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Technology & FinTech Leaders CREATD and TAMI Ventures Inc., Plan to Combine Forces ...: Technology & FinTech Leaders CREATD and TAMI Ventures Inc., Plan to Combine Forces in $23 Million Transaction · Privately-held TAMI Ventures will be ...

Happy Thanksgiving, and Congratulation to Zack Rosenberg, James Altschuler and the entire Qortex team on their recent funding round led by GFT Ventures. https://lnkd.in/gi-hndNR. At GFT Ventures, we firmly believe that AI will continue to disrupt every industry and vertical – advertising is no exception. Our investment in Qortex is the result of our strong conviction in the company's opportunity to capture a huge share of the AI-powered advertising market, and to innovate across the Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) landscape for years to come. We also see a huge untapped opportunity for Qortex to leverage their AI-based video search and categorization technologies to provide vast amounts of data to publishers and advertisers, thus enabling them to track, monitor and monetize their businesses more effectively and efficiently. #Congratulations Qortex #[email protected] #GFT Ventures #AI Startups #ProudNvidiaAlumnus Jay Eum Joe Lee Jenny Hamin Park Zack Rosenberg James Altschuler Sid Mookerji Mark Pedowitz

mozaic.io raised $20Mn in a Series A round to grow its platform that provides payment-splitting solutions for creators. As a financial content creator, it’s interesting to see more fintechs emerging to serve the rapidly growing creator economy. Below for some takeaways: ⤵⤵⤵ ➡ Mozaic raised $20Mn from Volition Capital ➡ Mozaic was founded by Marcus Cobb and Rachel Knepp in 2015. Congrats to the co-founders and entire team on the raise! ➡ Mozaic’s API (its core offering) can plug into platforms and split payments between creators who collaborate on various projects ➡ ➡ The company has largely worked with the music industry but said its tech would work well for other creators (YouTube, Twitch, newsletters) ➡ The company plans to launch a Chrome extension and app in the first quarter of 2024 ➡ Mozaic isn’t the only fintech that serves creators to raise a round as of late, Karat Financial raised $70Mn this past summer to build financial tools for content creators ➡ Grand View Research, Inc estimated the global digital content creation market to be $25.6Bn in 2022 and is expected to grow at a 13.5% CAGR from 2023-2030 ➡ According to SignalFire, over 50Mn people consider themselves creators, and 2Mn+ are already making over $100k (slightly older data, so likely significantly higher today) ➡ On the top end, creators like MrBeast have landed brand deals with companies like Honey (online coupons) for $3Mn in exchange for over 1Bn views (NeoReach data) ➡ Despite a slowdown in fintech funding, there still appears to be demand to invest in companies that serve the content creation space If you found value from this post, please like 👍 and share for visibility ➡ ➡ ➡ Follow/connect with me here for more fintech and consumer lending coverage. Learn more in TechCrunch article (written by Ivan Mehta) covering the raise, link in comments⤵⤵⤵ #fintech #creatoreconomy #creatormarketing

The Twitch Mafia: 42 Companies that raised $15.4B in Venture Capital 🎮💚 (here is the the top 20 by fundraising)   🚗Cruise: self-driving vehicles that safely connecting the world Founder: Kyle Vogt Twitch Role: Co-Founder 💰Range: wealth management platform for high earners Founder: David Cusatis Twitch Role: Software Engineer 🌐thirdweb: developer tool for web3 apps, games, tokens, NFTs, and more. Founder: Jake Loo Twitch Role: Software Engineer   🎮Ampverse: gaming ecosystem connecting gamers and brands. Founder: Matthias Meti Beyer, Ferdinand Gutierrez Twitch Role: Director of Content, Southeast Asia 💳Walnut: healthcare financing lending platform. Founder: Abel Chan Twitch Role: Product Manager 🎮Fractal.is: gaming experience enhancement platform Founder: Justin Kan Twitch Role: Co-Founder 🎮Freedom Games: game publisher supporting independent developers. Founder: Ben Robinson Twitch Role: Director of Wiki Partnerships 🎲Jam.gg: web-based platform for party games Founder: Benjamin Devienne Twitch Role: Head of Research Strategy ☕Zerocater: corporate catering for the hybrid workplace Founder: Arram Sabeti Twitch Role: Office Operations 🎓AcadArena: connects students through gaming and culture Founder: Kevin Hoang Twitch Role: Scholastic Program Manager 🛒Rye: developer tools for eCommerce experiences Founder: Justin Kan Twitch Role: Co-Founder 💸Paper: NFT payment startup enabling decentralized applications. Founder: James Sun Twitch Role: Group Product Manager 🎌 VShojo: empowering VTubers to connect and grow their fanbase. Founder: Justin Ignacio (Gunrun) Twitch Role: Founding Team 🛠 Zeet: developer-focused application platform to deploy code Founder: Johnny D., Zihao Zhang Twitch Roles: Software Engineers 🎮FreshCut: community-focused gaming content platform Founder: James Kuk, Ernest Le, Ben Stueck Twitch Role: Content Partnerships & Business Development, Director, Game Publisher & Developer Partnerships 💄NEWNESS: live streaming platform for the beauty community. Founder: Jenny Qian, Youri Park Twitch Role: Senior Director of Business Strategy, Software Engineer 💪Salut: a social video platform for fitness. Founder: Matthew DiPietro Twitch Role: SVP, Marketing and Communications 🕹️Ex Populus: a Web3 video game publishing company. Founder: Nik Adams Twitch Role: Instream Video Advertisement. Europe & Russia 🎮Loaded: management and advisory firm for the gaming industry Founder: Colin DeShong Twitch Role: COO, GoodGame   💼SPICYEST: digital asset consulting firm Founder: David Liao Twitch Role: Science P.S. I host a podcast where I interview startup founders – I’d love to host a cohort from the mafia. Leave a comment below and I’ll get in touch! 👋 🤝 Shoutout to PIN (Power in Numbers) and Ivelina Dineva for the research

