• Xip

  Participated · Seed · Jun 2022

  Xip is a San Francisco-based company that announced a $5 million seed funding round. The company also launched a $1 million Creator Fund alongside the financing. The seed round was led by Jomayra Herrera of Reach Capital. Other participants included Jeff Weiner (LinkedIn Executive Chairman and Founding Partner of Next Play Ventures), Mark Williamson (COO of MasterClass and angel investor), Benjamin Grubbs of Next 10 Ventures, and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI). The announcement presents the new capital and Creator Fund as the company's latest disclosed financial developments.

• Hellosaurus

  Participated · Seed · Nov 2020

  Hellosaurus provides a mobile app for families filled with active play experiences that support kids' cognitive and social development, and offers a toolkit for creators to build immersive, interactive content. The platform leverages mobile technologies such as multi-touch screens, microphones, and cameras to enable audience participation. It is a subscription-based service, ensuring children are not exposed to ads. Hellosaurus's app entered beta on iOS and the platform already hosts household names and YouTube stars with a combined global reach of over 200M, including Mother Goose Club, Kids Diana, Super Simple, The Onyx Family, and others. Led by founder and CEO James Ruben, the company plans to use new funding to further grow and develop its team and product. The company previously spent a summer in Y Combinator prior to this raise.

• influence.co

  Participated · Seed · Mar 2020

  influence.co is an online professional network for influencers, creators and the businesses that work with them. The platform offers free professional profiles, with paid subscription upgrades for individuals and a software suite for businesses to hire and manage influencers at scale. Major brands can reach the community through specialized content offerings. The company intends to use the funds to scale its community and launch a media division focused on the influencer and creator lifestyle. Launched in 2016 by Ryan Angilly, Niel Robertson and Jeff Smith and led by co‑founder and CEO Niel Robertson, influence.co has grown to over 175,000 members, including 35,000 businesses. influence.co is a remote company with staff in Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, New York, San Francisco and Austin. influence.co provides an influencer marketing platform that gives access to public influencer profiles and tools for brands to recruit influencers to campaigns. Led by CEO Niel Robertson and based in Boulder, Colo., the company targets brands, digital media and public relations agencies. It is announcing a full set of features designed to enable agencies to build their own influencer marketing practices. The company raised $500k in funding and intends to use the proceeds to accelerate growth. Backers on this round included Alex Bogusky and his fund BCV Ventures, Twenty3 Capital, Jaszac Investments and AE Jarrah Group.

• Stage TEN

  Led · Seed · Feb 2019

  Stage Ten provides web-based software that lets creators produce broadcast-quality live shows with multi-camera shots, custom onscreen graphics, and multiple remote guests for YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch. Launched in 2017, the company runs live streams for over 5,000 online creators including YouTube stars, brands, charities, and broadcasters. Its product targets the creator economy by enabling more interactive and transactional live content. Stage Ten plans to use the new funding to bolster its technology and expand its development team in Toronto. Financially, the company closed a seed funding round announced as approximately $1 million. Management framed the investment as strategic for accelerating product development and global expansion efforts.

No current team members are available.