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1 | Date | Company | Amount | Round | Total | Lead Investors | News | |||||
2 | July 2021 | Open Sea | $100,000,000 | Series B | $127,000,000 | https://twitter.com/opensea | Andreessen Horowitz | CAA | Coatue | https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/20/nft-market-opensea-hits-1-5-billion-valuation/ | ||
3 | July 2021 | Breakr | $4,200,000 | Series A | $5,200,000 | https://twitter.com/MusicBreakr | Slow Ventures | https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/19/breakr-raises-4-2m-to-connect-influencers-with-emerging-musicians/ | ||||
4 | July 2021 | Songfinch | $2,000,000 | Seed | $2,000,000 | https://twitter.com/Songfinch | The Weeknd | Craig Kallman | https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/07/15/the-weeknd-songfinch-investment/ | |||
5 | July 2021 | Flymachine | $21,000,000 | Unknown | $21,000,000 | https://twitter.com/flymachinelive | Greycroft Partners | SignalFire | https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/14/flymachine-raises-21-million-to-built-a-virtual-concerts-platform-for-a-post-pandemic-world/ | |||
6 | July 2021 | Cohley | $5,000,000 | Seed+ | $6,800,000 | https://twitter.com/Cohley_ | Right Side Capital | Active Capital | https://martechseries.com/content/content-marketing/content-marketing-platform-cohley-announces-5m-capital-raise/ | |||
7 | July 2021 | Nas Academy | $11,000,000 | Series A | $11,000,000 | https://twitter.com/nasacademy | Lightspeed VP | 500 Startups | https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/13/nas-academy-raises-11-million-to-help-creators-build-their-own-masterclass-like-courses/ | |||
8 | July 2021 | Willa | $18,000,000 | Series A | $21,000,000 | https://twitter.com/willacompany | FinTech Collective | EQT Ventures | Entree Capital | https://dot.la/willa-fintech-2653706747.html | ||
9 | July 2021 | Karat | $26,000,000 | Series A | $30,600,000 | https://twitter.com/trykarat | Union Square Ventures | SignalFire | Josh Richards | https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/01/a-bank-for-the-creator-economy-karat-raises-26m-in-series-a-funding/ | ||
10 | July 2021 | Pietra | $15,000,000 | Series A | $15,000,000 | https://twitter.com/shoppietra | Founders Fund | Andreessen Horowitz | TQ Ventures | https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/30/pietra-raises-15m-from-founders-fund-to-help-creators-launch-their-own-product-lines/ | ||
11 | June 2021 | Spore | $1,000,000 | Seed | $1,000,000 | https://twitter.com/buildwithspore | SignalFire | https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/24/creator-tools-startup-spore-raises-1m-to-build-closer-bonds-between-influencers-and-their-fans/ | ||||
12 | June 2021 | Happs | $4,700,000 | Series A | $4,700,000 | https://twitter.com/HappsNews | Bullpen Capital | Crosslink | Corazon Capital | https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/24/happs-multistreaming-platform-creators/ | ||
13 | June 2021 | Dispo | TBD | Series A+ | TBD | https://twitter.com/DispoHQ | Seven Seven Six | Unshackled Ventures | 35 Ventures | https://dlisscious.substack.com/p/dispo-20 | ||
14 | June 2021 | Key | $3,000,000 | Seed | $3,000,000 | https://twitter.com/MyKeyLive1 | MathCapital | https://www.businessinsider.com/data-startup-key-raises-3-million-2021-5?mc_cid=a85e452a99&mc_eid=f77976235d | ||||
15 | June 2021 | Mirror.xyz | $10,000,000 | Seed* | Unknown | https://twitter.com/viamirror | Union Square Ventures | Andreessen Horowitz | https://www.theinformation.com/articles/union-square-ventures-values-crypto-publishing-tool-mirror-at-100-million | |||
16 | May 2021 | Turntable.fm | $7,500,000 | Unknown | $14,500,000 | https://twitter.com/turntablefm | Andreessen Horowitz | https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/25/call-it-a-comeback-turntable-fm-raises-7-5m/ | ||||
17 | May 2021 | Fanhouse | $1,300,000 | Pre-Seed | $1,300,000 | https://twitter.com/fanhouseapp | Chapter One Ventures | Mantis VC | Atelier Ventures | https://www.bustle.com/life/jasmine-rice-fanhouse-cofounder-onlyfans-pandemic | ||
18 | May 2021 | Beacons | $6,000,000 | Seed+ | $6,600,000 | https://twitter.com/beaconsai | Andreessen Horowitz | Night Media | Atelier Ventures | https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/24/beacons-seed-round-creator-profiles/ | ||
