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Cherub Raises $4.5 Million In Pre-Seed Funding From Kate McAndrew Slauson & Co Ghost Angels
Los Angeles-based Cherub (@InvestwithCherub) raised $4.5 million in pre-seed funding, with investors including Kate McAndrew of Baukunst, Slauson & Co, and Ghost Angels. Founded by Jaclyn Johnson and Angeline Vuong, Cherub is a network connecting founders, investors and creators, helping startups build their cap tables while giving investors and creators access to early-stage investing and advisory opportunities; Johnson is the company’s co-founder and CEO.
FUN FACT: Over $12mm deployed to founders through Cherub connections - 4,000+ founders and investors on the platform - Launching Cherub for Creators September 2026 - Head of Creators at UTA (Raina Penchansky) and Founder Digital Department (Ali Grant) are early investors in the company
FOUNDERS: Jaclyn Johnson (@JaclynrJohnson) & Angeline Vuong (@Angelineasaurus)
INVESTORS: Kate McAndrew of Baukunst, Slauson & Co & Ghost Angels
AMOUNT: $4,535,000
HQ: Los Angeles, California
#VentureCapital #Cherub #TradedPartner #JaclynJohnson #TradedVC
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Sydney Sweeney Invests As Equity Partner In Sports Prediction Platform Novig Valued At $500 MillionSYDNEY SWEENEY IS BETTING ON SPORTS PREDICTION MARKETS.
The actress has invested in Novig, joining the sports prediction platform as an equity partner ahead of the fall and winter sports season.
Novig was most recently valued at roughly $500M after raising a $75M Series B, bringing total funding to more than $105M.
The company lets users trade sports outcomes directly against one another rather than betting against a traditional sportsbook, and reported 10x growth in trading volume in 2025.
Sweeney is also helping lead Novig’s new “Just Sports” campaign across TV, streaming, social, digital, and out-of-home.
Novig is backed by Pantera Capital, Multicoin Capital, Makers Fund, Forerunner, NFX, Y Combinator, Lux Capital, and others.
Celebrity endorsements are increasingly becoming equity ownership.
Harvey Secures $550 Million Investment At $15.5 Billion Valuation From Leading FirmsHarvey has raised $550 million at a $15.5 billion valuation, in a round co-led by Diffusion and Lightspeed, with participation from Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Conviction, Elad Gil and others. CEO and co-founder Winston Weinberg said the company has surpassed $400 million in ARR and serves more than 3,000 customers, including 80% of the top 100 law firms, with the new capital going toward hiring across product, engineering, research and go-to-market, as well as compute and model training to expand its AI capabilities across legal applications, agents and models.
FOUNDERS: Winston Weinberg & Gabriel Pereyra
INVESTORS: Diffusion, Lightspeed, Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, a16z, Coatue, Conviction, Elad Gil, Evantic, GIC, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Whale Rock, WndrCo, Sapphire & Verified Capital
AMOUNT: $550,000,000
VALUATION: $15,500,000,000
HQ: San Francisco, California
#VentureCapital #Harvey #WinstonWeinberg #TradedVC