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WhatNot, a livestreamed collectibles marketplace, raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.Why it matters: This is a reminder that NFTs are complimenting tactile collectibles, not replacing them.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Other investors include Operator Partners, Scribble Ventures, YC, Wonder Ventures, Steve Aoki and Chris Zarou.The bottom line: "The company currently focuses primarily on Pokémon cards, Funko Pop...

Live Stream Shopping Platform and Marketplace Whatnot Raises $20M Series A to Become the Premier Platform to Buy and Sell Collectibles Led by Andreessen Horowitz, the round will enable Whatnot to aggressively expand from valuable collectibles like Pokemon and sports cards to other related categories News provided by Share this article Share this article LOS ANGELES, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Whatnot announced it has raised $20M in Series A funding, led by Connie Chan, General Partne...

By Eduard Kovacs on March 01, 2021 TripleBlind, a Kansas City, Missouri-based startup that provides data privacy solutions, on Monday announced raising $8.2 million in seed funding. The oversubscribed funding round was led by Dolby Family Ventures, with participation from several companies and angel investors. Investors include Okta Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Operator Partners, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health, AVG Basecamp Fund, Anorak Ventures, Quiet Capital, Clocktower Technology Ventu...

How This Startup Aims To Help Firms Control Google Cloud Spending San Francisco-based Ternary has partnered with SADA Systems and other channel companies to bring more transparency to Google Cloud spending. By Wade Tyler Millward February 18, 2021, 04:35 PM EST Many companies may find it easy to migrate and operate in the cloud, but one issue still remains: how to control the associated costs. As many as a third of businesses have cloud budget overruns of up t...

Palo Alto Networks acquired DevOps security startup Bridgecrew for $156M Update: after this article was published, Palo Alto Networks confirmed the acquisition for $156 million. Our original story is below. The pandemic and the world’s big shift to doing (even) more online has put an unprecedented amount of pressure on cybersecurity. Now, it looks like one of the big public players in that space, Palo Alto Networks, has made an acquisition that will help it address that challenge, specifical...

Follow Us We are first in your inbox with the most important news in the industry―keeping you smarter and one-step ahead in this ever-changing and competitive market.Start your free subscription David Energy Secures $19 Million In New Financing To Launch A New Kind of Electricity Supplier BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Feb. 9, 2021) — David Energy, a new kind of electricity supplier, today announced the close of $19 million in new financing. The new capital includes a $4.1M Seed round led by Equal Ve...

Whatnot, a Los Angeles, CA-based live-streaming platform and marketplace that allows collectors and enthusiasts to connect with their community to buy and sell verified products, raised $4M in seed funding. Backers included Scribble Ventures, Wonder Ventures, Operator Partners, Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Twenty Two Ventures and other investors. The company plans to use the funds to invest in growing the team, scaling their operations and expanding into new categories including video g...

socaltech.com A new, Los Angeles startup, Whatnot, which operates a online live stream shopping service and marketplace for collectors, said late Thursday that it had raised $4M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Scribble Ventures, Wonder Ventures, Operator Partners, Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Twenty Two Ventures, and others. The company said it has built an online marketplace which addresses the issues of fraudulent activity on existing marketplaces. The company says it spec...

Storyboard, a Palo Alto, CA-based enterprise podcast and audio platform, closed $4.5m in seed funding. The round was led by CRV, with participation from Harry Stebbings of 20MinuteVC, Operator Partners, Slack Fund, Dave Ambrose, and Matt Ziskie. The company will use the new capital to accelerate its growth, develop its audio platform, and to continue building out its team. Founded in November 2019 by JP Gooderham, Storyboard is a platform for companies and organizations to share audio inter...

Share this article Share this article LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Whatnot announced it has raised $4M in seed funding with participation from Scribble Ventures, Wonder Ventures, Operator Partners, Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Twenty Two Ventures and other investors. The company plans to use the funds to invest in growing the team, scaling their operations and expanding into new categories including video games, comics books, designer toys and vintage fashion. The What...