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Virtualness Secures Additional Funding from Global Investor Base, and Leverages Generative AI and Blockchain to Launch Gratitude OnChain

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtualness, a mobile-first platform powered by generative AI and blockchain, announced today the launch of Gratitude OnChain. This program invites the community to express their gratitude on blockchain in a permanent, immutable way that lasts the test of time. As part of this program, top creators are coming together to create, gift, and sell their own digital goods using Virtualness' easy-to-use, end-to-end platform. The activation begins on World Gratitude Day, September 21, 2023, and will be live for 21 days through October 12. Virtualness' global push is amplified by recent funding by global technology investors, Shorooq Partners and Ankurit Capital, which pushes their total funding to eight figures.

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The activation begins on World Gratitude Day, September 21, 2023, and will be live for 21 days through October 12.
Virtualness' global push is amplified by recent funding by global technology investors, Shorooq Partners and Ankurit Capital, which pushes their total funding to eight figures.
Virtualness' platform embodies a remarkable stride towards making generative AI and blockchain accessible to a wide demographic of users.
"The Gratitude OnChain program represents what Virtualness is all about," Kelly Graziadei, Co-Founder & GP, f7 Ventures.

Plantish Announces Rebranding to Oshi, Sets its Sights on US Restaurants and Forges Partnership with Top EU Retailer Coop

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Monday, June 12, 2023

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Oshi has successfully raised $14.5 million in funding to date, with notable investors like Unovis, who have backed companies like Beyond Meat and Oatly.

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Oshi has successfully raised $14.5 million in funding to date, with notable investors like Unovis, who have backed companies like Beyond Meat and Oatly.
Other investors include Pitango, TechAviv Founder Partners, SOMV, SmartAgro, E2JDJ, Alumni Ventures, HackSummit, and OurCrowd.
Oshi's proprietary additive manufacturing technology has overcome these challenges, paving the way for an innovative and sustainable approach to plant-based seafood production.
Already they are working with esteemed chefs and restaurants to perfect the product offerings before the highly anticipated launch.

Virtualness Wins Exclusive Multi-Year Web3 Deal for End-To-End Rights to Philippine Basketball Association's NFT Digital Collectibles

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and Virtualness, a mobile-first platform which simplifies the complex world of Web3, today announced that Virtualness will exclusively power an innovative, easy-to-use digital experience for basketball fans to discover, explore, collect, trade, buy and own memorable, once-in-a-lifetime, moments in the games via branded digital collectibles. These NFT collectibles span a gamut of use cases – from commemorative, topical, gamification to unlocking unique fan experiences.

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These NFT collectibles span a gamut of use cases – from commemorative, topical, gamification to unlocking unique fan experiences.
"We've been at the heart of Web2 ecosystem building, and the digital transformation of media, sports and entertainment over the last decade.
PBA will feature a customized community built around purchasing, trading, and owning of digital collectibles.
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams.

Impact Venture Capital Invests In $8m Seed Round for Web3 Startup Virtualness

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Impact Venture Capital announced today its investment in Virtualness' oversubscribed $8M seed round. Virtualness is a mobile-first platform designed to help creators and brands navigate the complex world of Web3. The fundraise was led by Blockchange Ventures and joined by Polygon Ventures, F7 Ventures, Micron Ventures, Better Capital, FalconX, Impact Venture Capital, Neythri Futures Fund, Oceans Ventures, Perot Jain, VC3 DAO, Carolyn Everson, Randi Zuckerberg, Nusier Yassin (Nas Daily), Nikki Farb, Stacy Brown-Philpot, and other thought-leaders.

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MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Impact Venture Capital announced today its investment in Virtualness' oversubscribed $8M seed round.
Virtualness is a mobile-first platform designed to help creators and brands navigate the complex world of Web3.
"We are excited about our early investment alongside Micron and others into Virtualness," said Jack Crawford, Founding General Partner at Impact Venture Capital.
Impact Venture Capital is a Silicon Valley-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests alongside corporate venture groups and top-tier investors in early-stage technology startups with a focus on artificial intelligence applied to security, finance, digital health, and other fast-growing industry sectors.

STUDIO71 HELPS TIKTOKERS BUILD BIG BUSINESS ON YOUTUBE SHORTS

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Studio71, the leading global media company that produces and distributes premium, brand-safe content across all video platforms, has launched a multi-faceted initiative to support TikTokers in growing their businesses on YouTube by offering monetization opportunities, production services, content claiming, brand deals, and multi-platform distribution opportunities. The initiative has seen early success, generating new revenue streams for a variety of talent.

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Studio71 helps TikTokers build big business on YouTube Shorts.
Studio71 has helped creators of all sizes grow their YouTube Shorts business, including big names like NichLMAO, Nas Daily, We Wear Cute, The Trench Family, Kat Buno, and Adam W, who collectively generate over 1.5 billion monthly views.
As a result, Studio71 creators are now uploading over 30% more YouTube Shorts than they were last quarter.
"Through the support of our expert team and proprietary publishing tools, Studio71 enables talent to build diversified revenue streams with minimal extra effort for creators."

