Duetti

Duetti raises $200m in debt funding; expands into publishing catalog deals for indie artists and songwriters

Company’s total raised to date – including equity financing, debt financing, and asset-backed securities (ABS) sales – comes to $435m

After raising $235m to acquire indie music rights, Duetti hires Netflix exec Sachin Premnath as General Counsel

Premnath advised Netflix on music-related aspects of film and TV deals, and ran international content acquisition for Sony Entertainment Network

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Duetti secures fresh $114m to buy indie artist catalogs, including $80m raised through firm’s first asset-backed securitization transaction

Company, which officially launched in May 2023, says it has raised $235 million so far

Duetti raises $90 million in new funding to acquire indie artists’ catalogs

The company aims to "democratize" music rights acquisitions by bringing the practice into the indie music space