🎙️ Creative Financing in the Creator Economy: Oct 6 at Sunset House
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 5:00 PM PDT – 8:00 PM PDT
8923 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069, USA
Hosted by Altea
UPDATE: The venue will be Sunset House on the Sunset Strip — a design-forward lounge with a full bar and outdoor patio, set in the storied former London Fog where The Doors recorded their first live album. Address: 8923 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA (steps from The London and Edition hotels). We're in the Main Lounge, and we've bumped capacity to 25, so there are a few more spots open. We'll have craft cocktails and catered bites flowing all evening. --- Hey there, we're Altea, and we invest in the world's best alternative assets. We've got a special event in LA happening October 6th, and you're among the very first to hear about it. 🤝 Backing creators through debt & equity Creators are building real businesses now — with real revenue, real audiences, and predictable revenue streams. And a whole new private financing layer is emerging to fund them: advances, revenue-share deals, credit lines, catalog loans, film gap financing. We're bringing together the people building that layer for an evening of straight talk on how it works — where the debt & equity opportunities are, how deals get structured, and what it looks like from both sides of the table. 🎤 Who's speaking Joining Alts CEO Stefan von Imhof will be a lineup of some of the most active lenders and investors in the creator economy. These three people are writing the checks, building the tools, and structuring the deals: Josh Stein — Founder & CEO, Attention Capital. A former leveraged-finance banker and lawyer turned media operator (VICE, Univision), Josh Stein now originates senior secured loans to creators, media, and sports businesses at Attention Capital. His thesis in a line: audiences are the new collateral, and he built the platform to underwrite them. Sam White — Co-Head of U.S., Copyright Capital. Fifteen years structuring creator deals across WME, Snap, and partnerships with the likes of MrBeast. Sam White now leads U.S. expansion at Copyright Capital, building financing that fits how creator businesses actually earn — across platforms, and constantly changing. Corey Livingston — Co-Founder & CEO, Splitz. An investment banker and music-industry operator turned founder, Corey Livingston is building Splitz — the fintech layer that helps creators track their work, revenue, and rights in one place. It's the tooling side of the same equation. If you care about where creator capital is heading, this is the room you want to be in. 🎸 The venue: Sunset House We're hosting this one somewhere with real soul. Sunset House sits right on the legendary Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, steps from The London and Edition hotels. The building was formerly the iconic London Fog — the club where The Doors recorded their first live album and cut their teeth as the house band. It's hard to think of a more fitting backdrop for a conversation about creative talent and the money behind it. Inside, it's a design-forward lounge with a full bar, plush seating, and a cozy outdoor patio complete with fire pit and fountain. We'll have the panel set up in the main lounge, craft cocktails and bites flowing all night, and plenty of room to mingle. Come for the conversation, stay for the rock 'n' roll history under your feet. 🔎 Focus & Format Creator lending and financing is one of the fastest-moving, least-understood corners of private markets right now. We'll get into the real mechanics: How creator advances get underwritten Where debt beats equity (and where it doesn't) What film gap financing looks like today What happens when the numbers come in lower than expected This is not a pitch night or a conference, it's intimate and highly curated. Think 20–25 people, craft cocktails, great bites, a real conversation, and plenty of unstructured time. We're keeping it deliberately small so the room stays good. A genuine conversation, from the people writing the checks and the people taking them. 📍 The essentials Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Time: 5:00–8:00pm Location: Sunset House — 8923 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood Price: Free for paying Altea members, $50 for guests and everyone else. Includes catered drinks and bites. Capacity: 20–25 people max 18 spots taken | 2-5 spots left If you're in LA and interested in creator economy financing and investing, you don't want to miss this.