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Breeze

Creator financing firm · Los Angeles

Founded
2022
Entered
2022
Status 2026
Active
Metro
Los Angeles
Embeddedness
1 connections
Confidence
verified · strongest source trade or financial press

Method

Breeze, a creator financing firm, provides the capital that lets Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla buy majority control of Smosh from Mythical in June 2023, one of the first founder buybacks of a YouTube brand funded by creator lending.

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  • invested inSmoshBreeze provides the financing for the founders' 2023 purchase of Smosh.2023
Sources (trade or financial press): variety.com