Aria is building a protocol that converts cultural intellectual property (IP) such as music, art, and media into ‘IP real-world assets’ (IPRWAs), tradable tokens that provide holders with programmable income rights. In June 2025 the company debuted $APL, a token backed by partial income rights to a portfolio of 48 songs from artists including BLACKPINK, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and BTS; token holders can stake $APL and receive real-world royalty payouts. The rights for $APL were acquired with $10.95 million raised via StakeStone’s LiquidityPad, demonstrating early community demand for tokenised royalties. With fresh capital, Aria plans to advance features like on-chain royalty distribution, automated revenue splits, and programmable remix licensing while onboarding additional rights holders. The roadmap also includes expanding beyond music into art and other culturally significant verticals to create a broad marketplace for liquid cultural IP. Investors view Aria as part of the larger real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation trend that is bringing traditionally illiquid assets on-chain. The company’s financing to date totals at least $25.95 million when combining platform funds used for rights acquisition with its equity rounds.

Total raised

$15M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Sep 2025