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• Collectibles Marketplace Goldin Auctions Raises $40 Million, Pacts With Logan Paul For Pokemon Card Event
• Genflow, Which Helps Influencers Build Their Own Brands, Raises $11 Million

  Genflow, a five-year-old agency that helps influencers build their own direct-to-consumer brands, gated content services, membership clubs, or mobile apps, has raised $11 million in funding.

  
• Charli D’Amelio Invests In Teen-Targeted Banking Startup ‘Step,’ Which Just Raised $50 Million

  Charli D’Amelio is taking her relationship with the teen and family-focused financial startup Step to the next level. The 16-year-old is one of the investors in the company’s most recent $50 million Series B funding round, which was led by Coatue Management and also featured participation from Stripe, Crosslink Capital, Collaborative Fund, Will Smith’s Dreamers VC, Justin Timberlake, The Chainsmokers, Eli Manning, Kelvin Beachum, Larry Fitzgerald, and Andre Iguodala.

  
• Former StyleHaul Execs Raise $10 Million To Launch Content Recommendation Startup ‘Vody’

  Two former top execs at now-defunct multi-channel network StyleHaul have launched their latest endeavor. Stephanie Horbaczewski (pictured above) and Jeremy Houghton -- StyleHaul's former founder/CEO and CTO, respectively -- have co-founded and will serve as co-CEOs of Vody, a big data startup aimed at enhancing content recommendations for top streaming services, Variety reports.

  
• Creator-Focused Startup ‘Stir’ Raises $4 Million From Casey Neistat, YouTube Co-Founder Chad Hurley, Others
• Digital Creator-Focused Charity Platform Tiltify Raises $6.5 Million
• David Dobrik’s ‘Dispo’ Raises $4 Million Seed Round From Alexis Ohanian, Vlog Squad Members, More
• Sway LA’s Josh Richards, Bryce Hall, Griffin Johnson Invest In Lendtable’s $3 Million Seed Round
• Patreon Raises $90 Million At $1.2 Billion Valuation: “The Stigma Of The Starving Artist Is Going To Fade Away”
• LeBron James, Maverick Carter Raise $100 Million To Form New ‘SpringHill’ Media Enterprise
• Fintech Startup ‘Karat’ Raises $4.6 Million To Launch Credit Card Exclusively For Digital Creators
• Video Messaging Startup ‘Loom’ Closes $29 Million Funding Round At $350 Million Valuation