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• Patreon Acquires ‘Clear Talent’ To Scale
• Instagram Will Make You Share Your Birthday — And Is Developing Tech To Ensure You’re Telling The Truth

  Instagram wants to know your birthday -- and soon, it will no longer give users any choice in the matter. Amid its ongoing efforts to create a safer experience for younger users, Instagram will begin asking all users to provide their birthdays if they haven’t done so already. 

  
• Flip Raises $28 Million, Wants You To Buy Beauty Products From Its Creators

  Los Angeles-based Flip, a social commerce app startup in the beauty and wellness space, has raised $28 million in a Series A round led by Streamlined Ventures.

  
• ByteDance Buys Up VR Maker Pico For Reported $775 Million

  In a statement, ByteDance said that Pico’s “comprehensive suite of software and hardware technologies, as well as the talent and deep expertise of the team, will support both our entry to the VR space and long-term investment in this emerging field.”

  
• DrLupo Signs Exclusive Livestreaming Deal With YouTube Gaming
• Thatch Raises $3 Million So Travel Vloggers Can Get Paid
• Jake Paul Nabs 4th Pro Boxing Win, Toppling Tyron Woodley In Split Decision
• TikTok Launches Latinx Creator Incubator For Hispanic Heritage Month
• Digital Events Platform Moment House Closes $12 Million Round To “Build The Metaverse”
• YouTube Testing Picture-In-Picture With Premium Subscribers Before Rollout To All iPhone Users
• TikTok Wants Users To Stop Doing The Milk Crate Challenge, Please
• 100 Thieves Gamer BrookeAB Signs With Range Media Partners
• Twitter Is Starting To Roll Out Monetization For Its Clubhouse Clone ‘Spaces’
• JoJo Siwa Joins ‘Dancing With The Stars’ As Half Of Series’ First Same-Sex Duo
• YouTube Millionaires: Tim Dodd Takes A Million Everyday Astronauts To SpaceX And Beyond
• Josh Richards To Mentor Up-And-Coming Creators For Logitech Talent Search
• GIPHY Collaborates With (And Pays) Creators As Part Of Its New ‘Creators Club’
• Creator-Focused Crypto Startup Rally Raises $50 Million, Names Former Patreon Exec Bremner Morris CEO
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• Bright Raises $15 Million Round Led By Guy Oseary And Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures
• Jake Paul’s Anti Fund Leads $30 Million Investment In Micro-Betting Platform ‘Simplebet’
• TikTok’s Testing 10-Minute Uploads (Report)
• How Culinary Duo HellthyJunkFood Leveraged Snapchat To Expand Its Social Video Menu