funding

• Cheddar Raises $22 Million, Doubling Valuation, As It Eyes International Expansion
• HQ Trivia Confirms $15 Million Funding Round At $100 Million Valuation

  The app's founders said that they will use new funds to hire more engineers to handle the technical complexities that can arise from having millions of players using the platform concurrently.

  
• Video Management Platform ‘Vydia’ Raises $7 Million In New Funding

  Vydia has more than 200,000 users, including musicians like Keith Urban and Fetty Wap, influencers like Rice Gum, and brands like BET and MTV.

  
• Adaptive Studios Closes $16.5 Million Funding Round Led By AMC Networks

  To date, Adaptive -- which was founded by Marc Joubert, Perrin Chiles, and TJ Barrack in 2013 -- has created programming for Verizon, Miramax, FX, YouTube Red, Fox Animation, Lionsgate, and Blackpills.

  
• Tosca Musk Launches Streaming Service That Celebrates The Female Gaze
• White Label OTT Service Startup Unreel.me Raises $1.5 Million
• Group Nine Media Doubles Down On Video With $40 Million Raise From Discovery, Other Existing Investors
• Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo Tenders Investment In News Startup Axios
• Live.me Snags $50 Million In Funding From Same Chinese Web Giant That Bought Musical.ly
• Influencer Marketing Startup Octoly Raises $10 Million, Launches Ecommerce Platform
• ‘Brat’ Raises $10 Million, Names Former Twitter Exec Darren Lachtman Co-Founder
• Collab Closes $3 Million Funding Round, Launches Spinoff Venture ‘Collab Asia’