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YouTube超级网红计划融资,名下公司估值高达50亿美元

彭博社
2025-03-03

MrBeast是YouTube上最受欢迎的创作者。

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2024年3月10日,佛罗里达州劳德代尔堡DRV PNK体育场,吉米·唐纳森(网名:MrBeast)出现在迈阿密国际队与CF蒙特利尔队的比赛现场。图片来源:RICH STORRY—GETTY IMAGES

据知情人士透露,为了扩张商业版图,YouTube超级网红MrBeast正寻求在新一轮融资中筹集数亿美元资金,其名下公司的估值或将达到约50亿美元。

MrBeast是YouTube上最受欢迎的创作者。知情人士(因讨论涉密而要求匿名)称,他已与多家金融机构及高净值人士接洽融资事宜。目前谈判尚处早期阶段,最终投资方名单及能否达成目标估值仍存变数。

这位网红本名吉米·唐纳森。此次融资将用于支持唐纳森发展名下的控股公司,该公司全资或部分持有多个业务实体,包括巧克力品牌Feastables、零食公司Lunchly及其视频制作公司。两位知情人士透露,唐纳森的公司去年已实现盈利,销售额超4亿美元。唐纳森计划进一步拓展预包装食品和媒体业务。

MrBeast以他在YouTube上的作品而闻名。他所制作的大规模挑战和赠品发放视频,播放量动辄过亿。创作者可通过视频广告分成获利。

唐纳森还为亚马逊(Amazon. com Inc.)Prime Video制作并主演了一档真人秀节目,该节目创下平台无剧本真人秀收视纪录。尽管亚马逊为第一季投入1亿美元制作费,但唐纳森表示他因在该节目中投入过多导致亏损。他在《CEO日记》(Diary of a CEO)播客中表示:“我在《野兽游戏》上亏了几千万美元,但关键是要把第一季做到极致。”

亚马逊已承诺继续制作多季节目,但具体预算仍在商榷中。原始协议要求亚马逊为后续两季投入超2.5亿美元。

唐纳森此前曾获纽约投资公司Alpha Wave Global等机构注资。据彭博社上月报道,唐纳森正参与竞购TikTok。他在几年前创立的零食品牌Feastables已在美国和加拿大销售巧克力产品,而食物配送品牌MrBeast Burger则因与合作伙伴的纠纷陷入诉讼。(财富中文网)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

据知情人士透露,为了扩张商业版图,YouTube超级网红MrBeast正寻求在新一轮融资中筹集数亿美元资金,其名下公司的估值或将达到约50亿美元。

MrBeast是YouTube上最受欢迎的创作者。知情人士(因讨论涉密而要求匿名)称,他已与多家金融机构及高净值人士接洽融资事宜。目前谈判尚处早期阶段,最终投资方名单及能否达成目标估值仍存变数。

这位网红本名吉米·唐纳森。此次融资将用于支持唐纳森发展名下的控股公司,该公司全资或部分持有多个业务实体,包括巧克力品牌Feastables、零食公司Lunchly及其视频制作公司。两位知情人士透露,唐纳森的公司去年已实现盈利,销售额超4亿美元。唐纳森计划进一步拓展预包装食品和媒体业务。

MrBeast以他在YouTube上的作品而闻名。他所制作的大规模挑战和赠品发放视频,播放量动辄过亿。创作者可通过视频广告分成获利。

唐纳森还为亚马逊(Amazon. com Inc.)Prime Video制作并主演了一档真人秀节目,该节目创下平台无剧本真人秀收视纪录。尽管亚马逊为第一季投入1亿美元制作费,但唐纳森表示他因在该节目中投入过多导致亏损。他在《CEO日记》(Diary of a CEO)播客中表示:“我在《野兽游戏》上亏了几千万美元,但关键是要把第一季做到极致。”

亚马逊已承诺继续制作多季节目,但具体预算仍在商榷中。原始协议要求亚马逊为后续两季投入超2.5亿美元。

唐纳森此前曾获纽约投资公司Alpha Wave Global等机构注资。据彭博社上月报道,唐纳森正参与竞购TikTok。他在几年前创立的零食品牌Feastables已在美国和加拿大销售巧克力产品,而食物配送品牌MrBeast Burger则因与合作伙伴的纠纷陷入诉讼。(财富中文网)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

YouTube star MrBeast is looking to raise a couple hundred million dollars to expand his business in a funding round that would value his company at about $5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

The most popular creator on YouTube has spoken with several financial firms and wealthy individuals about investing, said the people, who declined to be identified because the talks are confidential. Talks are still in their early stages and it’s not yet clear who will invest or if they will do so at the target price.

The online star, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is raising money to fund a holding company that owns all or part of several businesses, including the chocolates brand Feastables, the snack company Lunchly and his video production company. The business is profitable and generated more than $400 million in sales last year, said two of the people. He is looking to expand both his packaged goods and media businesses.

MrBeast is best known for his work on YouTube, where he posts videos of large-scale challenges and giveaways that generate hundreds of millions of views. Creators share in the advertising sales that their videos generate.

He also created and starred in a show for Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Video, which the company said was its most-watched unscripted series ever. While Amazon committed $100 million to produce the first season, MrBeast said that he lost money on production of the show by spending too much on it. “I lost tens of millions of dollars on Beast Games,” he said on the Diary of a CEO podcast. “But it’s about making Season 1 as good as possible.”

Amazon has agreed to make more seasons of the show, but is still working out the budget. The original deal called for Amazon to spend more than $250 million across two additional seasons.

MrBeast has raised money in the past, including from the New York-based investment firm Alpha Wave Global. Bloomberg News reported last month that Donaldson was participating in a bid to buy TikTok. Feastables, the snacks company he started a few years ago, sells chocolate bars across the US and Canada. MrBeast Burger, a food delivery business, has been entangled in litigation with Donaldson’s partner.

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