# Beatport Secures Investment

> Beatport receives funding from Square Nine Capital to expand its platform and AI policies.
- Title: Beatport Secures Investment · Music Ally | Shortify
- Summary: Beatport receives funding from Square Nine Capital to expand its platform and AI policies. Beatport, led by CEO Matt Gralen, gets new capital to invest in…
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- Source: Music Ally — https://musically.com/2026/10/05/beatport-gets-backing-from-investment-firm-square-nine-capital
- Author: Stuart Dredge
- Published: 2026-10-05T12:30:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: beatport, square nine capital, matt gralen, electronic music, ai tracks, track id, beatport greenroom, music, business, technology
## Beatport gets new investor
Electronic-music firm Beatport has a new investor: Square Nine Capital.
## Refinances credit facility
Announced last week, it has refinanced an "existing credit facility" of the company.
## Additional capital for strategic priorities
Providing "additional capital to support Beatport’s strategic priorities".
## Strategic priorities include platform investments
Those priorities, per the announcement, being "additional flexibility to invest across its platform, products and broader ecosystem".
## New CEO Matt Gralen leads changes
Gralen took the reins in July this year as part of a planned transition from previous CEO Robb McDaniels.
## Recent platform updates
Since then, Beatport has launched a Shazam-style 'Track ID' feature; debuted its Beatport Greenroom dashboard for artists and labels; and banned "wholly or substantially generated by AI" tracks from its platform.
## Key takeaway

Beatport, led by CEO Matt Gralen, gets new capital to invest in its platform after banning AI-generated tracks.