Circuit Capital Launches With More Then $500 Million in Backing From Create Music Group

Management collective The Circuit Group has launched Circuit Capital, a platform to acquire and scale music assets and cultural IP. Circuit Capital is being backed by Create Music Group, which is providing Circuit Capital with access to more than $500 million with which to execute its mission.

The fund will invest in catalogs, record labels, publishers and other music-driven ventures with a mission to build long-term sustainable value. Circuit Capital will provide capital to back upcoming projects by artists being managed by The Circuit Group, an initiative that involves back catalog investments and futures funding deals and providing artists with the resources to invest in their own music and careers.

The Circuit Group launched in October of 2023, bringing together management companies Ayita and Seven20, whose combined rosters include electronic artists Fisher, Chris Lake, deadmau5, Cloonee, Aluna, Ninajirachi and many more. The company launched with the mission to acquire 50% ownership in artists’ IP portfolios and partner with them to build opportunities across verticals, while also offering traditional artist management.

The business was launched by dance industry executive and deadmau5’s longtime manager Dean Wilson and his wife/business partner Jessica Wilson, along with Brett Fischer, David Gray and Harvey Tadman. The Circuit Group team expanded in the summer of 2024 upon announcing seven new hires.

Now, Circuit Capital’s goal is to create a community atmosphere and serve as a home for artists, entrepreneurs and rights-holders who will work with a group of longtime professionals with a deep understanding of and footing in the electronic music industry.

“Our mission is to put culture at the center of everything we do,” The Circuit Group co-founder Harvey Tadman says in a statement. “Too often, the people buying into music don’t understand the world it comes from. We’ve built our careers inside this culture. Circuit Capital is our way of ensuring that when artists decide to sell or scale, they can do it with people who speak the same language and share the same values. We couldn’t imagine a better partner than Create Music Group.”

Earlier this year, Create Music Group announced that it acquired the deadmau5 catalog, along with the catalog of the electronic producer’s longstanding label, mau5trap.

“We’re excited to announce this unique partnership with Circuit,” says Create Music Group CFO William Smith. “We have been impressed by their relentless focus as managers on partnering with their clients to build assets with substantial, enduring value, as exemplified by the recent deadmau5 transaction. Moving forward, we’re pleased to be backing Circuit’s strategy of investing into the same music catalogs and businesses that they’re helping to grow – in other words, ‘putting their money where their mouths are’ – by providing them with this fund.”

“Our partnership with The Circuit Group represents Create’s continued mission in building the leading technology, infrastructure, and capital platform for artists and entrepreneurs,” says Create Music Group co-founder and CEO Jonathan Strauss. “Circuit has evolved into one of the most respected and trusted management teams in the dance space, with a deep understanding of what artists need to grow, innovate, and create long-term value. Together with Circuit, we’re aligning resources, expertise, and vision to empower music entrepreneurs to build enduring, global businesses.”