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TikTok Shop Competitor Whatnot Boosts Valuation to $5 Billion

The Information · Ann Gehan · last updated

The livestreaming e-commerce platform Whatnot raised $265 million in new funding, boosting its valuation to $4.97 billion. Greycroft Partners, DST Global and Avra, the investment firm founded by former Y Combinator growth investor Anu Hariharan, led the funding round. The company was last valued …

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