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• Female-Focused Podcast Studio ‘Dear Media’ Raises $8 Million From Magnet Companies
• FaZe Clan Raises $40 Million In Series A From Slew Of Top Rappers, Athletes, Music Execs

  Last week, leading esports org FaZe Clan announced that it had formed an exclusive merch pact with ecommerce platform NTWRK, and stated that NTWRK -- founded by Jaime Iovine, son of music vet Jimmy Iovine -- had led its latest funding round. 

  
• Resurrected HQ Trivia App Welcomes 100,000 Players For First Game Back

  HQ Trivia, the livestreaming quiz show app that shuttered last month, has made its grand return -- when quarantined citizens the globe over are holed up at home seeking entertainment, no less.

  
• Quibi Closes $750 Millon Round, Bringing Total Funds Raised To $1.75 Billion

  As its launch nears next month, Quibi has added even more funding to build out a content arsenal chock full of premium mobile video. The Jeffrey Katzenberg-founded startup has closed its second round of funding totaling $750 million, Variety reports, meaning that the company has raised $1.75 billion in venture funding to date.

  
• After Investors Pull Plug, HQ Trivia Ceases Operations And Moves To Dissolution
• Casey Neistat Invests In $4.5 Million Seed Round For Aperitif Startup ‘Haus’
• Collab Asia, A Spin-Off Of The U.S.-Based Influencer Network, Raises $7.5 Million Series B
• Music Video Upstart ‘Triller’ Says It’s Taking On TikTok Amid $28 Million Series B
• YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Raises $8.5 Million For Fan-Centric Sports Game Startup ‘GreenPark’
• Musician And Patreon Investor Serj Tankian Launches Page On Platform
• Caspar Lee-Founded Influencer Marketing Firm Closes $3.6 Million Funding Round
• Issa Rae Takes Stake In Streamlytics, Which Lets People Monetize Their Own Streaming Data