funding

• Through funding platform GigaStar, a gambler raised a $1.3 million investment from his fans
• A startup that dubs videos to help creators reach their “global potential” has raised $8.5 million

  Linguana, a startup that helps creators dub their videos into foreign languages, has raised $8.5 million of seed funding.

  
• ShopMy cashes in on influencer campaigns, affiliate marketing with $77.5 million funding round

  ShopMy is using its connections to the influencer marketing industry to raise a $77.5 million Series B for its affiliate links.

  
• Investors deliver $265 million funding round to Whatnot as live shopping gets hotter

  Live shopping platform Whatnot has raised a $265 million Series E that values the company at nearly $5 billion.

  
• Newsletter platform beehiiv prepares for expansion with $33 million Series B
• YouTube Co-Founder Chad Hurley has a new company based around AI-generated video scripts
• Braid raises $6.8 million to help creators cultivate direct-to-fan relationships
• Karat Financial raises $70 million Series B to upgrade its creator credit card business
• As creators buy into AI-generated content, Runway extends Series C round to $141 million
• Video editing app Captions raises $25 million to build on its 100,000 daily active users
• Creator funding firm Electrify invests in education YouTube channel Veritasium
• The Sidemen are growing fast. A “multi-million-pound deal” will help them keep it up.