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Andreessen Horowitz Leads $20M Funding Round for CreatorDAO

Andreessen Horowitz Leads $20M Funding Round for CreatorDAO

Andreessen Horowitz Leads $20M Funding Round for CreatorDAO

Paris Hilton and musicians The Chainsmokers also invested in the project.

Paris Hilton and musicians The Chainsmokers also invested in the project.

Paris Hilton and musicians The Chainsmokers also invested in the project.

By Brandy Betz
AccessTimeIconAug 9, 2022, 3:16 PM
Updated May 11, 2023, 4:16 PM
Paris Hilton was among the investors in CreatorDAO's latest funding round. (RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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CreatorDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization that provides capital and operational support to "creators," raised $20 million in a seed funding round that was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Initialized Capital, according to a press release.

  • "CreatorDAO invests in creators in exchange for a percentage of their future earnings," the release said. "The DAO structure allows investment decisions to be crowdsourced, and contributions to the DAO such as mentorship and collaboration to be rewarded."
  • Entertainers such as Paris Hilton and musicians The Chainsmokers participated in the funding round, and have agreed to share their time and expertise with the CreatorDAO community.
  • "The creator class now sets culture. It's thrilling to see Web3 playing a bigger role in ensuring that the next generation of creators are both compensated and mentored so the community can flourish," Sriram Krishnan, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, which is also known as a16z, said in the press release. "I'm excited to be a part of CreatorDAO both as an investor and a mentor, and I can't wait to see what the future holds."

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Brandy Betz

Brandy covered crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk.

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