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Midnight Oil Collective
Midnight Oil Collective is a community of artists focused on investing in creative assets and fostering systemic change in the creative economy through partnerships with artists and cultural institutions.
Overview
What Midnight Oil Collective does
What Midnight Oil Collective is
Midnight Oil Collective is a community of artists focused on investing in creative assets and fostering systemic change in the creative economy through partnerships with artists and cultural institutions.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2020
- Approximate age
- About 6 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 12, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Midnight Oil Collective as a community
Community overview
Midnight Oil Collective (MOC) was founded in 2020 as a community of artists focused on incubating and investing in creative assets with mutual economics. The organization is based in the United States and has expanded its services to include a digital platform that supports creators in building and scaling their ventures. MOC partners with artists and cultural institutions to promote systemic change in the creative economy.
Community focus
MOC invests in creator-driven projects and cultural assets, aiming to reimagine how these assets are incubated and scaled into transmedia enterprises. The organization prioritizes artist ownership and frequently collaborates with individual artists and arts-based institutions to develop financially sustainable operating models. MOC also leads conferences, facilitates industry think tank sessions, and teaches artist-entrepreneurship accelerators.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- hybrid
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- October 27, 2023
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community and accelerator
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Events and activity
MOC hosts various events including the 'Breathe Rite Premiere' on October 27, 2023, featuring a music short film series by Kolton Harris, and the 'Yale Innovation Summit 2023' on May 31 - June 1, 2023, where MOC will present projects from its cohorts. Other notable events include 'Treeline' at BFI London’s Production Finance Market from October 8-13, 2023, and 'MOC(k) Ups: A Showcase of Ventures in Yale's Creative Economy' on February 27, 2023.
Common questions
What to know about Midnight Oil Collective
Upseed classifies Midnight Oil Collective under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
April 12, 2026
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