Streamloots, a two-year-old startup that enables gaming streamers to monetize and engage with audiences by selling digital 'cards' that can be purchased by their fans, has just raised additional funding from several top YouTube stars.
The amount of the seed round was undisclosed, but was raised by Caspar Lee (7 million subscribers), Memeulous (4.3 million), and WillNE (4.2 million). It follows a previous $5.6 million investment by Bessemer Venture Partners, and $1 million from Samaipata, bringing Streamloots' total funding to $7.2 million to date, the company said. Lee, Memeulous, and WillNE invested as part of the Creative Investment Fund -- a syndicate of content creator-turned-investors co-founded by Lee and fund manager Sasha Kaletsky.
Streamloots says the capital infusion will be used to fuel user growth and develop new service offerings that will help creators build their own businesses.
Streamloots’ flagship product, the aforementioned cards, instruct creators how to interact with viewers after they've been played. Cards could suggest,...
The amount of the seed round was undisclosed, but was raised by Caspar Lee (7 million subscribers), Memeulous (4.3 million), and WillNE (4.2 million). It follows a previous $5.6 million investment by Bessemer Venture Partners, and $1 million from Samaipata, bringing Streamloots' total funding to $7.2 million to date, the company said. Lee, Memeulous, and WillNE invested as part of the Creative Investment Fund -- a syndicate of content creator-turned-investors co-founded by Lee and fund manager Sasha Kaletsky.
Streamloots says the capital infusion will be used to fuel user growth and develop new service offerings that will help creators build their own businesses.
Streamloots’ flagship product, the aforementioned cards, instruct creators how to interact with viewers after they've been played. Cards could suggest,...
- 11/4/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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