Triumph of the creative class: Forbes list member Dmitry Volkov about the new “unicorn”
How Patreon became a billion-dollar startup and taught Silicon Valley how to monetize creativity? The author of the column, billionaire Dmitry Volkov, invested in the platform for raising funds for authors Patreon in June 2019, taking part in a round of $60 million. The lead investor then was Glade Book Capital Partners, and the company was valued at $660 million.