Fundmates, a fintech platform that gives content creators growth capital injections as well as business development and production support, has partnered with six creator economy companies and creator educator Nick Nimmin to provide more resources to its partner creators.
Founded in 2022 by Ilia Dronov, Daniel Galper, and Monika Kuizinaite, Fundmates has paid out tens of millions of dollars to hundreds of creators, and says creators who receive its funds “see growth of 30-60% within just 4-6 months.”
In 2024 alone, it paid out over $25 million to creators; it now has an additional pool of $30 million available for YouTubers who want to grow their channels. Unlike most companies loaning creators cash injections, Fundmates neither licenses creators’ back catalogs (a popular form of collateral for creators getting lump-sum capital) nor takes any control or ownership of their channel (MCN-style). Instead, it sets up repayments based on channels’ earnings.
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It also, as we mentioned above, works on a continuing basis with creators who’ve received capital. And its spate of new partnerships is aimed at providing creators with tools to further develop their brands and businesses.
Fundmates’ new partners include:
- Super.Fans, which describes itself as “an AI social listening tool” for creators and brands
- video content distribution and monetization platform Curastory
- creator-only social networking and biz dev platform Creatorland
- Spikerz, a cybersecurity tool that helps creators avoid account hacks as well as shadowbans, bots, and impersonators
- ecommerce platform/app builder KLIQ
- Cookie Finance, a taxes, bookkeeping, and accounting services company entirely dedicated to creators
- and Nick Nimmin, whose videos about the nitty-gritty of making content on YouTube have nabbed him nearly a million subscribers
Every creator who joins Fundmates from now on will get access to resources from all seven partners (plus the biz dev and production resources Fundmates already offered). Fundmates tells Tubefilter that together, the new resources add up to around $5,000 in value.
Super.Fans, for example, is giving Fundmates creators a one-year subscription to its AI tool, which it says will help “surface the conversations driving engagement amongst their subscribers.” Meanwhile, KLIQ is giving Fundmates creators access to its full suite of ecommerce and app tools for free, letting them sell things like digital downloads, paid livestreams, courses, and subscriptions.
And finally, Nimmin is creating a new series of videos for the Fundmates website, specifically for Fundmates creators.
“As a content creator, I’m happy to say that [Fundmates] is built exclusively for content creators…and they have video editors, thumbnail designers, and YouTube consultants to help you level up faster,” he says. “They use the same people that work with channels like Bright Side and 5-Minute Crafts, so they know what they’re doing. They’re not just helping you on the funding side, they’re helping you as a partner to legitimately help you succeed.”
Co-founder and CEO Dronov adds, “From day one, our goal at Fundmates has been to provide creators with the capital and support they need to grow faster, smarter, and without limitations. We first began offering our creators free growth strategy and services in 2023 and have seen tremendous impact and returns for our Fundmates creators. Partnering with this new set of incredible companies means we can offer even more tools, resources, and expertise to help creators succeed on their terms.”
Creators interested in working with Fundmates can check it out here.
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