Patreon has acquired Moment, a hosting and ticketing platform that lets creators hold digital events.
Moment (previously known as Moment House) was founded in 2019 by Arjun Mehta, Nigel Egrari, and Shray Bansal, and had raised $13.5 million from investors including UTA, Cody Ko, Noel Miller, Cameo founder Devon Townsend‘s Dumb Money Capital, former YouTube exec Shishir Mehrotra, and music artist Halsey.
By 2021, Moment had sold more than one million tickets to fans across 168 countries and 44 territories, it said.
Now it’s joining Patreon in a deal that’ll see the latter “integrate foundational elements of the Moment and Patreon platforms to enable creators and fans to have a seamless experience across our membership, digital commerce, and digital event products,” Patreon said in a company blog post.
Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
“Patreon’s mission has always been to help creators take control over their work, deepen connections with their most passionate fans,...
Moment (previously known as Moment House) was founded in 2019 by Arjun Mehta, Nigel Egrari, and Shray Bansal, and had raised $13.5 million from investors including UTA, Cody Ko, Noel Miller, Cameo founder Devon Townsend‘s Dumb Money Capital, former YouTube exec Shishir Mehrotra, and music artist Halsey.
By 2021, Moment had sold more than one million tickets to fans across 168 countries and 44 territories, it said.
Now it’s joining Patreon in a deal that’ll see the latter “integrate foundational elements of the Moment and Patreon platforms to enable creators and fans to have a seamless experience across our membership, digital commerce, and digital event products,” Patreon said in a company blog post.
Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
“Patreon’s mission has always been to help creators take control over their work, deepen connections with their most passionate fans,...
- 10/17/2023
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
Subscription platform Patreon has acquired digital events platform Moment.
The platform, which allows creators to sell tickets to livestreamed events, launched in 2019 under the name Moment House. It has since been used by celebrities and brands such as Justin Bieber, Tame Impala, Kygo, Pod Save America and the Good For You podcast with Whitney Cummings.
Patreon said it plans to “integrate foundational elements” of Moment and the Patreon platforms to “enable creators and fans to have a seamless experience across our membership, digital commerce, and digital event products.” The terms of the deal with Patreon were not disclosed.
This follows Patreon’s rebranding of the platform last month, in which the company introduced new tools to allow all creators to gain community insights and publishing tools, rolled out a feature to all creators that allows them to sell individual videos, audio and downloadable files, and created chat rooms for creators and their communities,...
The platform, which allows creators to sell tickets to livestreamed events, launched in 2019 under the name Moment House. It has since been used by celebrities and brands such as Justin Bieber, Tame Impala, Kygo, Pod Save America and the Good For You podcast with Whitney Cummings.
Patreon said it plans to “integrate foundational elements” of Moment and the Patreon platforms to “enable creators and fans to have a seamless experience across our membership, digital commerce, and digital event products.” The terms of the deal with Patreon were not disclosed.
This follows Patreon’s rebranding of the platform last month, in which the company introduced new tools to allow all creators to gain community insights and publishing tools, rolled out a feature to all creators that allows them to sell individual videos, audio and downloadable files, and created chat rooms for creators and their communities,...
- 10/17/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A partnership between Patreon and Spotify will enhance discovery for listeners while driving more patronage for podcast creators. By integrating their Patreon accounts with Spotify, those creators will be able to offer free and paid content in one location.
Podcast creators currently rank among the most successful groups on Patreon. Some of them have amassed five-digit patron counts, reeling in thousands of dollars per month from those backers.
Patreon is now pairing that financial flexibility with improvements to distribution. Backers will no longer need to navigate to a second platform in order to access exclusive episodes. Podcasters who employ the Patreon integration will be able to list those paid installments on their Spotify pages. Listeners who link their own Patreon accounts to Spotify will be able to support their favorite shows without navigating to a different app.
The pact between Patreon and Spotify was announced at the latter company’s...
Podcast creators currently rank among the most successful groups on Patreon. Some of them have amassed five-digit patron counts, reeling in thousands of dollars per month from those backers.
Patreon is now pairing that financial flexibility with improvements to distribution. Backers will no longer need to navigate to a second platform in order to access exclusive episodes. Podcasters who employ the Patreon integration will be able to list those paid installments on their Spotify pages. Listeners who link their own Patreon accounts to Spotify will be able to support their favorite shows without navigating to a different app.
The pact between Patreon and Spotify was announced at the latter company’s...
- 8/9/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Bindery‘s first virtual book clubs are opening up this month, and when they do, the young startup will begin its bold attempt to shake up the literature world. Bindery is a cross between Patreon and book publishing that will help its most prominent users curate and launch their own imprints.
Creators who join Bindery set up membership clubs where they can offer paywalled content, exclusive community spaces, and merch. This “Patreon for books” model is supported by the CEO of Patreon himself; Jack Conte is one of Bindery’s backers.
The Bindery creators with the biggest book clubs will unlock a golden opportunity: They will have the power to publish books themselves. In those cases, Bindery will act as a middle party. It will work will literary agencies to present unpublished works to its influencer partners. Those creators will then choose which books to include in their imprints. Bindery...
Creators who join Bindery set up membership clubs where they can offer paywalled content, exclusive community spaces, and merch. This “Patreon for books” model is supported by the CEO of Patreon himself; Jack Conte is one of Bindery’s backers.
The Bindery creators with the biggest book clubs will unlock a golden opportunity: They will have the power to publish books themselves. In those cases, Bindery will act as a middle party. It will work will literary agencies to present unpublished works to its influencer partners. Those creators will then choose which books to include in their imprints. Bindery...
