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The Sandbox Guide to… Patreon

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Patreon has become a key platform for musicians of all stripes – perhaps to be expected of a company co-founded by a musician: Jack Conte, of band Pomplamoose, and who remains the company’s CEO today. Patreon has emerged as one of the platforms to build a paying community – that rewards artists for their creativity, […]

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How can memberships and tips economies work for musicians?

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Once upon a time, when the music industry talked about crowdfunding it generally meant Kickstarter and other project-based platforms where artists and other people could raise money directly from their fans.

There are now a number of other ways to get those crowds to open their wallets, from ongoing membership tools like Patreon to the tips economies of Twitch and other live video / social services.

At Music Ally’s Sandbox Summit Global online conference this week, a panel explored the potential for musicians. Ronny Krieger, GM, Europe at Patreon, Will Farrell-Green, head of music content at Twitch, and Zael Ellenhorn, who manages RAC as part of the YMU Group, were the speakers, with Music Ally’s Marlen Hüllbrock chairing.

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Patreon and Clubhouse funding rounds come with $4bn valuations

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Neither Patreon nor Clubhouse are ‘music/tech startups’ specifically, but both are highly relevant to our industry and – particularly in Patreon’s case – its artists. And it seems both companies may be rocking the same quadruple-unicorn (is that a thing?) valuation of $4bn with their latest funding rounds.

Only one of those rounds is official at this point. Fan-funding platform Patreon has raised $155m at a $4bn valuation in a round led by Tiger Global Management, with various other VCs chipping in. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported that live-audio startup Clubhouse is in talks with investors to raise its next funding round with the same valuation, although the size of the funding is unconfirmed.