Sound Royalties Celebrates Record 2025 with $135M in Funded Agreements

Florida-headquartered finance firm Sound Royalties says it distributed $135 million in funded contracts to creators in 2025, a record for the company.

Bumper year:

• The company says it more than doubled its assets under management (AUM) in 2025, generated through referred business.

• It also expanded its financing beyond the music industry to YouTube creators and TV production companies, and says it added dozens of new active payors to its network, including labels, distributors, publishers, PROs, TV networks and content platforms.

• Its reach spans more than 30 countries across the US, UK, EU, LATAM and APAC regions.

• High-profile recipients of funding in 2025 included two-time GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Tayla Parx, and producer Jon Gilbert (Foster The People, Kurt Vile, Mt. Joy).

How it works:

• The company offers advances to creators calculated off their future royalty earnings.

• It offers fixed fees and terms, without requiring creators to sell their rights, pledge collateral, provide personal guarantees or meet 100% recoupment thresholds.

• It does not ask for an open percentage of future profits, with payments applied directly from royalty earnings.

What they said:

• Alex Heiche, Founder & CEO of Sound Royalties: “This record performance is all the more gratifying for us because it means millions of actual dollars have been contracted and deployed to creators. We measure success not by the amount of capital we raise, but by the money we place directly into the hands of creators. That means that real music, real tours, real productions, and real careers are moving forward as a result of our financing. Creators want funding that supports their growth without forcing them to sell their futures. That shift is accelerating globally.”