- 8/9/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Patreon is ushering in some of the biggest changes it’s ever implemented. The ten-year-old fan funding platform is adjusting its subscription model so that patrons can receive some updates even if they’re not paying contributors. In addition, a tool titled Commerce will facilitate direct-to-consumer sales through the Patreon platform.
A blog post explains how these new tools will create a “new Patreon” that offers more flexibility than ever before. The goal of free access is to create a centralized space where creators can interact with as many of their fans as possible. “It’s completely free for creators to use Patreon and free for fans to join,” reads the post. “Members will get updates to their inbox, through the Patreon mobile app, and on the web, so they can easily stay connected to their favorite creators and everything they make. If creators want to start earning and building their businesses,...
A blog post explains how these new tools will create a “new Patreon” that offers more flexibility than ever before. The goal of free access is to create a centralized space where creators can interact with as many of their fans as possible. “It’s completely free for creators to use Patreon and free for fans to join,” reads the post. “Members will get updates to their inbox, through the Patreon mobile app, and on the web, so they can easily stay connected to their favorite creators and everything they make. If creators want to start earning and building their businesses,...
- 6/21/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
TikTok isn’t the only digital media platform taking a transparent approach with its community. Patreon has launched a new podcast, titled Backstage with Patreon, that will “open the curtain on how to build a thriving business on Patreon.”
That quote, spoken by Patreon Director of Success Brian Keller, comes from the Backstage trailer. The podcast will feature two types of guests: Creators and Patreon team members. The former group will deliver “insights, challenges, and tips for other creators, while the latter will provide an “inside scoop” on Patreon’s product launches and best practices.
The first episode of Backstage, released on February 6, falls into the second category. Keller’s guest is Jenn Pugh, Patreon’s Senior Product Manager for Creator Products. Across a 19-minute chat (Backstage episodes will typically run for a half-hour or less), Keller and Pugh discuss subscription billing. That’s the name of the Patreon option...
That quote, spoken by Patreon Director of Success Brian Keller, comes from the Backstage trailer. The podcast will feature two types of guests: Creators and Patreon team members. The former group will deliver “insights, challenges, and tips for other creators, while the latter will provide an “inside scoop” on Patreon’s product launches and best practices.
The first episode of Backstage, released on February 6, falls into the second category. Keller’s guest is Jenn Pugh, Patreon’s Senior Product Manager for Creator Products. Across a 19-minute chat (Backstage episodes will typically run for a half-hour or less), Keller and Pugh discuss subscription billing. That’s the name of the Patreon option...
- 2/6/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
A long-awaited Patreon update has finally arrived. The nine-year-old platform, which lets creators raise money from their fans, has finally introduced a native video product.
Patreon is positioning its player as an antidote to YouTube, which has frustrated creators and viewers with heavy ad loads, unruly comment sections, and mystifying algorithmic recommendations. “We’re just so excited to see what creators do with this,” Patreon Cpo Julian Gutman told TechCrunch. “I think it’s going to free them up to kind of go back to producing the type of content that they want to produce, not what the algorithm wants.”
Patreon CEO and Co-Founder Jack Conte first teased his company’s native video player nearly a year ago. Patreon wants to become less reliant on platforms like YouTube, which has been the de facto solution for creators who wish to share video messages with their backers. By offering a first-party product to meet that need,...
Patreon is positioning its player as an antidote to YouTube, which has frustrated creators and viewers with heavy ad loads, unruly comment sections, and mystifying algorithmic recommendations. “We’re just so excited to see what creators do with this,” Patreon Cpo Julian Gutman told TechCrunch. “I think it’s going to free them up to kind of go back to producing the type of content that they want to produce, not what the algorithm wants.”
Patreon CEO and Co-Founder Jack Conte first teased his company’s native video player nearly a year ago. Patreon wants to become less reliant on platforms like YouTube, which has been the de facto solution for creators who wish to share video messages with their backers. By offering a first-party product to meet that need,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
In April 2021, Patreon raised a 155 million funding round that came with a 4 billion valuation attached to it. The fan-funding platform had gained a wave of new users during the pandemic and was planning a move into original content. Business seemed to be booming at the company founded by musician and YouTuber Jack Conte.
19 months later, Patreon is reversing course. On Instagram, Conte announced a round of layoffs that will affect 80 Patreon employees and reduce the company’s workforce by 17. The post cited the ongoing “economic slowdown” as the catalyst for the cutbacks. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel cited a similar rationale when he announced the most recent round of layoffs at his company.
“It has become clear that the original plan we built for the year, to support outsized growth through the pandemic, is no longer the right plan for the company,” Conte wrote. As Patreon downsizes, it will close offices in Berlin and Dublin,...
19 months later, Patreon is reversing course. On Instagram, Conte announced a round of layoffs that will affect 80 Patreon employees and reduce the company’s workforce by 17. The post cited the ongoing “economic slowdown” as the catalyst for the cutbacks. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel cited a similar rationale when he announced the most recent round of layoffs at his company.
“It has become clear that the original plan we built for the year, to support outsized growth through the pandemic, is no longer the right plan for the company,” Conte wrote. As Patreon downsizes, it will close offices in Berlin and Dublin,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
San Francisco, Sep 14 (Ians) Amid tough global market conditions, US-based Patreon has announced that it is laying off 80 people, or about 17 per cent of the staff.
CEO Jack Conte said that he is deeply sorry to the kind, talented, creator-first people who will be leaving Patreon.
“Today we will lay off 80 Patreon teammates from our Go-to-Market, Operations, Finance, and People teams, with roughly 17 per cent of our team leaving the company. Before I get into the reasons for this decision, I want to recognise that today will be difficult for much of our team and even harder for those leaving Patreon,” Conte wrote in a letter to the staff.
