Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPearpop is turning social-media capital into real dollars — and the startup has banked $16 million to build out its marketplace for buying and selling social collaborations among creators.The total includes $10 million in Series A financing led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners as well as $6 million in prior seed financing co-led by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures and VC firm Slow Ventures, with participation from Atelier Ventures and Chapter One Ventures.Pearpop also has a slew of angel investors spanning actors, music artists, athletes and entrepreneurs.
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