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Spotter raises $200M to invest $1 billion into YouTubers’ back catalogs

TechCrunch

Funders across these three rounds include Access Industries, HighPost Capital, CoVenture, GPS Partners and Crossbeam Venture Partners. Jellysmack’s licensing of back catalog expires after five years, the same length of Spotter’s contracts, and uses an algorithm to determine whether or not to invest in a creator.

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5 questions emerging managers should ask before selecting LPs

TechCrunch

In order to make those investments, venture firms must first have the money, which means they’re not only just the funders, they’re fundraisers, too. To find the right investors, you first need to consider LPs’ investment criteria. How well do your target LPs understand your investment thesis?

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Citi backs Crowdz, a Pipe competitor that just raised $10M for its blockchain-powered invoice financing marketplace

TechCrunch

Put simply, Crowdz started out by giving small and medium-sized businesses a way to sell invoices for financing to funders. With this latest investment, Crowdz and Citi plan to collaborate based on that goal of giving SMEs “rapid and efficient access to the working capital needed to keep their businesses running.”

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Great Question gets $2.5M seed round to make customer research easier

TechCrunch

Great Question launched in February 2021, and its clients include Linktree , Honeybook , O’Reilly Media and MainStreet. Great Question’s seed round came from investors including Funders Club, January Capital, Nomo VC and Twenty-Two Ventures.

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Startups and Venture Capital: What Do They Spend Their First Round On?

StartupNation

In fact, VC-based funding has boomed within the last decade, reaching a whopping $753B worth of investments since 2009. Read on to find out more about the advantages and disadvantages of VC funding and some of the smartest places to invest it within the business. With an average capital investment of $1.5

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Indonesian SME lending platform Alami scores pre-Series B funding

AsiaTechDaily

The pre-Series B funding round also saw the participation of US-based venture capital firm Capria Ventures, marking the firm’s first direct investment in the Asia-Pacific region. With this investment, Alami plans to continue creating world class Sharia-compliant financial technology.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

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VCs and fulltime angels bring a lot more than just money to the communities they invest in. You can get just about any wealthy person to part with some small portion of their wealth to put into risky investments, but these people don't contribute back to the ecosystem. On top of that, they tend to be the locus of innovation networks.