“Over the last 9 months, we have seen the tech industry — and the whole economy — change considerably. Many of you have asked me about layoffs at All Hands meetings as we have set out to tighten our focus, and I have said...
CEO Jack Conte said that he is deeply sorry to the kind, talented, creator-first people who will be leaving Patreon.
“Today we will lay off 80 Patreon teammates from our Go-to-Market, Operations, Finance, and People teams, with roughly 17 per cent of our team leaving the company. Before I get into the reasons for this decision, I want to recognise that today will be difficult for much of our team and even harder for those leaving Patreon,” Conte wrote in a letter to the staff.
“Over the last 9 months, we have seen the tech industry — and the whole economy — change considerably. Many of you have asked me about layoffs at All Hands meetings as we have set out to tighten our focus, and I have said...
- 9/14/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you combined Shark Tank with influencer marketing? Karat Financial‘s new series shows us what that concept looks like.
The fintech company, which is known for launching a credit card that is used by many top creators, has debuted a show that helps startups go Supernova. The program gives founders the opportunity to pitch their products to a dragons’ den of YouTube and TikTok stars. Like on Shark Tank, the founders who appear on Supernova are looking to secure support. But in addition to providing straightforward investments, the featured influencers can back the startups they like by coming on board as a “creator partner.”
Karat held its first Supernova event back in April. Encouraged by positive feedback, the financial firm set up another round of pitches in August, and it secured a larger venue with help from sponsor Breeze. Karat then assembled...
The fintech company, which is known for launching a credit card that is used by many top creators, has debuted a show that helps startups go Supernova. The program gives founders the opportunity to pitch their products to a dragons’ den of YouTube and TikTok stars. Like on Shark Tank, the founders who appear on Supernova are looking to secure support. But in addition to providing straightforward investments, the featured influencers can back the startups they like by coming on board as a “creator partner.”
Karat held its first Supernova event back in April. Encouraged by positive feedback, the financial firm set up another round of pitches in August, and it secured a larger venue with help from sponsor Breeze. Karat then assembled...
- 9/7/2022
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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Instagram is having an identity crisis. The once-cool social platform that helped usher in the rise of the “influencer” signaled an impending shift last summer when its chief, Adam Mosseri, proclaimed Instagram was “no longer a photo-sharing app.”
Citing the “stiff competition” coming from TikTok and YouTube, the executive said Instagram would lean into video and share more recommended posts from accounts that users don’t follow — the latter of which would work in tandem with the platform’s effort to promote Reels from creators not followed by users.
While Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, still retains the majority of digital advertising dollars, TikTok has surpassed both apps in attracting — and holding — its users’ attention on a daily basis. According to Insider Intelligence, TikTok users in the U.S. spend an average 45.8 minutes per day scrolling on the app, while...
Instagram is having an identity crisis. The once-cool social platform that helped usher in the rise of the “influencer” signaled an impending shift last summer when its chief, Adam Mosseri, proclaimed Instagram was “no longer a photo-sharing app.”
Citing the “stiff competition” coming from TikTok and YouTube, the executive said Instagram would lean into video and share more recommended posts from accounts that users don’t follow — the latter of which would work in tandem with the platform’s effort to promote Reels from creators not followed by users.
While Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, still retains the majority of digital advertising dollars, TikTok has surpassed both apps in attracting — and holding — its users’ attention on a daily basis. According to Insider Intelligence, TikTok users in the U.S. spend an average 45.8 minutes per day scrolling on the app, while...
- 8/4/2022
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Creator Now, the online film school for would-be YouTubers, co-founded by Airrack -- known for having scrappily amassed 1 million subscribers in less than a year -- has raised $3 million in seed funding.
Investors include Upfront Ventures, Casey Neistat, Colin & Samir, Justin Kan, and Jack Conte. The venture is profitable, Airrack – whose real name is Eric Decker – tells Tubefilter, though is currently re-investing revenues back into the business.
Funding will be harnessed to grow the platform so it can welcome more creators. Down the line, Creator Now also intends to introduce more specified courses, including those around storytelling, brand partnerships, team-building, editing, and product development.
Decker launched Creator Now over the summer alongside Zack Honarvar (who serves as its CEO) and Kate Ward -- both of One Day Entertainment, his management company. Every two months, the program invites groups of 300 participants – who pay $250 apiece – to participate in a six-week cohort.
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Investors include Upfront Ventures, Casey Neistat, Colin & Samir, Justin Kan, and Jack Conte. The venture is profitable, Airrack – whose real name is Eric Decker – tells Tubefilter, though is currently re-investing revenues back into the business.
Funding will be harnessed to grow the platform so it can welcome more creators. Down the line, Creator Now also intends to introduce more specified courses, including those around storytelling, brand partnerships, team-building, editing, and product development.
Decker launched Creator Now over the summer alongside Zack Honarvar (who serves as its CEO) and Kate Ward -- both of One Day Entertainment, his management company. Every two months, the program invites groups of 300 participants – who pay $250 apiece – to participate in a six-week cohort.
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- 1/31/2022
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Married entrepreneurial duo Dan and Brenna Stitzel have raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed round for Foody -- a startup that aims to help digital food creators monetize their recipes.
The round was led by Serena Ventures, reports Techcrunch, a fund founded and managed by tennis icon Serena Williams. Other participants included Goodwater Capital and angels Jack Conte, former Postmates exec Vivek Patel, Greenoaks Capital’s Neil Mehta, and KeepTruckin’s Shoaib Makani.
Foody -- which likens itself “iTunes for recipes” -- enables users to purchase recipes, or upload their own in an ad-free space.