Unimatch business model. How do we make money? We've been thinking about the monetization model for a long time. We thought of making a subscription. Commission for success. In the end, we came up with a very simple, clear and fair model of payment for a match. Registering in the app, a customizer gets 3 free mats by default. Then he buys a package of 20,40,100 mats or an unlimited package for a year. On average, one match with an investor or an expert costs 2$ This is cheaper than targeting ads on Facebook. Also a startup or an expert inside the application can run paid advertising with payment per 1000 impressions as CPM model of FB. We calculated that to reach $1mn revenue we need to make 500,000 matches, for this we need 2000 investors and 5000 startups in the app At MVP1 levels in the chatbot, we have already made 3,499 mats in 87 days of operation #unicorn #unimatch #startups #venturecapital #ipo #DAO #Ycombinator #500global

I spend a ton of time researching, analyzing, and connecting with investors in the sports tech space. So I'm happy to see many of these firms, and individuals get the acknowledgment and credit they deserve for the work they do in the industry. Shoutout to Insider for amplifying the growth that's happening in and around the space. 305 Ventures Courtside Ventures Drive by DraftKings Roger Ehrenberg Elysian Park Ventures HBSE Ventures KB Partners Mastry Ventures Mindspring Capital Muse Capital Sharp Alpha Advisors Sapphire Ventures Scrum Ventures Alexander Bente x Jeremy Pressman Sports tech is taking off 🚀 #sportstechnology #sportsbusiness #sportstech

Tokens, in their most common form, also operate as a #bridgeloan or a vehicle for users to financially support a project. In return for participating in activities or sharing data, users are awarded #tokens. As more users engage with the platform, its #advertisingpotential attracts the attention of brands, who also join the platform to purchase advertising spaces to reach users. The revenue generated from these brands is utilized in funding #token-activated discounts, thereby bolstering the tokens' value. Hence, tokens offer a flexible approach to project management that enables the platform to thrive on its own while also providing a means for users and brands to engage with and support them. #strategy #hyperscale #scaleups #bizgrowth #foundersadvice #bizmodel #innovation #fintech #insurtech #digitaltransformation #productmanagement #web3  #TMinsights

Mitgo Ventures, an investment arm of Mitgo Group, a leading MarTech company, has invested in Qoala, a next-generation cashback service, as part of its $20 million Publisher Investments program. Qoala's browser extension has garnered 150,000 users across LATAM and Europe, offering a unique cashback and one-click checkout experience. Rafael Rubio, co-founder of Qoala, sees this collaboration as pivotal in reshaping the cashback landscape, aiming to reach over 1 million users in the next year. Max Volokhoff, Managing Partner at Mitgo Ventures, highlights Qoala's energetic team and their potential for growth, leveraging Mitgo's expertise to accelerate their expansion. This investment marks the beginning of Mitgo's Publisher Investments program, targeting projects in various sectors including FinTech, MarTech, and Influencer marketing, to address finance gaps for publishers and foster growth opportunities. https://lnkd.in/deQJYQmE

Letterboxd sells a majority stake after explosive pandemic-fueled growth https://ift.tt/YrR4KiI The film-focused social media site LetterBoxd has new ownership. Cofounder Matthew Buchanan announced on Friday that Tiny, a venture capital firm, has bought a 60 percent stake in the platform. The New York Times reported that the deal values Letterboxd at over $50 million. Buchanan and fellow founder Karl von Randow will retain minority shareholder positions and continue to lead the company as they insist “very little else will change.” Founded in 2011, Letterboxd was a rare independently owned social network. It grew significantly during pandemic lockdowns as homebound users sought new movies to stream (and communities to chat with). Lacking the clutter of Amazon-owned IMDb, the website and app provided a haven for film buffs who wanted to write and read reviews, rate movies, create watch lists and socialize with fellow enthusiasts. Letterboxd’s cofounders frame the move as less about selling out to big money and more a growth opportunity. “Teaming up with Tiny represents a big leap forward for us,” Buchanan and von Randow wrote in a statement. “We see this as a huge win for our community, enabling us to cement Letterboxd’s future with additional resources without sacrificing the DNA of what makes it special.” The site doesn’t currently support television series, but the founders say they’re working on a way to offer that. They insist they want to incorporate TV shows “only once we know we can do it right.” Letterboxd partnered with Netflix earlier this year, bringing the streaming service’s recommendations to the social platform.  “We’ve been huge fans and users of Letterboxd for a long time and could not be more excited to join forces with Matthew, Karl, and the rest of the team for the long-term,” said Andrew Wilkinson, Co-founder of Tiny. “If you’re running out of things to watch, it’s because you haven’t used Letterboxd yet — and we believe that the potential for superior discovery is a large opportunity.” This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://ift.tt/YrR4KiI via Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics https://ift.tt/OpbGKX2 September 29, 2023 at 08:16PM