19 | May 2021 | Maven | $20,000,000 | Series A | $25,000,000 | Andreessen Horowitz | https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/20/maven-series-a-a16z/ | |||||
20 | May 2021 | Fave | $2,200,000 | Seed | $2,200,000 | https://twitter.com/faveforfans | Female Founders Fund | https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/17/fave-with-2-2-million-seed-looks-to-connect-creators-with-their-fandoms/?guccounter=1 | ||||
21 | May 2021 | Grin | $16,000,000 | Series A+ | $35,000,000 | https://twitter.com/GrowWithGrin | Imaginary Ventures | Good Friends | https://news.crunchbase.com/news/grin-adds-16m-to-series-a-as-influencer-market-grows/ | |||
22 | May 2021 | Jellysmack | TBD | Series C | $22,000,000 | https://twitter.com/jellysmacklabs | Softbank Vision Fund | https://www.tubefilter.com/2021/05/12/jellysmack-raises-funding-from-softbank-unicorn/ | ||||
23 | May 2021 | Bitski | $19,000,000 | Series A | $23,300,000 | https://twitter.com/bitski | Andreessen Horowitz | https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/06/bitski-raises-19-million-from-a16z-to-become-the-shopify-for-nfts/ | ||||
24 | May 2021 | RTFKT | $8,000,000 | Series A | $8,200,000 | https://twitter.com/RTFKTstudios | Andreessen Horowitz | https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/rtfkt-funding-digital-supreme/ | ||||
25 | May 2021 | Kajabi | $550,000,000 | Unknown | $550,000,000 | https://twitter.com/Kajabi | Tiger Global Management | Owl Rock Capital | TPG Global | https://www.finsmes.com/2021/05/kajabi-raises-550m-valued-at-over-2-billion.html | ||
26 | Apr 2021 | Notify | $875,000 | Pre-Seed | $875,000 | https://twitter.com/NotifyTeam | Ludlow Ventures | Betaworks | https://www.tubefilter.com/2021/04/28/jamie-pine-launches-notify-subscriptions-across-platforms/ | |||
27 | Apr 2021 | Rally.io | $57,000,000 | Crowdfunded | $57,000,000 | https://twitter.com/rally_io | Andreessen Horowitz | Hashed | Coinbase | https://medium.com/rallynetwork/rally-raises-57m-for-community-treasury-to-fund-community-driven-growth-8d856eb734d0 | ||
28 | Apr 2021 | Mighty Networks | $50,000,000 | Series B | $66,000,000 | https://twitter.com/MightyNetworks | Owl Rock Capital | Intel Capital | https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/26/mighty-networks-raises-50m-to-build-a-creator-economy-for-the-masses/ | |||
29 | Apr 2021 | Riverside.fm | $9,500,000 | Series A | $12,000,000 | https://twitter.com/RiversidedotFM | Seven Seven Six | Zeev Ventures | https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/22/podcasting-platform-riverside-fm-raises-9-5m/ | |||
30 | Apr 2021 | Creator+ | $12,000,000 | Series A | $12,000,000 | https://twitter.com/CreatorPlus | Petra Group | Freestyle Capital | https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/21/creator-plus-launch/ | |||
31 | Apr 2021 | Pico | $6,500,000 | Series A | $11,000,000 | https://twitter.com/pico | Bullpen Capital | Stripe | https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/14/pico-2-0/ | |||
32 | Apr 2021 | PearPop | $16,000,000 | Series A | $16,000,000 | https://twitter.com/pearpopofficial | Slow Ventures | Sound Ventures | Seven Seven Six | https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandrasternlicht/2021/04/15/pearpop-just-raised-16-million-from-alexis-ohanian-snoop-dogg-amy-schumer-marshmello-to-monetize-tiktok-clout-sharing/?sh=2ca7c01865033 | ||
33 | Apr 2021 | Patreon | $155,000,000 | Series F | $413,000,000 | https://twitter.com/Patreon | Tiger Global Management | |||||
34 | Apr 2021 | Community | $40,000,000 | Series A | $90,000,000 | https://www.community.com/ | SalesForce Ventures | https://www.wsj.com/articles/text-messaging-platform-community-raises-40-million-from-salesforce-11617962401 | ||||
35 | Apr 2021 | MBP | $49,800,000 | Series D | $67,900,000 | https://twitter.com/mpbcom/ | Vitruvian Partners | https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/06/brighton-based-mpb-snaps-up-69m-to-build-out-its-used-camera-equipment-marketplace/ | ||||
36 | Mar 2021 | Substack | $65,000,000 | Series B | $82,400,000 | https://twitter.com/SubstackInc | Andreessen Horowitz | Fifty Years | ||||
37 | Mar 2021 | United Masters | $50,000,000 | Series B | $120,000,000 | https://twitter.com/unitedmasters | Apple | https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/31/apple-leads-50m-investment-in-unitedmasters-platform-for-indie-musicians/ | ||||
38 | Mar 2021 | Disco | $4,800,000 | Seed | $4,800,000 | https://twitter.com/discolearn | Golden Ventures | GSV Ventures | Quiet Capital | |||