At launch, recipe providerss include Brandon Jew, Evan and Sarah Rich, Harold Villarosa, Gaby Dalkin, Amanda Frederickson, Amanda Haas, Laura and Sayat Ozyilmaz, A16 Restaurant, and Tu David Phu. The average recipe looks to cost $1 -- though creators can also sell collections -- and they keep 80% of earnings.
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The round was led by Serena Ventures, reports Techcrunch, a fund founded and managed by tennis icon Serena Williams. Other participants included Goodwater Capital and angels Jack Conte, former Postmates exec Vivek Patel, Greenoaks Capital’s Neil Mehta, and KeepTruckin’s Shoaib Makani.
Foody -- which likens itself “iTunes for recipes” -- enables users to purchase recipes, or upload their own in an ad-free space.
At launch, recipe providerss include Brandon Jew, Evan and Sarah Rich, Harold Villarosa, Gaby Dalkin, Amanda Frederickson, Amanda Haas, Laura and Sayat Ozyilmaz, A16 Restaurant, and Tu David Phu. The average recipe looks to cost $1 -- though creators can also sell collections -- and they keep 80% of earnings.
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- 11/12/2021
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Patreon is building a native video-hosting tool, which would allow creators to upload content directly to their pages, bypassing third-party hosts like YouTube and Vimeo.
CEO Jack Conte confirmed the project to The Verge, without sharing details or a launch date.
“We already host podcasts, and now we’re starting to host video as well. We’re building a video product,” he told the outlet. “So in terms of how we’ve approached our strategy, and what exactly it is that we’re building, we’re building the horizontal architecture for any creator -- no matter their medium, or no matter the upload format -- to be able to build a business around their work.”
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CEO Jack Conte confirmed the project to The Verge, without sharing details or a launch date.
“We already host podcasts, and now we’re starting to host video as well. We’re building a video product,” he told the outlet. “So in terms of how we’ve approached our strategy, and what exactly it is that we’re building, we’re building the horizontal architecture for any creator -- no matter their medium, or no matter the upload format -- to be able to build a business around their work.”
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- 11/12/2021
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Avi Gandhi, a former WME agent and executive at Wheelhouse, has joined Patreon as head of creator partnerships.
Reporting to Chief Revenue Officer Kerri Pollard, Gandhi will oversee and enlarge the creator partnerships team, working with creators to help them optimize their presence on Patreon. Like Substack and a growing number of other outlets, Patreon enables creators to set up subscription-driven services, offering a new and more decentralized media paradigm.
At Wheelhouse, which was founded by Jimmy Kimmel and unscripted TV potentate Brent Montgomery, Gandhi was EVP of Digital, building the company’s digital content business. He led the effort to identify deals with top digital and traditional talent to develop content franchises for podcasting, social and streaming platforms.
His stint at Wheelhouse followed a run at WME, where he was in the vanguard of agents recognizing and representing talent on YouTube. He helped add to the agency’s gaming,...
Reporting to Chief Revenue Officer Kerri Pollard, Gandhi will oversee and enlarge the creator partnerships team, working with creators to help them optimize their presence on Patreon. Like Substack and a growing number of other outlets, Patreon enables creators to set up subscription-driven services, offering a new and more decentralized media paradigm.
At Wheelhouse, which was founded by Jimmy Kimmel and unscripted TV potentate Brent Montgomery, Gandhi was EVP of Digital, building the company’s digital content business. He led the effort to identify deals with top digital and traditional talent to develop content franchises for podcasting, social and streaming platforms.
His stint at Wheelhouse followed a run at WME, where he was in the vanguard of agents recognizing and representing talent on YouTube. He helped add to the agency’s gaming,...
- 8/25/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Want to hear the most depressing stat in modern entertainment? It was effusively delivered the other month by a beaming Jack Conte, co-founder and CEO of fan-funding app Patreon, which is now worth $4 billion. “A study published a few years ago showed that 75 percent of kids aged 6 to 17 want to be an online video creator when they grow up,” boasted Conte in a YouTube video. “There’s an entire generation of kids watching today’s creators making videos, making podcasts, shooting the shit with their friends, building kick-ass businesses, making money.
- 7/20/2021
- by Tim Ingham
- Rollingstone.com
According to its latest investment round, Patreon has more than tripled in value over the past six months.
The company--a subscription site where patrons can fund creators and receive tiered rewards for their support--just raised $155 million in a Series F that valued it at $4 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Its previous funding round, a Series E that raised $90 million in September 2020, valued it at $1.2 billion.
The Series F was led by a new investor, Tiger Global Management, with participation from Woodline Partners (also a new investor) and continuing investors Wellington Management, Lone Pine Capital, and New Enterprise Associates.
Patreon has now raised a total of $413.3 million in eight rounds since it was founded in 2013.
The significant, rapid growth in Patreon’s valuation was likely spurred by at least two things: 1) The increased traffic it’s received during the Covid-19 pandemic–last year, the platform revealed it attracted more than 30,000 new creators in March 2020 alone.
The company--a subscription site where patrons can fund creators and receive tiered rewards for their support--just raised $155 million in a Series F that valued it at $4 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Its previous funding round, a Series E that raised $90 million in September 2020, valued it at $1.2 billion.
The Series F was led by a new investor, Tiger Global Management, with participation from Woodline Partners (also a new investor) and continuing investors Wellington Management, Lone Pine Capital, and New Enterprise Associates.
Patreon has now raised a total of $413.3 million in eight rounds since it was founded in 2013.
The significant, rapid growth in Patreon’s valuation was likely spurred by at least two things: 1) The increased traffic it’s received during the Covid-19 pandemic–last year, the platform revealed it attracted more than 30,000 new creators in March 2020 alone.
