funding

• Kevin Lin co-founded Twitch. Now he’s raising a $24 million funding round to create pop culture franchises in the metaverse.
• With $3.3 million in funding and big-name partnerships, Kangaroo is ready to tell interactive stories

  With partners like Baby Ariel and Bailey Spinn, storytelling app Kangaroo (co-founded by Kiernan Shipka) has raised $3.3 million.

  
• Loaded locks in $20 million in new funding

  Loaded, the talent management firm that works with top Twitch gamers like DrLupo, CouRage, and Myth, has announced $20 million in new funding.

  
• ShopThing, which lets you buy the items influencers are browsing, raises $10 million

  ShopThing is an app that lets viewers shop and buy items that are featured in influencer streams. It just raised a $10 million Series A.

  
• Bored Ape Yacht Club creator will use $450 million investment to build its version of the metaverse
• Vshojo works with Ironmouse and other popular Vtubers. It just secured $11 million in funding.
• Linktree raises $110 million, looks for “world-class talent”
• D’Amelio family will invest $25 million through new VC firm
• Creators to concoct menus as Popchew raises $3.6 million from Jake Paul’s Anti-Fund and others
• There’s an Uppbeat solution for copyright-free music on YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch
• Spotter raises $200 million led by Softbank at $1.7 billion valuation
• NFT Startup Pixel Vault Raises $100 Million To Build A Decentralized Entertainment Giant