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Wrapbook, a financial services startup whose tools are used for production payroll, has released a new mobile app on the heels of raising $100 million in Series B funding.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe gold rush surrounding non-fungible token (NFT) digital collectibles continues: MakersPlace, a marketplace for buying and selling digital artwork and other creations, has raised $30 million in funding from investors including rapper Eminem and Sony Music Entertainment.San Francisco-based MakersPlace, which launched in 2018, announced that it raised $30 million.

Wrapbook, a payroll services startup aiming to compete with business such as Cast & Crew, raised $27 million Series A Round of financing led by Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo, Michael Ovitz,Andreessen Horowitz, Equal Ventures and Uncork Capital.

Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo and CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz are among the investors in production payroll startup Wrapbook, which just raised $27 million in Series A financing.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWhile Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi is dead and gone (except for a lingering legal dispute), his investment firm WndrCo is still actively funding other young startups.WndrCo co-led a $27 million Series A funding round in Wrapbook, a financial services startup catering to the gig economy initially focused on the entertainment industry. Also leading the funding were venture-capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Equal Ventures and Uncork Capital and Michael Ovitz, the one-time Hollywood super agent.The company’s tech platform is designed for production companies to manage on-boarding, payroll, insurance and other functions, as well as to let cast and crew members and employees track their payments.