- 4/7/2021
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
Today, the startup Stir -- a platform that enables digital creators to manage their various revenue streams, organize their analytics, and share funds with collaborators -- unveiled its beta product and announced a $4 million seed round.
The round featured participation from Homebrew, XYZ Capital, Ludlow Ventures, creator Casey Neistat, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, Cameo CEO, Steven Galanis, digital media company Mythical, Patreon CEO Jack Conte, investor Li Jin, Anchor CEO Michael Mignano, and SeatGeek executive Ian Borthwick.
Stir was founded by Facebook vet Joseph Albanese (who serves as CEO) and Cto Kushal Byatnal -- formerly of Brex, Google, and Amazon.
Stir says it enables creators to integrate their YouTube, Patreon, or Shopify accounts to track how business is going and where money is coming from, in addition to furnishing audience concentration and growth analytics to help creators make decisions about where to focus their attention. Additionally, a product within Stir...
The round featured participation from Homebrew, XYZ Capital, Ludlow Ventures, creator Casey Neistat, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, Cameo CEO, Steven Galanis, digital media company Mythical, Patreon CEO Jack Conte, investor Li Jin, Anchor CEO Michael Mignano, and SeatGeek executive Ian Borthwick.
Stir was founded by Facebook vet Joseph Albanese (who serves as CEO) and Cto Kushal Byatnal -- formerly of Brex, Google, and Amazon.
Stir says it enables creators to integrate their YouTube, Patreon, or Shopify accounts to track how business is going and where money is coming from, in addition to furnishing audience concentration and growth analytics to help creators make decisions about where to focus their attention. Additionally, a product within Stir...
- 10/20/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
For the second year running, Patreon co-founder Jack Conte will bestow one lucky creator with what amounts to a year’s salary -- $50,000, paid out in a monthly stipend -- so they can solely focus on their artistic endeavors.
The two-year-old endowment fund, dubbed Super Patron: A Creator Arts Endowment F*ck Yeah!, was established by Conte with $1 million worth of Patreon stock, but is a nonprofit initiative that operates as a separate initiative from Patreon itself (which just raised $90 million in venture funding at a $1.2 billion valuation).
Applications for the second iteration of the program are available now at SuperPatron.org. The process is lightweight and open-ended -- though the ensuing product must be consumable within a span of three minutes, and submitted by Oct. 16. The selection committee who will choose this year’s recipient includes singer/songwriter Cory Henry, musician Dessa Of Doomtree, visual artist Keef Knight, YouTuber Elle Mills,...
The two-year-old endowment fund, dubbed Super Patron: A Creator Arts Endowment F*ck Yeah!, was established by Conte with $1 million worth of Patreon stock, but is a nonprofit initiative that operates as a separate initiative from Patreon itself (which just raised $90 million in venture funding at a $1.2 billion valuation).
Applications for the second iteration of the program are available now at SuperPatron.org. The process is lightweight and open-ended -- though the ensuing product must be consumable within a span of three minutes, and submitted by Oct. 16. The selection committee who will choose this year’s recipient includes singer/songwriter Cory Henry, musician Dessa Of Doomtree, visual artist Keef Knight, YouTuber Elle Mills,...
- 9/16/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Patreon has announced a $90 million funding round that values the creator-focused subscription platform at $1.2 billion. This is the first time that Patreon has shared its own valuation, co-founder and CEO Jack Conte says, because in the past he has wanted to emphasize Patreon's creator community ahead of the company itself.
“The stigma of the starving artist is going to fade away,” Conte said, noting the seismic valuation is further validation that being an online creator is a viable career path. “It’s the reason that Patreon exists in the first place.”
Prior to its most recent funding round -- led by New Enterprise Associates (Nea), Wellington Management, and Lone Pine -- Patreon had raised $165.9 million over the course of five funding rounds. Other investors who participated in Patreon’s latest round include Glade Brook Capital, Thrive Capital, Dfj Growth, and Index Ventures.
Conte announced the funding round in a blog...
“The stigma of the starving artist is going to fade away,” Conte said, noting the seismic valuation is further validation that being an online creator is a viable career path. “It’s the reason that Patreon exists in the first place.”
Prior to its most recent funding round -- led by New Enterprise Associates (Nea), Wellington Management, and Lone Pine -- Patreon had raised $165.9 million over the course of five funding rounds. Other investors who participated in Patreon’s latest round include Glade Brook Capital, Thrive Capital, Dfj Growth, and Index Ventures.
Conte announced the funding round in a blog...
- 9/2/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
At this year’s South By Southwest media and music festival in Austin, Patreon will host -- for the second time -- a House Of Creativity event, where a slew of the platform's top creators will participate in panel discussions and live performances.
This year’s event, to be held from March 16 to 18, will feature appearances by Rafi Fine of Fbe, comedy duo and former CollegeHumor writers Jake & Amir, Epic Rap Battles Of History stars Lloyd and Josie Ahlquist, and Ryan Bergara and Shane Manej -- the BuzzFeed video stars who branched out on their own earlier this year with a new digital production company, Watcher Entertainment. Additionally, Patreon creator Issa Rae will be hosting a music showcase for her record label, Raedio.
On March 12, Patreon co-founder and CEO Jack Conte will also deliver a SXSW keynote, discussing his journey as a musician, YouTuber, and entrepreneur.
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This year’s event, to be held from March 16 to 18, will feature appearances by Rafi Fine of Fbe, comedy duo and former CollegeHumor writers Jake & Amir, Epic Rap Battles Of History stars Lloyd and Josie Ahlquist, and Ryan Bergara and Shane Manej -- the BuzzFeed video stars who branched out on their own earlier this year with a new digital production company, Watcher Entertainment. Additionally, Patreon creator Issa Rae will be hosting a music showcase for her record label, Raedio.
