Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTalkshoplive, a startup whose a livestreaming ecommerce platform has attracted a roster of celebrities and businesses to host their own QVC-style shopping channels, announced that it has closed $6 million in follow-on seed funding.The funding gives L.A.-based Talkshoplive a valuation of $75 million, sources familiar with the funding told Variety.The seed extension funding round was led by venture capital firm Raine Ventures and a syndicate of angel investors that include Matt Blank, former chairman and CEO of Showtime Networks, and David Levy, chairman of Genius Sports and former president of Turner.The new funding brings the startup, founded in 2018, to $10.5 million raised to date.
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