| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.07.2023 | Superplastic Dips Toes Into Music Development with Virgin Music Partnership, All-New Music Video | Ryan Epps, Tech Times 24 July 2023, 12:07 pm
Music is one of the few things that can bring the world together unlike any other. It touches our soul, reminds us of the past, and shows us what is possible with unbridled talent all within the ... |
| 07.07.2023 | The A-List Investors: Top Celebrities Diving into the World of Startups | USA ~
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Remember when Captain America (played by Chris Evans) challenged Iron Man (played by Robert Downey Jr.) in the Avengers movie (2012), saying, “Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off, what are you?” Tony Stark, without miss... |
| 30.06.2023 | Superplastic is a Creative Force Aiming to Bridge Synthetic Influencers Into the Mainstream | Ryan Epps, Tech Times 30 June 2023, 01:06 pm
Brand mascots are a dime a dozen. From Disney's globally known Mickey Mouse to the long-forgotten 1950s Dunkie of Dunkin' Donuts fame, we have long been inundated by a rogues gallery of icons tha... |
| 21.06.2023 | Superplastic, Mercedes Team Up to Deliver Limited-Edition Superdackel Capsule Collection | Ryan Epps, Tech Times 21 June 2023, 04:06 pm
Known for its off-kilter and unapologetic main characters Guggimon and Janky, Superplastic is taking its knowhow to the streets of New York with a collaboration long in the making. Debuted at CES... |
| 15.02.2023 | Amazon leads a $20M investment in Web3 startup Superplastic to build entertainment brands with NFTs and virtual characters | Amazon is betting big on Web3 after it leads a $20 million investment in Superplastic, an entertainment startup company that partners with well-known brands and celebrities on NFT drops.
Superplastic, which was founded by the creator of El... |
| 15.02.2023 | Top tech startup news for Wednesday, February 15, 2023: Amazon, Google, OpenAI, Slync, and Tesla | Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Don’t rush investments into A.I. just because ChatGPT is really cool, ‘Father of Internet’ warns
Vint Cerf, who is considered the “Father o... |
| 15.02.2023 | Superplastic, a creator of ‘synthetic’ influencers, raises $20M led by Amazon in deal to make TV shows and more | Janky and Guggimon, “synthetic” celebrities conceived in a studio and big on social platforms like TikTok and Instagram, where they exist as influencers with millions of followers, hyping up other brands, music acts and themselves, are soon... |
| 24.01.2023 | Alexa Fund’s Paul Bernard talks OpenAI, what’s catching his eye and remaining relevant as Amazon restructures | Amazon made headlines this month when the company began to work through its long-rumored 18,000 job cuts. Going, too, are a number of products and strategies as the company right-sizes for the current state of the economy, the market’s atti... |
| 19.01.2022 | Fashion Brand Gucci Pushes Into Metaverse With #SuperGucci NFT Vault | Ryan Epps, Tech Times 19 January 2022, 12:01 pm
You've heard of Gucci belts, Gucci bags, and even a Gucci Xbox Series X. Now, Gucci takes its crypto and blockchain aspirations to the next (most digital) level with a forthcoming collaboratio... |
| 20.10.2021 | Superplastic raises $20M to build entertainment brands in the age of NFTs and virtual characters | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
Superplastic has rais... |
| 20.10.2021 | Superplastic raises $20M to build entertainment brands in the age of NFTs and virtual characters | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Superplastic has raised $20 million to build a global entertainment brand in the age of nonfungible tokens, virtual characters, and vir... |
| 20.10.2021 | Why PayPal, M1, Square and more want to be more than just JPMorgan or Charles Schwab | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Every company is a fintech. That phrase was everywhere just about a year ago.
And while that’s mo... |
| 20.10.2021 | Superplastic raises $20M to expand its cartoon influencer universe | A company from the creator of Ello and Kidrobot is announcing a new $20 million funding round to build out an imagined virtual world populated with deranged-yet-cute cartoon influencers.
