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.
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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.
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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.
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