Music Fastball: Unlocking cheaper capital & higher multiples w/ Firdaus Dawood & George Williams

This episode gets into two of the things music funds care about most: cost of capital and multiples — and how both are shaped in practice.

We break down the financial pillar of the Catalog Maturity Curve and explore how operational maturity — from reporting and visibility to financial infrastructure — directly impacts how capital providers price risk, value assets, and determine who can access the deepest pools of capital.

As institutional capital continues to scale into the asset class, the gap between platforms is widening. Funds with stronger financial operations are able to access better capital, move faster, and operate with more flexibility, while others face higher costs, limited options, and more friction when raising or refinancing.

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Guests:

Firdaus Dawood — Private credit, institutional capital (ex-BlackRock)George Williams — Private equity and M&A

Host: Tom Mullen

Theme: “Meet Me” — Outlines (Written by Sam Cox) — Courtesy of Bespoke Records