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Slow Ventures is continuing to expand its Creator Fund. According to a report by Adweek from 30 September 2026, the venture capital firm is backing three more creators, typically investing 1 to 3 million US dollars per deal. The fund is not aimed at classic influencer campaigns, but at creators who build independent businesses out of a specialized community.
Creators are meant to be funded like founders
With this, Slow Ventures is pursuing a different model than traditional influencer funding. The focus is not on the next sponsored post, but on whether a creator can build a lasting business from reach, subject-matter authority, and community.
The firm describes its Creator Fund itself as a bet on community-first entrepreneurs. According to Slow, what matters is not maximum follower counts, but a clearly defined niche, high credibility, and the ability to develop products or services for one's own community.
This fits a broader trend in the creator economy. What’s Trending shows how small creator media brands can already build seven-figure revenues. At the same time, deals such as the sale of Howl's creator division to Connexity show that the infrastructure around creator commerce is consolidating as well.
The fund focuses on niches rather than maximum reach
Slow Ventures launched the Creator Fund 2025 with more than 60 million US dollars. Adweek now puts the vehicle at around 64 million US dollars. The investment model targets creators who have already built a solid community and can develop several business areas from it.
An early example is the woodworker and YouTuber Jonathan Katz-Moses. Slow invested 2025 two million US dollars in his company. Katz-Moses combines content with his own tool business, demonstrating exactly the pattern the fund is looking for: content builds trust, which is then converted into proprietary products and recurring revenue.
The creator economy is increasingly becoming corporate financing
For brands and agencies, this development is relevant for two reasons. First, the bargaining position of successful creators is shifting. Creators who can monetize their own products, data, distribution, and community are less dependent on individual brand partnerships.
Second, creators are thereby increasingly becoming independent companies. This also changes price negotiations in influencer marketing. Already today it is apparent that creator marketing is growing while brands are scrutinizing prices and measurability more critically.
For social media teams, reach alone is therefore no longer decisive. What becomes more interesting is which creators actually own a solid community that buys products, attends events, or actively engages across multiple channels.
Sources
Adweek: Slow Ventures Backs 3 More Creators in Its $64 Million Bet on Niche ‘Cults’