The Deals: Jared Gutstadt’s Audio Chateau Records Secures $9M Funding Round & More

Jared Gutstadt’s Audio Chateau Records has secured up to $9 million in Series A funding to expand a business that combines record-label resources with agency and content-studio services. The deal reflects an approach aimed at helping artists build careers and businesses beyond their music, as several other agreements across the industry focus on growth, partnerships and technology.

Investors include CW Ventures’ Jonathan Schulman, Ben Lurie and Julie Gauthier. Other deals include Oak View Group connecting brands with Independent Artist Group artists; Adobe licensing music clips of up to 60 seconds from Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group for personal, non-commercial videos; and Soho Square Capital taking a minority stake in Skiddle. The UK ticketing platform reported £178 million in ticket sales across 180,000 events in 2025, while music metadata firm Music Story signed a multi-year partnership with Sonos.