Superplastic‘s investors include Google Ventures, Ind... |
| 20.10.2021 | Why PayPal, M1, Square and more want to be more than just JPMorgan or Charles Schwab | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Every company is a fintech. That phrase was everywhere just about a year ago.
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| 20.10.2021 | Daily funding roundup - October 20, 2021 | arbonCapture raised $35M; Modern Age landed $27M; Picus Security secured $24M
Flock Freight: Flock Freight is a Encinitas, Ca.-based trucking logistics company. Flock Freight has raised $215 million in Series D financing led by SoftBank Vis... |
| 07.07.2021 | Superplastic and Christie’s will auction NFTs for virtual celebrities Janky & Guggimon | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
Superplastic has team... |
| 07.07.2021 | Superplastic and Christie’s will auction NFTs for virtual celebrities Janky & Guggimon | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Superplastic has teamed up with the auction house Christie’s to auction off nonfungible tokens (NFTs) based on the virtual celebrities ... |
| 16.02.2021 | Cult Toy Brand Superplastic Launches NFT Collection on Nifty Gateway | Basketball players, pop singers and now high-end vinyl toys – lots of different groups are trying out nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on Ethereum as a new way to monetize.
Superplastic is a company that makes artistic vinyl toys for the collectib... |
| 04.11.2019 | Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers | Danielle Bernstein is just 27 years old, but she’s been running her own business for 10 years. First it was street-style photography, then came the launch of her popular fashion blog WeWoreWhat. Next she took to Instagram, a new social medi... |
| 15.10.2019 | David Sacks’s Craft Ventures just closed its second fund with $500 million | Craft Ventures, the venture firm launched in 2017 by serial entrepreneur David Sacks, has closed its second fund with $500 million in capital commitments, an amount the firm was said to begin targeting roughly a year ago.
Craft’s debut fund... |
| 05.08.2019 | Designer Toy Company Superplastic Secures $10 Million | Cult designer toy brand Superplastic recently announced it raised $10 million in funding and launched an innovative animated entertainment division
Superplastic — a cult designer toy brand — recently announced it raised $10 million in fundi... |
| 02.08.2019 | Last Week In Venture: Green-Thumb Gardening Bots, Garbage Gasification, And Synthetic Celebs
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| 31.07.2019 | Superplastic Raises $10M in Funding | Superplastic, a Burlington, Vt.-based cult designer toy brand, raised $10M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Craft Ventures with participation from Founders Fund’s Cyan Banister, Global Village, Betaworks, Index Ventures, Canaan, Sc... |
| 30.07.2019 | Superplastic Inks $10M Series A |
BURLINGTON, VT, Superplastic announces new $10 million Series A funding today.
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Cult designer toy bran... |
| 14.01.2019 | More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela | Brud, the company behind the virtual celebrity Lil Miquela, is now worth at least $125 million thanks to a new round of financing the company is currently closing. Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, Supe... |
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Guggimon is a rabbit and Janky is a cat. The anthropomorphic characters copy viral trends... |
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| - | Why Shopify is defying metaverse skeptics and diving headfirst into the world of NFTs, Web3, AR, and more | Shopify recently launched an NFT beta program. Shopify This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Shopify has been exploring uses for NFTs, blockchain, AR, and VR.
Analysts say it's ... |
| - | NFT — это новый канал маркетинга для бизнеса? | К 2022 году все уже поняли, что NFT — это не только спекуляция смешными пиктограммами за тысячи долларов. Я точно не первый, кому пришла в голову мысль о том, что блокчейн платформы можно использовать для укрепления или даже создания бренда... |
| - | Luxury goods group Kering confident Gucci sales growth will continue after bumper 2021 revenues | Kering reported on Thursday that its revenues had risen to 17.7 billion euros in 2021, up by more than a third on the previous year.
Fashion label Gucci had delivered revenues of 9.7 billion euros ($11.02 billion), up 31% on 2020. |