39 | Mar 2021 | Gumroad | $6,000,000 | Crowdfunded | $16,000,000 | https://twitter.com/gumroad | ||||||
40 | Mar 2021 | Creative Juice | $5,000,000 | Seed | $5,000,000 | https://twitter.com/GetJuice | Index Ventures | Night Media | Slow Ventures | |||
41 | Mar 2021 | SuperRare | $9,000,000 | Series A | $9,000,000 | https://twitter.com/SuperRare | 1confirmation | Velvet Sea Ventures | ||||
42 | Mar 2021 | LinkTree | $45,000,000 | Series B | $55,700,000 | https://twitter.com/Linktree_ | Index Ventures | Coatue | ||||
43 | Mar 2021 | Cameo | $100,000,000 | Series C | $165,000,000 | https://twitter.com/BookCameo | e.ventures | Kleiner Perkins | Lightspeed VP | |||
44 | Mar 2021 | Open Sea | $23,000,000 | Series A | $27,000,000 | https://twitter.com/opensea | Andreessen Horowitz | |||||
45 | Feb 2021 | Splice | $55,000,000 | Series D | $155,000,000 | https://twitter.com/splice | GS Growth | |||||
46 | Feb 2021 | Circle | $4,000,000 | Seed | $5,500,000 | https://circle.so/ | Notation Capital | |||||
47 | Feb 2021 | Foundation | $200,000 | Seed | $200,000 | https://twitter.com/withfnd | Atelier Ventures | |||||
48 | Feb 2021 | Beacons | $600,000 | Seed | $600,000 | https://twitter.com/beaconsai | Y Combinator | |||||
49 | Feb 2021 | Stir | $20,000,000 | Series A* | $20,000,000 | https://twitter.com/stir | Ludlow Ventures | XYZ Ventures | ||||
50 | Feb 2021 | Music Breakr | $1,000,000 | Seed | $1,000,000 | https://twitter.com/MusicBreakr | Josh Richards | |||||
51 | Feb 2021 | Memmo | $10,000,000 | Series A | $12,000,000 | https://memmo.me/ | Left Lane Capital | |||||
52 | Feb 2021 | Dispo | $20,000,000 | Series A | $24,000,000 | https://twitter.com/DispoHQ | Spark Capital | Seven Seven Six | ||||
53 | Jan 2021 | Clash | $2,000,000 | Seed* | $2,000,000 | https://twitter.com/clashappco | Seven Seven Six | M13 Ventures | ||||
54 | Dec 2020 | Luma | $3,000,000 | Seed | $3,000,000 | https://twitter.com/LumaHQ | Venrock | Maven Ventures | Atelier Ventures | |||
55 | Dec 2020 | Grin | $10,000,000 | Series A | $19,000,000 | https://twitter.com/GrowWithGrin | e.ventures | |||||
56 | Nov 2020 | Maven | $4,300,000 | Seed | $5,000,000 | First Round Capital | ||||||
57 | Nov 2020 | Hellosaurus | $3,500,000 | Seed | $3,600,000 | https://twitter.com/playhellosaurus | General Catalyst | Next 10 Ventures | GSV Ventures | |||
58 | Oct 2020 | LinkTree | $10,700,000 | Series A | $10,700,000 | https://twitter.com/Linktree_ | AirTree Ventures | |||||
59 | Sep 2020 | Streamloots | $5,600,000 | Series A | $7,400,000 | https://twitter.com/streamloots | Bessemer Venture Partners | Atelier Ventures | ||||
60 | Aug 2020 | Restream | $50,000,000 | Series A | $53,400,000 | https://twitter.com/Restreamio | Sapphire Ventures | Insight Partners | ||||
61 | Jun 2020 | Willa | $3,000,000 | Seed | $3,000,000 | https://twitter.com/willacompany | EQT Ventures | |||||
62 | Jun 2020 | Karat | $4,600,000 | Seed | $4,600,000 | https://www.trykarat.com/ | Y Combinator | |||||
63 | Jun 2020 | Koji | $10,000,000 | Series A | $16,100,000 | https://twitter.com/madewithkoji | Galaxy Interactive | Next 10 Ventures | ||||
64 | Oct 2020 | Stir | $4,000,000 | Seed | $4,000,000 | https://twitter.com/stir | Ludlow Ventures | XYZ Ventures | Atelier Ventures | |||
65 | Mar 2020 | Influence.co | $3,100,000 | Series A | $3,900,000 | https://twitter.com/influenceco1 | Next 10 Ventures | Bonfire Ventures | ||||
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70 | Apr 2021 | Clubhouse | $200,000,000 | Series C* | $310,000,000 | https://twitter.com/Clubhouse | Andreessen Horowitz | |||||
71 | Jan 2021 | Clubhouse | $100,000,000 | Series B* | $110,000,000 | https://twitter.com/Clubhouse | Andreessen Horowitz | |||||
72 | May 2020 | Clubhouse | $10,000,000 | Series A* | $10,000,000 | https://twitter.com/Clubhouse | Andreessen Horowitz | |||||
73 | May 2021 | Collective | $20,000,000 | Series A | $28,700,000 | https://twitter.com/CollectiveFin | General Catalyst | Sound Ventures | Atelier Ventures | |||
74 | Sep 2020 | Collective | $8,700,000 | Seed | $8,700,000 | https://twitter.com/CollectiveFin | General Catalyst | |||||
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79 | We define Creator Economy companies as those whose main revenue source is derived from creators. | |||||||||||
80 | Did we miss a founding round? Email us: | matt@famepick.com | ||||||||||
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