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Royal
Music NFT and fan-investment platform letting artists sell song rights to fans.
Stage
series a
Status
private
Coverage
full
Why Royal is interesting
Royal, founded by 3LAU, experimented with on-chain fractional song ownership before the 2022–23 NFT downturn — a16z backed the music-web3 thesis early.
Key facts
- Series A (Nov 2021): $55M led by a16z with Founders Fund participation (public reporting)
- Co-investors not in VCT directory: Paradigm, Atomico
- Source: https://a16z.com/investment-list/
Investors in our directory
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Industries
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Last updated: 2026-07-24