Dream Street provides advisory services in the music and entertainment industry. We advise and partner with leading artists, entrepreneurs, and financial sponsors to decode the landscape and create strategies that maximize value.
Who we are
Dream Street was founded in 2023 by Brandon Marques and Chad Blackwell to provide advisory services across the entertainment industry.
Combining operating and deal making expertise with institutional finance, the firm delivers specialized M&A, capital raising, and strategic advisory services to rights holders, labels, publishers, and technology companies.
Chad Blackwell
Chad Blackwell is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Dream Street.
Prior to founding the firm, he was SVP at Sony Music where he led M&A and FP&A across the company’s global operations. His career spans investment banking and executive finance and strategy roles across entertainment. He is based in Los Angeles.
Brandon Marques
Brandon Marques is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Dream Street.
Prior to Dream Street, Brandon worked in institutional finance at various hedge funds and was a founding team member at a technology focused growth equity firm, having started his career in investment banking. Over the course of his career, he has been integral to the management and growth of more than $500 million of institutional capital. Brandon is based in New York.
$2,000,000,000+
in transactions across music and entertainment
30+ deals
across Sony Music and Dream Street
What we do
As the entertainment industry grows more complex, so do the ways our clients can build value.
We take apart IP-driven businesses to find the structures that turn a collection of deals and ventures into a coherent enterprise
— one that strengthens what a client already owns and funds what they want to build next.
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01
Map and quantify
Every agreement and revenue stream modeled as part of a cohesive structure. We assign a tangible value to your ecosystem and deliver a set of paths forward.
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Execute
Sell-side and buy-side M&A, debt and equity capital raising, distribution and joint venture structuring. We understand the way structure can have multiple implications on value.
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Expand
Post transaction, we advise our clients and partners on new opportunities to deploy capital across multiple verticals. As your journey expands, we adapt your plan to meet tomorrow’s opportunities.
Clients and select transactions
Sell-Side Advisory
Buy-Side Advisory
Equity & Debt Capital Raising
Corporate Advisory
