Intercept Music has announced a $50 million song rights partnership. Photo Credit: Casey Botticello
Let the song rights purchases continue: Intercept Music has announced $50 million in fresh catalog funding, and “several initial acquisitions” are said to be in the works.
According to the San Francisco-headquartered distributor and marketer, the sizable tranche resulted from a “private partnership.” Beyond this, Intercept Music didn’t provide too many details about the tie-up.
But it did confirm that founder and chairman Ralph Tashjian is a “co-investor and strategic advisor in the partnership.” Additionally, Intercept indicated that it’ll target U.S. and Latin catalogs in particular.
(Longtime Universal Music Mexico exec Martín Roca signed on with Intercept in February as Mexico GM. The same month, eight-year Believe vet Raquel Martins, who’s based in Spain, began as a YouTube music-services advisor, and the namesake head of Bob Frank Entertainment joined the board.)
The plays could involve “full or partial rights” in IP, the seven-year-old company said, acknowledging as well a special focus on bodies of work “with untapped or under-leveraged revenue.”
From there, the buyer would by its own description utilize “proprietary technology, predictive analytics and [its] targeted marketing portal to amplify both earnings and audience reach.”
“This is more than just a funding deal—it’s a commitment to restructuring music rights management,” Intercept CEO Tod Turner elaborated. “This partnership is a significant endorsement of our platform and strategy allowing us to combine capital with cutting-edge technology to unlock more value for artists, songwriters, and catalog owners, while accelerating our growth into the Latin and U.S. markets.”
Lastly, in terms of the funding’s specifics, Intercept spelled out that it intends to start wrapping deals sooner rather than later. “Intercept’s catalog management division will begin deploying capital immediately,” the business relayed, “with several initial acquisitions already under review.”
It’ll be worth keeping an eye out for related announcements – and catalog purchases from different companies – moving forward. Despite the mountain of music IP deals that have wrapped, Intercept certainly isn’t alone in looking to scoop up song rights.
Following 2024’s numerous catalog transactions and billions in funding, 2025’s initial four months delivered massive capital disclosures from Duetti ($200 million), Aquarian and Raven Capital ($250 million), and Pophouse Entertainment ($1.3 billion, about 30% of which has been deployed), to name a few.
Meanwhile, 2025’s many catalog deals (all compiled in DMN Pro’s Music IP Acquisition Tracker) extend to the work of Deadmau5, Snow Patrol, Morgan Wallen, DJ Khaled, Notorious B.I.G., T-Pain, and many others.
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