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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

Next 10 Ventures , an LA-based $50 million venture capital fund founded by Benjamin Grubbs, YouTube’s former global director of top creator partnerships and Paul Condolora, the former co-head of the Harry Potter franchise at Warner Bros., The firm even launched an accelerator for YouTube personalities in late 2018.

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

Both Sides of the Table

The industry has obviously changed enormously in 2022 but in many ways it feels like a “return to normal” that we have seen many times in our industry. Since 2021, Upfront returned more than $600 million to LPs and returned more than $1 billion since 2018. In fact, I am still active on two boards where I first invested in 2009.

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