Firebird Music has launched a $750 million fund dedicated to catalog acquisitions, a move that significantly expands its investment in music rights.
The fund is structured with $350 million in equity capital raised from Ares, Raine, and Firebird itself. The remaining $400 million is debt financing arranged by Ares and overseen by Pinnacle. As part of the transaction, Ares now holds a minority equity stake in Firebird, and Ares Managing Director Jeevan Sagoo has joined the company’s board of directors.
Firebird provides brand and career guidance to management firms and record label partners, including Alter Music, Defected, and Leo33. Its current catalog assets come from both partnered labels and outright ownership. The company works with more than 1,000 artists, such as Mumford & Sons and Chris Stapleton, and has supported artists in building their own companies, including Youngblud‘s YB Inc. Firebird also holds stakes in Red Light Management, Transgressive Records, and other independent music businesses.
“We are looking for opportunities where Firebird can add value, leveraging our label and publishing infrastructure, and our audience development team, which works with our management clients and frontline label partners,” said Nat Zilkha, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Firebird. “We have the playbook and are just giving it more scale.”
