Funding

• Inspo, A Video Upstart For Lifestyle Creators, Leaves Stealth Mode With $5.5 Million Seed Round
• Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $800 Million To Develop YouTube-Length Shows On Netflix-Sized Budgets (Report)

  21st Century Fox and Warner Bros. contributed roughly $200 million to the funding round, with the rest coming from traditional venture capital firms.

  
• Sports-Centric Skinny Bundle FuboTV Raises $75 Million From Fox, AMC, Sky

  Other investors in the company’s Series D included previous backers Luminari Capital, Northzone, and Scripps Networks Interactive -- which was recently acquired by Discovery.

  
• Cheddar Raises $22 Million, Doubling Valuation, As It Eyes International Expansion

  Cheddar had previously raised $32 million over the course of three funding rounds led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Raine Ventures, and was most recently valued at $85 million.

  
• Video Management Platform ‘Vydia’ Raises $7 Million In New Funding
• Adaptive Studios Closes $16.5 Million Funding Round Led By AMC Networks
• Influencer Marketing Startup Octoly Raises $10 Million, Launches Ecommerce Platform
• Cross-Screen Ad Software Startup VideoAmp Closes $21.4 Million Funding Round
• Super League, An Esports Company For Amateurs, Raises $15 Million From Nickelodeon, DMG, More
• Streaming Business News Network Cheddar Raises $19 Million At $85 Million Valuation
• Influencer Marketing Platform CreatorIQ Raises Fresh Funding From TPG Growth, Evolution Media
• Mic Raises $21 Million In Fresh Funding Amid Rollout Of 9 Content Brands