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In a good sign for consumer internet startups, Creator Ventures raises $45M


"I've got a pretty wild story to tell you," the early YouTube star Caspar Lee says in a TikTok. He goes on to tell the story of how a startup founder slid

He ignored the message at first, but his cousin Sasha Kaletsky, then a Bridgepoint investor, asked Lee if he and some other creators wanted to get in on the seed round. The firm has also invested in buzzy newsletter platform Beehiiv, and it led AI language learning app Praktika ‘s seed round. He’s particularly interested in microdrama streaming apps, which have long been popular in Asian markets, but have started making a real dent in the U.S.

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