Pretty wild! 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-27/youtube-star-mrbeast-is-raising-money-at-a-5-billion-valuation

Developer ecosystem @farcaster, co-founder @bountycaster. Previously: co-founder of Scalar Capital, product at Coinbase, co-producer @ethereumfilm

Pretty smart IMO - I think we'll see more of this 

He's captured more attention than any other creator on earth, and if he can continue to convert that into products, there's definitely a venture-scale business here

And iirc, Social Capital already invested in his holdco, so this wouldn't be the first time he's raised

Building /presto || Helping creators grow

I've watched way too many videos of the risk behind brands so closely tied to one personality if they get into a scandal, get burnout, public loses interest e.g. David Dobrik with app Dispo. Totally see this being big but my VC side is skeptical of $5bn val with such a close tie to the creator

Lol ya there's real key man risk here

It's not a bet many would take, but also the *perfect* bet for the right person!