On March 12, Patreon co-founder and CEO Jack Conte will also deliver a SXSW keynote, discussing his journey as a musician, YouTuber, and entrepreneur.
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- 2/20/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
South by Southwest (SXSW) unveiled a new roster of Keynotes as well as additional featured speakers and sessions for the 34th edition of music-film-tech confab which will take place in Austin March 13-22.
Among the new Keynotes announced were Grammy-winning musician Diplo as well as award-winning immersive artist Gabo Arora and Emerson Collective founder and president Laurene Powell Jobs. They join previously announced Keynotes include Erin Lee Carr (Film), Reggie Fils-Aimé (Convergence), Kim Gordon (Music), Roger Waters (Music), and Whitney Wolfe Herd and Jon Korngold with Gayle King (Interactive).
For the featured speaker slate, SXSW has added a slew of names including Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, #metoo founder Tarana Burke, CEO of Twitter and Square Jack Dorsey, Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness and more. For featured sessions, Little Fires Everywhere showrunner and executive producer Liz Tigelaar will be joined by directors Lynn Shelton, Nzingha Stewart, Michael Weaver, and fellow...
Among the new Keynotes announced were Grammy-winning musician Diplo as well as award-winning immersive artist Gabo Arora and Emerson Collective founder and president Laurene Powell Jobs. They join previously announced Keynotes include Erin Lee Carr (Film), Reggie Fils-Aimé (Convergence), Kim Gordon (Music), Roger Waters (Music), and Whitney Wolfe Herd and Jon Korngold with Gayle King (Interactive).
For the featured speaker slate, SXSW has added a slew of names including Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, #metoo founder Tarana Burke, CEO of Twitter and Square Jack Dorsey, Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness and more. For featured sessions, Little Fires Everywhere showrunner and executive producer Liz Tigelaar will be joined by directors Lynn Shelton, Nzingha Stewart, Michael Weaver, and fellow...
- 1/13/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Patreon Founder Jack Conte Launches ‘Super Patron’ Endowment That Will Give Creators A Yearly Salary
Jack Conte, the co-founder of Patreon, is launching a new endowment fund that will give creators -- of any following size or location -- what amounts to a year’s salary, so that they can focus on the act of creation full-time.
Cheekily dubbed Super Patron: A Creator Arts Endowment F*ck Yeah!, the initiative was inspired by author Harper Lee -- who received a gift of a year's wages from friends telling her to write whatever she wanted, which ultimately became To Kill A Mockingbird -- and was started with $1 million worth of Patreon’s stock. That said, Super Patron is a separate initiative from Patreon itself, and is a 501c3 non-profit.
Applications are open now, and the recipient of the first grant -- for $50,000 -- will be announced in December. Recipients will be selected by a committee consisting of comedian and Patreon investor Hannibal Burress, veteran YouTuber Grace Helbig,...
Cheekily dubbed Super Patron: A Creator Arts Endowment F*ck Yeah!, the initiative was inspired by author Harper Lee -- who received a gift of a year's wages from friends telling her to write whatever she wanted, which ultimately became To Kill A Mockingbird -- and was started with $1 million worth of Patreon’s stock. That said, Super Patron is a separate initiative from Patreon itself, and is a 501c3 non-profit.
Applications are open now, and the recipient of the first grant -- for $50,000 -- will be announced in December. Recipients will be selected by a committee consisting of comedian and Patreon investor Hannibal Burress, veteran YouTuber Grace Helbig,...
- 10/22/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Patreon is taking its mission of creator support offline.
Today, the creator subscription platform announced its first-ever Patreon Assembly -- a summit for artists and creators on Nov. 2 that will feature performances from and appearances by Issa Rae, activist and entrepreneur Killer Mike, Whitney Cummings, actor Paul Scheer, Patton Oswalt, YouTuber Hannah Hart, indie rock band Local Natives, Gabbie Hanna (pictured above), and more. Speakers will discuss how they’ve cultivated an entrepreneurial spirit, maintain artistic control over their work, and manage relationships with audiences to build creative careers.
The flagship Patreon Assemly event will be held in Los Angeles, hosted by Patreon co-founder and CEO Jack Conte, and will be invite-only. Simultaneously, Patreon will host viewing parties in four other cities across the U.S.: San Francisco, Brooklyn, SEattle, and Chicago. Each regional event will feature a live stream of the Los Angeles event, as well as panels with local creators.
Today, the creator subscription platform announced its first-ever Patreon Assembly -- a summit for artists and creators on Nov. 2 that will feature performances from and appearances by Issa Rae, activist and entrepreneur Killer Mike, Whitney Cummings, actor Paul Scheer, Patton Oswalt, YouTuber Hannah Hart, indie rock band Local Natives, Gabbie Hanna (pictured above), and more. Speakers will discuss how they’ve cultivated an entrepreneurial spirit, maintain artistic control over their work, and manage relationships with audiences to build creative careers.
The flagship Patreon Assemly event will be held in Los Angeles, hosted by Patreon co-founder and CEO Jack Conte, and will be invite-only. Simultaneously, Patreon will host viewing parties in four other cities across the U.S.: San Francisco, Brooklyn, SEattle, and Chicago. Each regional event will feature a live stream of the Los Angeles event, as well as panels with local creators.
- 10/1/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
In the future, Patreon could hand out financial loans to digital artists in order to jumpstart their creative ventures, CEO Jack Conte shared at a panel in Los Angeles.
