Warner Music Group

About

Warner Music Group is a music company with the interests of recording and publishing music and artist services.

New York,New York,United States
1001 - 5000
http://www.wmg.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Debt
Last Funding Money Raised: $1.73M
Industries: Digital Entertainment,Media and Entertainment,Music
Founded date: Jan 1, 1958
Number Of Employee: 1001 - 5000
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: nasdaq:WMG
Legal Name: Warner Music Group Corp.

Warner Music Group is a music company with the interests of recording and publishing music and artist services. With its broad roster of new stars and legendary artists, WMG is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry. Warner Music International, a leading company in national and international repertoire operates through numerous international affiliates and licensees in more than 50 countries. Warner Music Group also includes Warner/Chappell Music, one of the world's leading music publishers.

Warner Music Group (WMG) became the only stand-alone music company to be publicly traded in the United States in May 2005.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

3

$1.92B

Warner Music Group has raised a total of $1.92B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Oct 18, 2021 from a Post-IPO Debt round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Oct 18, 2021	Post-IPO Debt	$1.73M	—	—	—	Detail
Jun 15, 2020	Post-IPO Equity	—	1	Tencent Music Entertainment	—	Detail
Jun 3, 2020	IPO	$1.92B	—	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

45

4

Warner Music Group has made 45 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 9, 2022, when Anything World raised $7.50M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Nov 9, 2022 Anything World	Seed	$7.50M	Artificial Intelligence	—
Jun 30, 2022 Boomy	Seed	$3.10M	Artificial Intelligence	—
Jun 22, 2022 Authentic Artists	Series Unknown	—	Digital Entertainment	—
Apr 21, 2022 NAL Media - Brij	Pre-seed	$205K	Digital Media	—
Mar 31, 2022 KEIPhone Global	Pre-seed	$540K	Advertising Platforms	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

1

Warner Music Group is funded by 1 investors. Tencent Music Entertainment are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Tencent Music Entertainment	Yes	Post-IPO Equity

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

39

Warner Music Group has 39 current employee profiles, including Executive Eric Levin

Executive

Executive

Employee

Executive

Executive

Exits

Warner Music Group has had 9 exits. Warner Music Group most notable exits include Rad , Overwolf

Date	Company Name	Exit Type	Industry
Dec 21, 2022	Rad	M&A	Augmented Reality	Detail
Sep 28, 2022	Overwolf	M&A	Apps	Detail
Oct 13, 2021	Aaptiv	M&A	Fitness	Detail
Mar 10, 2021	Roblox	IPO	3D Technology	Detail
Jun 3, 2020	OVO	M&A	Broadcasting	Detail

Acquisition

Warner Music Group has acquired 14 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was WS Entertainment on Mar 10, 2006. They acquired WS Entertainment for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Mar 10, 2006 WS Entertainment	Music	acquisition	—	Detail
Feb 6, 2013 Parlophone Label Group	Media and Entertainment	acquisition	£ 487M	Detail
Oct 16, 2014 Playlists.net	Music	acquisition	—	Detail
Jun 2, 2016 X5 Music Group	Art	acquisition	—	Detail
Jul 14, 2017 Songkick	Concerts	acquisition	$ 5M	Detail