ASIA PAC'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS, ASIAN ACADEMY CREATIVE AWARDS ENTERS WEB3 POWERED BY VIRTUALNESS

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

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SINGAPORE, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a first, the Asian Academy Creative Awards (AAA's), Asia-Pac's most prestigious awards for creative excellence recognizing the best of the best from 16 nations, will also present this year's coveted golden statuette award in the form of digital collectibles, along with the coveted physical golden statuette. Through an exclusive partnership with Virtualness, a mobile-first platform designed to help creators and brands navigate the complex world of Web3, winners of this year's awards will get a physical trophy during the glittering awards ceremony on Dec 7th and 8th, and they will also receive a tokenized version of the award and trophy by way of a 3D image minted on blockchain.

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Asian Academy Creative Awards serves the creative industries as the pinnacle of their achievement in content creation and media production.
"Asian Academy Creative Awards is committed to being at the forefront of creativity ourselves as we foster and recognize creativity across the region.
We're excited to partner with Virtualness to honor our 2022 Grand Winners with a lasting, unique NFT statuette, awarded to our Grand Final Winners," said Fiona McKay, CEO, Asian Academy Creative Awards .
Asian Academy Creative Awards has always been ahead of the curve in adopting technology & being on the forefront of innovation.

FORMER META AND VIACOM EXECUTIVES, KIRTHIGA REDDY AND SAURABH DOSHI CLOSE OVERSUBSCRIBED $8M SEED ROUND FOR WEB3 STARTUP VIRTUALNESS

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtualness, a mobile-first platform designed to help creators and brands navigate the complex world of Web3, announced today it has secured over $8M in seed funding. The fundraise was led by Blockchange Ventures, and joined by Polygon Ventures, F7 Ventures, Micron Ventures, Oceans Ventures, Neythri Futures Fund, Carolyn Everson, Randi Zuckerberg, Nusier Yassin (Nas Daily), Nikki Farb, Stacy Brown-Philpot, and other thought-leaders.

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Education, personalization, discovery, integration with Web2 and Web3 platforms and a mobile-first experience are core to the platform.
Reddy and Doshi will leverage their decades of global entrepreneurial experience partnering with creators, media, brands, and tech platforms.
Kirthiga and Saurabh's experiences are custom-built to help those who want to tap into Web3 but don't know how.
Founded in 2022 by industry leaders Kirthiga Reddy and Saurabh Doshi, Virtualness puts creators first and is building the playbook for easy design, efficient sharing and seamless digital commerce.

FORMER META AND VIACOM EXECUTIVES, KIRTHIGA REDDY AND SAURABH DOSHI CLOSE OVERSUBSCRIBED $8M SEED ROUND FOR WEB3 STARTUP VIRTUALNESS

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtualness, a mobile-first platform designed to help creators and brands navigate the complex world of Web3, announced today it has secured over $8M in seed funding. The fundraise was led by Blockchange Ventures, and joined by Polygon Ventures, Micron Ventures, Perot Jain, VC3 DAO, Carolyn Everson, Randi Zuckerberg, Nusier Yassin (Nas Daily), Amit Jain, Firoozeh Dumas, Neeraj Sagar, Satyen Kothari, Stacy Brown-Philpot and other thought-leaders.

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Education, personalization, discovery, integration with Web2 and Web3 platforms and a mobile-first experience are core to the platform.
Reddy and Doshi will leverage their decades of global entrepreneurial experience partnering with creators, media, brands, and tech platforms.
Kirthiga and Saurabh's experiences are custom-built to help those who want to tap into Web3 but don't know how.
Founded in 2022 by industry leaders Kirthiga Reddy and Saurabh Doshi, Virtualness puts creators first and is building the playbook for easy design, efficient sharing and seamless digital commerce.

FORMER META AND VIACOM EXECUTIVES, KIRTHIGA REDDY AND SAURABH DOSHI CLOSE OVERSUBSCRIBED $8M SEED ROUND FOR WEB3 STARTUP VIRTUALNESS

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtualness, a mobile-first platform designed to help creators and brands navigate the complex world of Web3, announced today it has secured over $8M in seed funding. The fundraise was led by Blockchange Ventures, and joined by Polygon Ventures, F7 Ventures, Micron Ventures, Oceans Ventures, Neythri Futures Fund, Carolyn Everson, Randi Zuckerberg, Nusier Yassin (Nas Daily), Nikki Farb, Stacy Brown-Philpot, and other thought-leaders.

Key Points:

Education, personalization, discovery, integration with Web2 and Web3 platforms and a mobile-first experience are core to the platform.
Reddy and Doshi will leverage their decades of global entrepreneurial experience partnering with creators, media, brands, and tech platforms.
Kirthiga and Saurabh's experiences are custom-built to help those who want to tap into Web3 but don't know how.
Founded in 2022 by industry leaders Kirthiga Reddy and Saurabh Doshi, Virtualness puts creators first and is building the playbook for easy design, efficient sharing and seamless digital commerce.

Jellysmack Launches Production Unit to Produce Original Content for Creators

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221018006030/en/

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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221018006030/en/
Jellysmack launches JellySmash Productions (Photo: Business Wire)
With JellySmash Productions , Jellysmack brings creators easy, hyper-efficient video production that can more than double monthly video output, saving creators time and driving more cross-platform revenue.
Offering turn-key content production alongside Jellysmacks current growth infrastructure empowers creators with the tools they need to Go Bigger and avoid burning out.
In a Jellysmack survey of over 230 creators with over 50,000 followers, creators said the biggest challenges in the content development process are: producing and shooting content (32%), coming up with new content ideas (50%), and testing video for optimal performance (67%).
Jellysmack fronts production costs so creators dont have to spend a penny out of pocket to get started.