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'Fandom Fund' Accelerator Launches to Support Fandom-Related Businesses

Let's see how many starry eyed fans forget that with money and "assistance" comes strings...

The idea is interesting. The explanation... is WAY too incredibly vague. Right now, this reads like a slush fund to help larger "brands" move money around. I really hope that's not what's going on, but there's way too many unknowns to give a good view on what the intent is. The convention landscape is debatably already oversaturated, why throw money to build new anime con brands? What sort of projects are being sought after? What "return" is FandomFund expecting to see? Who is supplying the funding? It just seems like they're going to get a deluge of 18-20 year olds that think they could run a convention, or else just shuffle money between large events that don't need it.

My impression is that they're trying to create a crowdfunding company, only oriented toward fan-related things, with an emphasis on conventions.

Nope, this has nothing to do with with crowdfunding - this is a fund where investors have put together a pool of money to invest in "fan" productions and events (including, but not limited to, conventions).

What's not clear is where the money is coming from, what the roles of the "partners" are, or how Power Level Productions are qualified to administer the fund. Lots of questions, few answers - but one certainty, few investors put money in without wanting something in return.

And I doubt many fans realize that such a partnerships involves adding Power Level Productions to their "production committee". He who has the gold makes the rules.

All right then, thanks for the answer. If it was a new means of crowdfunding, I could see where they'd be trying to go with this more. Based on your answer, I have no clue how this is supposed to work.

Unless this is a way for this company to make their way into a lot of conventions and other related events.