaming and royalty data and proposes a deal for some or all of the rights.
On agreement, the artist receives an upfront lump sum - typically within 30 days - with no debt attached.
Duetti distributes and markets the catalog, aiming to increase the streams it now collects.
Duetti stacks equity, debt facilities and securitizations - the same capital structure a specialty finance firm would use, applied to music rights.
The January 2026 round was led by Raine Partners, the flagship growth fund of The Raine Group, with a $50M equity investment bundled alongside a $125M private securitization and a $25M increase to an existing credit facility. Earlier backers include Roc Nation, Flexpoint Ford, Nyca Partners, Viola Ventures & Viola Credit, Untitled, Presight Capital and Cohen Circle.
Peers and alternatives span royalty-advance services like beatBread and Sound Royalties, marketplaces such as Royalty Exchange, larger catalog owners including Hipgnosis and Influence Media, and distributor-financing arms of DistroKid, UnitedMasters and Believe. Duetti's wedge is the combination: independent focus, outright purchase, and hands-on catalog growth.
Get cash for your catalog, on your terms.
We are now able to help even more creators maximize their potential.
Lior Tibon and Christopher Nolte launch Duetti to buy and grow independent artists' catalogs.
Backed by Viola, Roc Nation, Untitled and Presight Capital; partners with 250+ artists in year one.
Adds a $150M bank facility plus $50M from Viola Credit and expands into publishing and royalty-stream deals.
Closes a $50M Series C plus $125M securitization and $25M credit increase; total raised passes $623M.
Duetti buys music catalogs and royalty streams from independent artists, paying an upfront lump sum, then distributes and markets those catalogs to grow their streaming revenue.
It was founded in 2022 by Lior Tibon, former COO of Tidal, and Christopher Nolte, a former Apple Music business development executive.
Over $623M in total across equity, debt and securitizations, including a January 2026 Series C led by Raine Partners.
Independent creators - typically those earning at least about $2,000 a year in royalties - can sell part or all of their master, publishing or royalty-stream rights.
Duetti's deals involve no debt and no recoupment: artists receive upfront cash (usually within 30 days) and are not required to pay it back if the catalog underperforms.
Profile compiled from public sources including Duetti's website, Music Business Worldwide, Variety, BusinessWire, PR Newswire, Cohen Circle and Crunchbase. Figures such as team size (~120 per company records vs. ~45 in 2025 reporting) and revenue (~$6.7M) are approximate and drawn from third-party data. Funding totals reflect cumulative equity, debt and securitizations reported through January 2026.