The creator economy doesn’t need another hustle platform. It needs infrastructure, real rails, not training wheels. And FANBASIS just pulled in a $20M Series A to build exactly that. No confetti, just code, and clarity.
Founded by Yash Daftary in July 2020, FanBasis started in a Weston, FL living room and landed in the heart of Miami’s tech orbit before most founders had even figured out how to spell “creator economy.” Daftary didn’t come from the content jungle. He came from the deal table, MBX Capital, Storm Ventures, studying cap tables while most folks were still chasing virality. That lens gave him an edge: he saw the creator space not as a culture play, but as a business model waiting for infrastructure.
Fast forward to today: 1,200+ high-ticket digital entrepreneurs generating tens of millions in GMV every month. Creators aren’t just building audiences, they’re running ops, issuing invoices in 142 currencies, and converting crypto before breakfast. FanBasis makes that possible, with a unified stack that replaces the chaos of 14 separate SaaS tools. Checkout, CRM, community, fulfillment, synced, and streamlined.
Matt Hobbs (CFO) is tightening margins like he’s building a SaaS war chest. Alisha Mody (CPO) is pushing updates faster than a caffeine-fueled GitHub repo. The numbers speak: 300% GMV growth in Q3-Q4 2024. 74% annual retention. A full 43% of all transactions tied to digital courses, and that’s before they even roll out their predictiveAI churn tools and localized EU infrastructure.
And let’s talk investors: Left Lane Capital led the round, Matthew Miller knows how to sniff out velocity. But the rest of the table? It’s a reality TV-meets-World Cup masterclass. Ryan Serhant. Gerard Piqué. And the Sidemen Entertainment via Upside Ventures. That’s not just capital, it’s distribution, domain, and cultural currency baked in.
The platform already handles 1.2M concurrent users. Payment failure rates? Down 63% versus the industry norm. Revenue-based financing, affiliate multipliers, and dynamic pricing? Already shipping. By Q2 2026, they’ll be launching creator banking and full-stack financial tooling.
This isn’t just a bet on creators. It’s a declaration that digital knowledge, real expertise, has entered its enterprise phase. FanBasis is betting the infrastructure should evolve with it.
This isn’t another SaaS tool trying to be cool. This is the ops layer for serious entrepreneurs who happen to know how to work a camera, and a calculator.
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