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Royalty Exchange

A marketplace for royalty income streams across music, film, and trademarks.

Web-based
$200M+ transaction volumeAssets on platform / AUM
100,000+ registered investorsClients
01 — Overview

What Royalty Exchange does

Music royalties, film residuals, and trademark income streams have historically been accessible only to private equity funds and industry insiders. Royalty Exchange operates a marketplace that opens these assets to both individual and institutional investors, packaging intellectual property cash flows into structured investment formats with defined terms, documented yields, and legally binding transfer contracts.

The platform completed over 2,300 transactions totaling more than $200 million in volume, with an average advertised yield above 13.3%. Investors can acquire royalty streams directly from rightsholders or from other investors, with two primary structures available:

  • Term-based acquisitions: investor collects income for a fixed period, typically 10 years, after which rights revert to the seller
  • Life of Rights acquisitions: investor holds income rights for the duration of the underlying copyright, which extends to the creator's lifetime plus 70 years
  • Standing offers: automated bid criteria that fill positions as matching assets become available
  • All Access membership: a paid tier offering in-depth asset analysis, priority access, and discounts

Royalty Exchange vets and verifies all listed assets before they appear on the marketplace, and provides post-sale administration for income collection and distribution. The eXchange order book publishes all offers and completed transactions publicly, which supports price discovery. The platform reports a registered investor base of over 100,000 participants.

For family offices building exposure to uncorrelated income assets, Royalty Exchange offers access to a niche asset class that most allocation frameworks do not address. The trade-off is concentration risk within entertainment and intellectual property, limited secondary liquidity, and investment sizes that skew well below institutional minimums, with examples on the site ranging from $140,000 to just over $1 million per asset. Pricing for premium membership is not publicly disclosed.

Royalties provide a great option. Owners of intellectual property get paid every time someone uses their work. They create an asset once, and then collect payment over and over again.

On Royalty Exchange, from a family-office user
02 — Product & capabilities

What it covers

Core tasks
  • Buying royalty income streams from music catalogs, films, and trademarks
  • Discovering and bidding on intellectual property cash flow assets via auction or standing offer
  • Building a portfolio of uncorrelated, yield-generating alternative assets
  • Administering post-sale royalty income collection and distribution
  • Liquidating royalty positions when desired through the marketplace
Notable features
  • Auction marketplace for royalty assets with public order book
  • Term-based acquisition structure (typically 10-year fixed income periods)
  • Life of Rights acquisition structure (full copyright duration)
  • Standing offers with automated fill criteria
  • Asset vetting and verification before listing
  • Legally binding transfer contracts
  • Post-sale income collection and distribution administration
  • All Access membership with elevated access, analysis, and discounts
  • Valuation support with detailed performance metrics
  • Educational resources on royalty types and investing methodology
Assets supported
Music RoyaltiesFilm ResidualsTrademark RoyaltiesIntellectual PropertyAlternatives
03 — Company

The firm behind it

Software type
Web-based
Headquarters / markets
Global
04 — Clients & fit

Who it’s for

Built for Single Family Office (SFO), Multi Family Office (MFO), Private Wealth Owners / Principals, Investment Teams.

05 — Support & onboarding

Getting it running

Free account creation available in minutes via online registration