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Vance Joy, Illy’s management group Unified sets up investment division

Anthony Macdonald, Yolanda Redrup and Kanika Sood

Nov 19, 2021 – 4.16pm

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The artist management company behind Vance Joy and Illy, Unified Music Group, is expanding into early stage start-up investing, with the aim of supporting a new generation of ventures innovating in the music scene.

Over the past 18 months Unified, which is led by founder Jaddan Comerford, has been dabbling in start-up investing, scoring positions in the likes of Mr Yum, sneaker marketplace Pushas, ticket resale platform Tixel, live entertainment booking platform Muso and non-alcoholic beer business Heaps Normal.

Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies.

Yolanda Redrup is the editor of the AFR Rich List. She previously reported on technology, healthcare and Street Talk.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.