Creator Economy: venture funds and startups
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◆ Funds tracked
11
◆ Combined AUM
$11.5B
◆ Startups tracked
16
◆ Raised between them
$47.4M
◆ Overview
Fusion42 tracks 11 venture funds in Creator Economy with $11.5B in combined assets under management, and 16 startups that have raised $47.4M between them. The data below is live from the same database that powers Raise and Scout, and is continuously enriched as new rounds and funds are announced.
Part of the Raise fund database and the Scout startup database by Fusion42 — the same live data Arthur reasons over.
◆ Highlights
Active funds in Creator Economy include Draper X Ventures, DICE Fund of Funds, Apollo Capital Contents I Investment, Animal Capital Fund III and Ghost Angels; startups in Creator Economy include MixRoom, Affinity Labs, Pop Mint, Fluencify and Creedom. Each name links through to a full machine-readable profile — its backers, rounds and related Wire analysis — and the tables below list every entity Fusion42 tracks in Creator Economy, refreshed as new rounds and funds are announced.
◆ Funds in Creator Economy (11 tracked)
| Fund | Type | HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Draper X Ventures | vc | South Korea |
| DICE Fund of Funds | vc | Nigeria |
| Apollo Capital Contents I Investment | corporate vc | Japan |
| Animal Capital Fund III | vc | United States |
| Ghost Angels | vc | United States |
| Mira Anta Media Capital Fund I | other | Spain |
| Firstpoint VC | vc | Turkey |
| VP Pan-African Fund II | vc | Nigeria |
| iDICE | vc | Nigeria |
| Yamaha Music Innovations | corporate vc | Japan |
| Anti Fund | vc | United States |
◆ Startups in Creator Economy (16 tracked)
| Startup | Stage | HQ | Raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| MixRoom | seed | South Korea | — |
| Affinity Labs | pre-seed | United Kingdom | $2M |
| Pop Mint | pre-seed | Japan | $0.3M |
| Fluencify | pre-seed | Sweden | $4.3M |
| Creedom | seed | India | $0.5M |
| Cherub Technologies | pre-seed | United States | $4.5M |
| Ginastee | pre-seed | Brazil | $0.1M |
| Élisa Interactive | pre-seed | Canada | $0.9M |
| Artwod | seed | Belgium | $1.2M |
| Passionfroot | series-a | Germany | $15M |
| Beatsquares | seed | Germany | $2M |
| Branddu AI | pre-seed | Colombia | $0.3M |
| Hypefy AI | series-a | Croatia | $7.2M |
| Clouted | seed | United States | $7M |
| Wirestock | — | United States | — |
| Pickmybrain | pre-seed | Estonia | $2.1M |
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