Alternative Investing Mastery Series
Access Replay for Session 67:
Passive Royalties Investing: Music, Intellectual Property, and More
Don’t Miss This Replay
Learn from some of the biggest names in investing about how you can win with this downturn.
What You’ll Learn In This Replay
What’s driving demand and performance in today’s royalties market
How royalties compare to other income investments on yield, risk, and liquidity
The myths vs. realities of “owning” royalties and how investors actually get paid
What separates high-quality royalty deals from underperformers, and how to spot red flags
How to evaluate royalty deals and take your first steps as a passive investor (auctions, fractional shares, funds, and more)
Live Q&A to Give You the Answers You Need
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Meet Your Presenters
Patrick Grimes
CEO/Founder, Passive Investing Mastery: Diversified Litigation Portfolio, Diversified Medical Receivables Portfolio, Recessionary Acquisitions Fund, Recessionary Income Fund, PIM Rapid Lending
Patrick’s portfolio is diversified across energy, litigation finance, medical receivables, commercial lending, and acquisitions, including retail, industrial, and thousands of apartment units. He has developed a range of diversified passive investments focused on growth and cash flow. He speaks on stages nationally, co-authored Amazon #1 best-sellers 'Lesson From Thought Leaders,' and 'Pivotal Leadership,' also an e-book Barnes & Noble #1 Best-Seller, and is a member of the Forbes Business Council, contributing articles on investing and commercial real estate.
For investors who want recession-aware, low-correlation alternatives to traditional markets, Patrick offers four core strategies: (1) PIM’s Diversified Litigation Finance Portfolio, built to provide investors with non-correlated growth by funding a diversified pool of lawsuits through contingency-fee law firms; (2) PIM’s Medical Receivables Portfolio, for investors seeking non-correlated cash flow and growth through financing medical practices’ accounts receivable—billed claims for services already rendered. Patrick also offers two commercial real estate funds, both capitalizing on the downturn in commercial real estate: (3) an Acquisitions Fund, targeting growth through opportunistic property acquisitions, and (4) an Income Fund, targeting stable cash flow through a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate loans.
Patrick holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and both an MBA and MS in Engineering from San Jose State University. An avid adventurer, he resides in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Jon Gestal
Investor Relations, Royalty Exchange
Jon Gestal serves as Client Relations Coordinator at Royalty Exchange, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling royalty assets through a transparent, auction-based platform. The company connects creators and investors, unlocking liquidity in music and other income-producing intellectual property.
In his role, Jon works directly with royalty owners and investors, guiding them through the marketplace process and helping them evaluate royalties as an alternative asset class. He focuses on building long-term relationships and educating clients on how royalties can generate passive income and portfolio diversification.
Based in Denver, Jon brings a strong interest in intellectual property and data-driven investing to his work. He contributes to Royalty Exchange’s mission of expanding access to royalty markets and creating financial opportunities for both creators and investors.
Stefan Von Imhof
Co-founder and CEO, Alts.co
Stefan von Imhof is the co-founder and CEO of Alts.co, a global community and investment platform focused on alternative assets.
Before founding Alts, Stefan was Head of Product at Flippa, where he built its due diligence program for evaluating digital assets. He has spent his career focused on asset analysis, valuations, and acquisition entrepreneurship, including buying and selling websites and building investment communities.
Originally from Boston and later Santa Barbara, he now lives in Australia. His investing interests span real estate, cash-flowing online businesses, and collectibles, and he is known for translating complex alternative-asset concepts into accessible insights for a global audience.
Sean Peace
CEO, SongVest
As Founder and CEO of SongVest, Sean Peace is a visionary in the music business and successful entrepreneur who drew from his strong background in tech and finance to create the company. After a chance encounter with a songwriter friend about to sell their publishing catalog, Peace thought fans might pay more than investors to own music rights, creating the original SongVest in 2007 to sell royalties as memorabilia – before crowdfunding, catalog sales or royalty advances ever existed. As part of SongVest’s mission, Peace convinced a skeptical music industry to allow artists and songwriters to sell a percentage of their song royalties. In 2011, he went on to found Royalty Exchange, the first online market to buy and sell music royalties through auction, from May 2011 until he sold it in December 2015. In 2020, his long-term vision for SongVest became realized, as he began developing a ground-breaking new model selling “fractional shares” (under the brand SongShares) where fans can invest and get paid royalties by “owning” shares in individual songs. In October 2021, the company had the first public securities offering of music royalties with qualification by the SEC utilizing Reg A+.