Monetize

Funding & advances

Capital for independents: advances, per-release investors and outright catalog purchases — ownership-preserving alternatives to a label deal's recoupment.

• beatBread — Catalog advances while keeping ownership and choosing terms. Independent artists with consistent streaming royalties who need upfront capital for recording, marketing or touring without permanently selling their masters.
• Creative Capital — US-based artists proposing distinctive, developed projects with clear artistic ambition and public relevance.
• Duetti — Selling or advancing individual tracks for immediate capital. Artists earning at least $2,000 annually from a track who need a lump sum and are comfortable permanently exchanging future royalties for immediate capital.
• FACTOR — Canadian artists and music companies able to meet program-specific citizenship, ownership, genre and commercial-readiness requirements.
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts — Experimental-leaning work with sudden, specific costs. U.S.-based experimental musicians or sound artists with a confirmed performance less than ten weeks away and an unexpected, project-critical expense.
• indify — Single-campaign funding from investors without losing ownership. Independent artists with clear streaming or audience momentum who need capital—and potentially an experienced partner—to scale upcoming releases.
• Musicaction — Canadian Francophone artists and companies, plus eligible official-language minority applicants with qualifying projects.
• New Music USA — US artists with a fundable project and patience for cycles. U.S.-based creators with an original, collaborative project and a specific artistic goal. It is particularly relevant to composers, experimental creators, film scorers and independent artists whose work may not attract conventional investors.
• PRS Foundation — UK creators funding a release, tour or showcase slot. UK-based creators with original music, an established track record and a well-developed project that could meaningfully advance their career. Different funds cover emerging artists, breakthrough acts, composers, behind-the-scenes writers and underrepresented creators.
• RoyFi — Artists with consistent royalty income who need short-term capital for recording, marketing or business expenses.
• SNAFU — Artists or rights companies with meaningful streaming activity and a catalog that can support a data-based investment.
• Sound Royalties — Artists with steady royalty income needing capital now. Established artists with consistent, documentable royalties who need capital for recording, touring, marketing, business expenses or personal use without permanently selling their catalog.