Create Music Group

Big news! 🔥Create Music Group recently completed the company’s first fundraise to fuel even further growth! Look forward to working with Flexpoint Ford and our incredible team on this next chapter. 🦄 https://lnkd.in/gY6iinQM

Flexpoint Ford Makes a Significant Minority Investment in Create Music Group to Fuel Strategic Growth Create Music Group, a rapidly growing music and entertainment company, announced today a $165 million investment led by private equity investment firm Flexpoint Ford. The firm’s investment is expected to support Create Music Group’s continued momentum and its efforts to further improve and augment the services it offers to its global client-base. Founded in 2015 by Chief Executive Officer, Jonathan Strauss, Chief Operating Officer, Alexandre Williams and Chief Business Development Officer, Wayne Hampton, Create Music Group is a dynamic, data-driven music company that leverages technology, an owned audience of more than 400 million fans, and a valuable catalog of IP, providing a full range of services to independent artists and labels, including music distribution, music publishing, owned marketing channels, content creation support, advertising and branding, and tailored financial solutions. Create Music Group’s proprietary software platform and full suite of professional services gives a rapidly expanding number of independent artists and labels access to major-label services at every stage of their growth. “We believe Jonathan Strauss and his team have set a new standard for the industry, challenging traditional music companies to rethink their strategies,” said Mike Morris, Managing Director at Flexpoint Ford. “By acting as a media company that offers comprehensive support to artists, including distribution, marketing, financial solutions and audience engagement, Create Music Group has created a blueprint for the future of music.”  Stephane Essama, Principal at Flexpoint Ford added, “We are pleased to have the opportunity to partner with the founders of Create Music Group and provide them with the capital that is needed to meet the enormous demand from their clients as the company continues to build a truly differentiated offering for artists and labels in the rapidly evolving music industry.” For further details see https://lnkd.in/g7zZD3p9

Our Create Music Group founders once again on the Billboard Indie Power Players list! 🎵 #createmusic

Loved connecting with our customers and the broader community at our Google Data to AI Executive event in sunny Socal a few weeks ago. Big shout-out to Create Music Group (Jaime Ponce, Eddie E Jauregui) for their openness in discussing their GCP journey and how they’re using the power of their Data to drive meaningful business outcomes in this AI-driven era. Evan DeKaser (thank you for making this event a big success!), Aaron Blumenkranz, Shahzad Salim, Carlos Ballesteros, Navjot Singh, Marc Loney, Jesse Terhune, Frances McFall, Esteban Ocariz, Nick Manoochehri, Brian Goldstein

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