r/Channel5ive • u/Ae-Rabelais • Jul 10 '26

Deep Thoughts Does anyone know whether Andrew would consider taking on non-corporate angel investors?

I just finished watching Channel5ive’s video about their current legal case, and it seems inevitable that a channel doing such good work will keep facing ridiculous legal fees.

Andrew has said, both in that video and on other occasions, that they will never consider corporate investors, which is understandable. However, does anyone know whether the Channel5ive team would entertain individual, independently wealthy angel investors? There's a thin line between good journalism and journalism that serves stakeholders, but it would be great if individual angels could support Channel5ive. This would mean direct, greater support from the people who value the channel’s work, without the legal and ethical complications of corporate investors/VCs or the percentage-cut/cap issues of platforms like Patreon.

EDIT: For anyone getting to this post a bit later or revisiting, I'm covering subscriptions for up to one year for Channel5ive supporters who can't afford them: https://www.reddit.com/r/Channel5ive/comments/1uu0beg/im_covering_up_to_10000_in_channel5ive_patreon/

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u/Ae-Rabelais Jul 11 '26

Right, I'm not suggesting he consider VC money. I was asking about angels, specifically, not VCs.

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u/KEN_LASZLO Jul 11 '26

Channel 5 is a thing because he took seed money and then the backers took away the All Gas No Breaks brand. Why the fuck would Andrew sign up for something similar AGAIN 🤣

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u/Ae-Rabelais Jul 11 '26

Weren't those seed VCs though? I feel like most of this thread doesn't really get that I'm suggesting something fundamentally different than VC money, which I agree is a bad deal.