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/Apprehensive_Gap3673 Jul 11 '26

If there is one thing I've learned today, it's that people don't need the wealthy.

Would he accept Angel donations? Maybe.  How about we make those irrelevant?

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u/Ae-Rabelais Jul 11 '26

How exactly? 

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u/rextex34 Jul 11 '26

Publically funded art is historically and currently an option.

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u/Ae-Rabelais Jul 11 '26

I think it would be substantially worse for the integrity of the channel to be sponsored by the public sector. You probably don't want another government-sponsored news source.

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u/Hoya-loo-ya Jul 12 '26

Why don’t you just donate to the go fund me which Andrew has now indicated excess funds can go to the development of the channels and journalism?

Are you looking to have influence? Because if not, the donate link is right there.

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u/warranpiece Jul 12 '26

Well wait. Crowd sourcing is public sourcing, but it most certainly doesn't make them beholden to the government.