The move, if enacted, would give creators yet another monetization channel on the platform, which enables artists of every stripe to collect subscription revenues in exchange for myriad perks. In addition to loans, Patreon is also thinking about ways in which it might provide health insurance and Hr support to creators on its platform, Conte said at Variety’s Entertainment & Technology Summit.
Further details or a timeframe for any of the initiatives were not specified.
“Nobody’s building for creators right now. Even [platforms] that say they’re building for creators aren’t -- advertisers are their customers,” Conte said, per Variety. “Artists should be compensated fairly for their work. It’s a much better economic system to fund people who are...
The move, if enacted, would give creators yet another monetization channel on the platform, which enables artists of every stripe to collect subscription revenues in exchange for myriad perks. In addition to loans, Patreon is also thinking about ways in which it might provide health insurance and Hr support to creators on its platform, Conte said at Variety’s Entertainment & Technology Summit.
Further details or a timeframe for any of the initiatives were not specified.
“Nobody’s building for creators right now. Even [platforms] that say they’re building for creators aren’t -- advertisers are their customers,” Conte said, per Variety. “Artists should be compensated fairly for their work. It’s a much better economic system to fund people who are...
- 9/6/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Patreon, the platform that enables creators of every stripe -- podcasters, vloggers, musicians, illustrators, and beyond -- to monetize their works via fan subscriptions, has substantially added to its funding coffers.
The six-year-old company has raised $60 million, it announced today. The Series D brings total funds raised by Patreon to $166 million. Patreon declined to comment on its valuation in light of the new funds.
This round is special, wrote founder and CEO Jack Conte in a blog post announcing the raise, because it marks the first time that creators are investing in Patreon alongside traditional Vc firms, including musician Serj Tankian and comedian Hannibal Buress.. They join Glade Brook Capital (which led the round) as well as returning investors Thrive Capital, Initialized, Index Ventures, Dfj, Freestyle Capital, Charles River Ventures, and Otherwise.
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The six-year-old company has raised $60 million, it announced today. The Series D brings total funds raised by Patreon to $166 million. Patreon declined to comment on its valuation in light of the new funds.
This round is special, wrote founder and CEO Jack Conte in a blog post announcing the raise, because it marks the first time that creators are investing in Patreon alongside traditional Vc firms, including musician Serj Tankian and comedian Hannibal Buress.. They join Glade Brook Capital (which led the round) as well as returning investors Thrive Capital, Initialized, Index Ventures, Dfj, Freestyle Capital, Charles River Ventures, and Otherwise.
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- 7/16/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Canada's Buffer Festival has recruited a trio of industry heavyweights to headline its revamped industry track.
YouTube’s head of alternative monetization, Rohit Dhawan; Mickey Capoferri, the senior director of online programming for Lucasfilm; and Patreon co-founder and CEO Jack Conte (pictured above) will kick off the sixth annual Buffer Festival’s first-ever Insight Series. While the festival’s 'Industry Day' previously featured panels, it has been renamed Industry Series to reflect its evolution toward more Ted Talk-style addresses.
"We made the change not just in name but in spirit and programming because we wanted to shift the conversation to inspiration and aspiration from a panel of talking heads," Buffer CEO Scott Benzie tells Tubefilter. "We aim to challenge our speakers to be more compelling and entertaining and by doing so, open Buffer up to a wider audience. There will still be conversations around monetization, the Creator ecosystem and what...
YouTube’s head of alternative monetization, Rohit Dhawan; Mickey Capoferri, the senior director of online programming for Lucasfilm; and Patreon co-founder and CEO Jack Conte (pictured above) will kick off the sixth annual Buffer Festival’s first-ever Insight Series. While the festival’s 'Industry Day' previously featured panels, it has been renamed Industry Series to reflect its evolution toward more Ted Talk-style addresses.
"We made the change not just in name but in spirit and programming because we wanted to shift the conversation to inspiration and aspiration from a panel of talking heads," Buffer CEO Scott Benzie tells Tubefilter. "We aim to challenge our speakers to be more compelling and entertaining and by doing so, open Buffer up to a wider audience. There will still be conversations around monetization, the Creator ecosystem and what...
- 8/27/2018
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
To the online video masses, Jack Conte is known as the CEO of the crowdfunding platform Patreon and as one half of the musical duo Pomplamoose. But Conte doesn't just see himself as the man behind those two notable successes. He also sees himself as a products of near-constant "duds," and during a keynote at VidCon, he implored attendees to embrace their own failures by understanding evolutionary psychology, keeping an end goal in sight, and always striving toward their own Pomplamooses and Patreons.
In a PowerPoint presentation that encompassed more than 300 slides, Conte relived his past failures, ranging from a slew of little-noticed animations to an unsuccessful attempt to build a pizza oven to a tour stop at which he played in front of a completely empty venue. As Conte tells it, dealing with these duds requires "smoothing out the curves." Or, in other words, it's important to understand that...
In a PowerPoint presentation that encompassed more than 300 slides, Conte relived his past failures, ranging from a slew of little-noticed animations to an unsuccessful attempt to build a pizza oven to a tour stop at which he played in front of a completely empty venue. As Conte tells it, dealing with these duds requires "smoothing out the curves." Or, in other words, it's important to understand that...
- 6/24/2018
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Casey Neistat is recruiting more entrepreneurial muscle for 368 -- his new business venture that comprises an office space in New York that he’s building into a collaborative hub for creators (all while vlogging the journey every day).
