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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Whatnot - What They Never Told You

How Whatnot’s founders turned 100 investor rejections into an $20 billion live-shopping rocket ship

Whatnot’s cofounders had trouble impressing investors before building the live-shopping app.

Fortune

In AI-obsessed Silicon Valley, live commerce platform Whatnot just notched a new funding round valuing it at $20 billion

The $545 million Series G nearly doubles Whatnot's valuation—a rare consumer-marketplace breakout at a moment when nearly every venture dollar is flowing to AI.

Fortune

‘People can go from zero to 100’: How Gen Z is raking in $260,000 per month on a livestream auction app

Cofounders Abhinavan Thanendran and Neil Shah started as “work buddies.” Now they are leading a $50 million-plus startup.

Fortune

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Whatnot is worth $11.5 billion—and its sellers just hit one billion orders

Whatnot—which in October raised a $225 million Series F, with an $11.5 billion valuation—has been in the midst of a serious growth spurt.

Fortune

Twitch CEO: Social media has become ‘antisocial’ and can’t match the shared, human connection of livestreaming

Dan Clancy, CEO of the Amazon-owned company, spoke at Fortune Brainstorm Tech in Aspen on Monday.

Fortune

Toy touts, random spins and frantic bidding: the murky side of live auction site Whatnot

Quickfire lots help business hit $11.5bn, but critics point to its gambling-style features and popularity with ‘scalpers’

The Guardian - UK

LAPD Raided CoolKicks Live on Stream: Was This the Real Reason Behind the Shocking Takedown of the Sneaker Giant?

CoolKicks raided by LAPD as founder Adeel Shams faces investigation over counterfeit sneakers. Live stream interrupted during warehouse operation.

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Is eBay actually sexy again as the ecommerce old-timer's stock surges to an all-time high?

The 30-year-old auction site is riding hot, historically strong product categories like collectibles and trading cards to its best performance in years.

Fortune

Inside the rapid rise of Whatnot, the wildly-entertaining, FOMO-inducing, most popular shopping app you’ve never heard of

Whatnot has built a $5 billion business that's equal parts eBay and Twitch. Can it last?

Fortune

Blake Martinez: There’s a lot of false claims about Pokémon card business

Panthers LB Blake Martinez was asked about his Pokémon trading card scandal on Tuesday.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ex-Giant Blake Martinez attempting NFL comeback

After some Pokémon card drama earlier this year, former New York Giants LB Blake Martinez is attempting an NFL comeback.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ex-Giant Blake Martinez banned from Whatnot for allegedly scamming Pokémon collectors

Whatnot has permanently banned former New York Giants LB Blake Martinez for "misconduct" while others have accused him of a Pokémon scam.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bulls legend Michael Jordan’s 1996 car will be auctioned for $23

Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan's 1996 pre-owned Mercedes-Benz is going to be auctioned for $23.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Michael Jordan’s 1996 Mercedes-Benz Headed to Auction at $23

A live-streaming shopping app is affording sports fans with the opportunity of a lifetime by selling a car previously owned by His Airness for just $23.

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Garry Tan breaks down the key metric in Y Combinator's new list of top startups

The accelerator's focus on net revenue is to "encourage people to build businesses of real, great value."

USA Today Sports Media Group

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes to compete in Hole-In-One Challenge

#Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes teamed up with @Whatnot for a Hole-In-One challenge benefiting his foundation. | from @EdEastonJr

Fortune

A Q&A with Laela Sturdy, the brand new head of CapitalG

CapitalG’s Laela Sturdy has led some of the fund's most prominent investments including Stripe, Duolingo, and UiPath.

Fortune

Former NFL player turned a side hustle selling Pokémon cards into a full-time job

"I can do this job for the rest of my life," says former NFL linebacker Blake Martinez.

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