Everyone knows YouTubers and other creators are popular with internet users of all ages. But today, these influencers also have real businesses powered by a range of software tools and service providers who help weave videos, pictures, clips, memes and other types of content into sustainable success.
The pandemic added fuel to existing trends pushing growth in this category. Today, the platforms are bigger and more diverse than ever and many creators have years of experience growing audiences and monetizing online. Parallel to this industry, the rapid overall growth of enterprise technologies allow for many new types of creator-focused products to be built. Top investors in the space are seeing new opportunities for startups to build tools that help creators monetize and grow or solve needs that are specific to creator subverticals like gaming or coaching/education. For this particular investor survey, we dug through notes from the following:- Benjamin Grubbs, founder, Next10 Ventures
- Li Jin, founder, Atelier Ventures
- Brian O’Malley, general partner, Forerunner Ventures
- Eze Vidra, managing partner, Reimagine Ventures
- Josh Constine, principal, SignalFire