[egypturnash]

Patreon also takes VC funding on a regular basis; if you ask Jack Conte what his plan is for when they come back around looking for profit he will just blow a bunch of sunshine up your ass about how all these investors are just totally great people who believe in supporting the arts.

[cma]

When they raised rates for new creators but grandfathered in existing ones it was pretty much outed as a network effect VC scheme.