- Special is a new startup offering online video creators a way to move beyond advertising for their income
- The service was created by the team behind tech consulting and development firm Triple Tree Software
- Special is announcing that it has raised $2.26 million in seed funding from Next Frontier and other investors
- One of the main ways that creators can ask their viewers for money is through Patreon
- Creators also retain ownership of their content, and they get to decide how much they want to charge subscribers
- The company thinks they know best what a creator should produce for an audience that doesn’t exist yet