[jacooper]

But Twitch is owned by Amazon? They don't need VCs?

[umeshunni]

Their source of revenue (i.e. advertisers) are often startups and DTC brands that were kept alive by VC money.

[djent]

I have never seen an advertisement for a startup on Twitch.

[TylerE]

You mean they aren’t flooded with meal kit and mattress ads like every other form of media?

[AraceliHarker]

Small businesses like startups would rather pay streamers directly to promote their products than advertise on Twitch.

[re-thc]

The users that use and pay Twitch do? (Not VC but capital in general)