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FameBit (YouTube Brand Connect)AcquiredStudio

https://famebit.com/

Last activity: 03.08.2021

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Acquired --> The premium influencer marketplace for branded content.

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Employees: 11-50

Total raised: $1.4M

Founded date: 2013

Investors 5

Date	Name	Website
-	Science	science-in...
03.08.2021	Third Wave...	thirdwaved...
03.08.2021	Flex Capit...	flex.capit...
-	500 Startu...	500.co
-	IECP	iecp.com

Funding Rounds 1

Date	Series	Amount	Investors
25.07.2014	-	$1.4M	-

Mentions in press and media 25

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23.02.2021	Peter Pham Is Not Afraid to Die. How One of LA's Preeminent VCs Became Obsessed with COVID	As Thanksgiving approached, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti implored residents to stay home and halt all nonessential travel as COVID-19 cases skyrocketed. But on Thanksgiving Day, Peter Pham, one of L.A.'s most prominent early-stage invest...
23.10.2020	So, You Wanna Be An Influencer?	Roman Samborskyi - Adobe Stock
18.06.2019	YouTube’s new AR Beauty Try-On lets viewers virtually try on makeup while watching video reviews	Makeup tutorials and reviews are some of the most popular content on YouTube, as they help people learn about new products as well as how to apply them. YouTube is now kicking that experience up a notch with the introduction of a new AR fea...
12.10.2018	How to get real followers for Instagram in 2018 1. Optimizing Your Instagram Bio 2. Creating Quality Instagram Content 3. Crafting Instagram Captions 4. How to Hashtag on Instagram 5. Using I...	With 25 million business profiles on Instagram, we’re living in a time where it is not enough to simply have a social media presence to get real followers on Instagram. You have to attract the right kind of Instagram users to gain that cruc...
30.06.2018	Lessons from VidCon: How brands, startups, and marketers can reach Gen Z	Last week, we attended our first VidCon, a convention for creators and fans of online video. The conference, founded in 2010, now hosts 25,000+ attendees yearly in Anaheim and is considered one of the premiere destinations for brands to rea...
30.06.2018	Lessons from VidCon: How brands, startups, and marketers can reach Gen Z	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Last week, we attended our first VidCon, a conven...
28.09.2017	YouTube creates confusion by herding creators into partner program to fight ‘abuse’ (update)	YouTube creators are still dealing with the ramifications of the adpocalypse brought on in part by superstar PewDiePie repeatedly making jokes sympathetic toward Nazis. That made it more difficult for people to earn revenue on Google’s vide...
28.09.2017	YouTube creates confusion by herding creators into partner program to fight ‘abuse’ (update)	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. YouTube creators are still dealing with the ramifications of the adpocalypse brought on in part by superstar PewDiePie repeatedly makin...
28.08.2017	YouTube still wants gamers to ‘earn money’ — and provide content	YouTube is going through some growing pains as it tries to balance its history as one of the most important platforms to the democratization of content creation and its current status as a highly valued partner for brands and advertisers. T...
28.08.2017	YouTube still wants gamers to ‘earn money’ — and provide content	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. YouTube is going through some growing pains as it tries to balance its history as one of the most important platforms to the democratiz...
23.10.2016	Google Acquires FameBit	Google (GOOG) has acquired FameBit, a tech platform for creators and brands to find and work with each other through sponsorships and paid promotion. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The acquisition will allow Google to increase th...
15.10.2016	M&A roundup - week ending 10/15/16	Googe bought FameBit; Morningstar acquired PitchBook; Innofactor purchased Lumagate Google acquired FameBit, which helps creators and brands find and work with each other through sponsorships and paid promotion. No financial terms of the de...
11.10.2016	Google acquires FameBit to better connect YouTube creators with brands	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Google announced on Tuesday that it has acquired ...
11.10.2016	Google acquires FameBit to connect YouTube creators with marketers	Google just announced that it has acquired FameBit, a marketplace that connects video creators with marketers who want to sponsor their content. This could be an important step for Google’s YouTube, where monetization has been a big concern...
11.10.2016	Google FameBit Acquisition To Make Brands More Prominent On YouTube, Connecting Creators With Marketers	Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 11 October 2016, 08:10 pm Google announced the acquisition of social media marketing company FameBit, in a bid to bring creators closer to marketers and make it easier to monetize branded content. So far, YouTu...
25.03.2016	The Best Job Perks for Maintaining High Retention	Perks are the new norm for workplaces and are critical for building an attractive company culture. Some perks are great for attracting top talent. Some fancy perks benefit the employer more than employee. What perks are great for keeping ta...
17.04.2015	Ad Startup FameBit’s Long Tail Of Creators Grows To More Than 9K YouTubers	We hear more and more about the big stars of YouTube, but what about the creators who haven’t quite reached superstar status? Well, if they’re looking to connect with advertisers, startup FameBit aims to help. Co-founder and CEO David Kierz...
14.04.2015	3 Ways to Growth Hack Your Content Marketing with Video	Growth-hacking is the “lean startup” term coined by Sean Ellis for using conversion marketing tactics like content marketing, A/B testing, and analytics to grow a company quickly and efficiently. This strategy has helped many companies acce...
31.12.2014	How To Find The Right YouTube Influencers For Your Brand	Polina Haryacha Contributor Editor’s note: Polina Haryacha is a Senior Brand Manager at My.com, where she focuses on strategic brand development for video games. Earned media is stealing the show. According to Nielsen, 84 percent of consume...
17.09.2014	500 Startups Launches Its First Two 500 Women Syndicate Companies	500 Startups has launched FameBit and Wanderable, the first two companies out of its female founders 500 Women Syndicate. 500 Startups created the program earlier this year to support more women founders and encourage angel investors to inv...
25.07.2014	FameBit raises $1.4 million to help YouTubers make money	Today, FameBit has announced that it has completed a $1.4 million seed round of funding, which will help it scale its team and give more YouTubers the opportunity to make money off their creativity. FameBit.com is a website that YouTubers c...
23.06.2014	YouTube’s Marketing And Content Platform Nets Startups Millions	The rise of YouTube and its attendant online celebrity millionaires has created opportunities for venture investors to launch new marketing and advertising platforms, like the new startup FameBit, catering to brands wishing for these virtua...
23.06.2014	FameBit Raises $1.4 Million	-
03.02.2014	500 Startups Adds Two New Venture Partners And Announces Its Eighth Accelerator Class	500 Startups continues to grow at a frantic pace, both in the number of folks it has on staff to make investments, as well as the number of companies that it’s written out checks to. Today, the seed-stage investment firm and accelerator is ...
-	500 Startups announces its 8th batch of startups, adds two new venture partners	500 Startups, has announced list of 28 companies that will participate in its 8th batch of the 500 Startups Accelerator class. With this, the accelerator has also announced that it has brought in Sean Percival and Marvin Liao as its newest ...

FameBit (YouTube Brand Connect)AcquiredStudio

Investors 5

Funding Rounds 1

Mentions in press and media 25

Reviews 0