After Patreon founder Jack Conte pitched Neistat on a collaboration that was later revealed to be a scholarship or residency program for creators, Neistat is now partnering with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in a way that also seems fairly nebulous. On camera, Neistat propositioned Ohanian about serving as 368’s “technology liaison” -- to which Ohanian promptly agreed despite the fact that both men conceded they didn't know exactly what the position would entail. Neistat says that he hopes Ohanian will help 368 to "leverage technology beyond what's currently available to help enable and support small creators.”
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After Patreon founder Jack Conte pitched Neistat on a collaboration that was later revealed to be a scholarship or residency program for creators, Neistat is now partnering with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in a way that also seems fairly nebulous. On camera, Neistat propositioned Ohanian about serving as 368’s “technology liaison” -- to which Ohanian promptly agreed despite the fact that both men conceded they didn't know exactly what the position would entail. Neistat says that he hopes Ohanian will help 368 to "leverage technology beyond what's currently available to help enable and support small creators.”
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- 4/26/2018
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Last week, Casey Neistat posted a video regarding his meeting with Jack Conte, the founder of the crowdfunding platform Patreon. Neistat had invited Conte to rendezvous with him in New York after the latter entrepreneur created a flashy video expressing his desire to deliver a pitch to Neistat regarding the vlogger's 368 venture, which he announced earlier in April.
While Neistat and Conte seem eager to work with each other, Neistat's video kept the nature of Conte's pitch a secret. A few days later, however, the Patreon founder (who is also known as one half of Pomplamoose) revealed more details about the initiative he wants to launch alongside 368. While he was careful to state that "nothing is fleshed out yet," he intimated that his partnership with Neistat would result in a short of scholarship or residency program for creators, one that would theoretically make use of Patreon's platform and 368's space.
While Neistat and Conte seem eager to work with each other, Neistat's video kept the nature of Conte's pitch a secret. A few days later, however, the Patreon founder (who is also known as one half of Pomplamoose) revealed more details about the initiative he wants to launch alongside 368. While he was careful to state that "nothing is fleshed out yet," he intimated that his partnership with Neistat would result in a short of scholarship or residency program for creators, one that would theoretically make use of Patreon's platform and 368's space.
- 4/24/2018
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Two of the most innovative entrepreneurs in the online video industry might soon work together. Patreon founder Jack Conte recently flew to New York to meet with YouTube star Casey Neistat, to whom he pitched a collaboration that would, in Neistat's words, be "a particular way to work with small creators."
The potential for a partnership between Neistat and Conte began on April 5, when Neistat announced 368, a venture that will function as some sort of WeWork space for creators. Conte, responding strongly to Neistat's announcement, proposed a meeting with the noted vlogger. To get his attention, Conte fashioned his proposal as a sleek, well-edited video, which has received more than 1.5 million views to date.
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The potential for a partnership between Neistat and Conte began on April 5, when Neistat announced 368, a venture that will function as some sort of WeWork space for creators. Conte, responding strongly to Neistat's announcement, proposed a meeting with the noted vlogger. To get his attention, Conte fashioned his proposal as a sleek, well-edited video, which has received more than 1.5 million views to date.
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- 4/16/2018
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
catered specifically to your needs -- and no, Jake Paul has nothing to do with it. Peter Hollens, whose melodious music videos have brought 1.8 million subscribers to his channel and have helped him snag a spot in a Broadway show, has launched the Hollens Creator Academy, which offers thorough lessons to online video up-and-comers.
Hollens decided to launch his Creator Academy after spending years as an advisor both to companies (such as Loudr and Patreon) and to individual creators. In an effort to share his wisdom with as many videomakers as possible, he created a program that would allow him to instruct thousands at once. "I enjoy teaching," Hollens told Tubefilter. "You can only help so many people at one point in time, but if you can create a digital self, you can help an unlimited amount of people."
In particular, Hollens draws much of his inspiration from Patreon and its founder,...
Hollens decided to launch his Creator Academy after spending years as an advisor both to companies (such as Loudr and Patreon) and to individual creators. In an effort to share his wisdom with as many videomakers as possible, he created a program that would allow him to instruct thousands at once. "I enjoy teaching," Hollens told Tubefilter. "You can only help so many people at one point in time, but if you can create a digital self, you can help an unlimited amount of people."
In particular, Hollens draws much of his inspiration from Patreon and its founder,...
- 1/10/2018
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Pomplamoose is an American indie music duo with multi-instrumentalists Jack Conte and Natalie Dawn Knutsen, performing under the name Nataly Dawn. The band formed in the summer of 2008 and sold approximately 100,000 songs online in 2009. Well now Jack Conte had remixed Daft Punk’s Derezzed from Tron Legacy with Hans Zimmer’s Inception theme music and it is pretty rad. Check it out.
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- 5/31/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
I just think it's great that there are people out in the world who take the time to create things for other people's enjoyment– like this great Groundhog Day video remix by YouTube user HomeStarRunnerTron. He didn't get paid to make this video for us, it was what he calls a, "maddening a labor of love."
Groundhog Day is a great comedy, and for those of you that have enjoyed watching that film over the years then this is something you have to see. It's not easy creating something like this, and it turned out to be very charming.
Here's a note from the creator:
This has been one maddening labor of love for me. This is a remix of a movie that has been near and dear to be since around Third Grade– the 1993 romantic-comedy-fantasy classic, Groundhog Day! It’s comprised entirely– and I mean entirely out of small...
Groundhog Day is a great comedy, and for those of you that have enjoyed watching that film over the years then this is something you have to see. It's not easy creating something like this, and it turned out to be very charming.
Here's a note from the creator:
This has been one maddening labor of love for me. This is a remix of a movie that has been near and dear to be since around Third Grade– the 1993 romantic-comedy-fantasy classic, Groundhog Day! It’s comprised entirely– and I mean entirely out of small...
- 11/8/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
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