Specialty finance for the creator economy.
Tavern Capital provides structured credit and growth capital to the creator economy through partnerships with leading agencies and platforms.
Bridging the Gap
The creator economy has grown into a $250B+ market with institutional-grade counterparties — Fortune 500 brands, major streaming platforms, and global media companies. Creator-led businesses are increasingly sophisticated, and their underlying credit quality is strong.
Yet financial infrastructure hasn't kept pace. Traditional lenders don't underwrite the asset class. Existing capital solutions are fragmented, expensive, or built for a different era.
Tavern Capital is a specialty finance platform built specifically for this market — bringing structured credit expertise to an industry ready for it.
What We Do
Tavern Capital provides capital solutions across the creator economy, working through established agencies, management companies, and platforms.
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We finance receivables backed by contracts with investment-grade counterparties — brand partnerships, platform revenue, and licensing agreements. These are short-duration, high-quality credits with established payment patterns.
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As relationships deepen, we provide growth financing to creator-led businesses, talent agencies, and media companies scaling within the ecosystem.
We're building the financing layer for an industry that's been underserved by traditional capital markets.
Team
Justin brings over 15 years of experience in structured finance, M&A, and operational leadership. He was a founding member of McKinsey & Company's M&A group, where he led capital markets transactions and invested over $600 million of partner capital in technology and tech-enabled services businesses.
Most recently, he served as COO at Concertiv, a tech-enabled services company, where he led the business through significant operational transformation while serving on the board.
His career includes investment banking at Credit Suisse, advising on $25+ billion in M&A transactions and $10+ billion in debt and equity financing.
Justin holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BBA from George Washington University.
Founder & Managing Partner