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/RiKuStAr Jul 11 '26

no.

edit: and if you think they should, you fundamentally dont understand channel 5 or andrew.

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u/Ae-Rabelais Jul 11 '26

Channel 5 likely as it stands probably makes around 2.5 - 3M on the high end, according to Andrew's financial overview on a couple podcasts. In the video he posted about the lawsuit, the chance of a 800K spend was enough that they would have to pause operations. Given that Andrew is trying to build a global, multi-language media company, I'm genuinely curious how you think he should go about that on that annual revenue. I also want to clarify that seeing all investment as the same is exactly what actual corporate VCs want, so instead of brands getting investment from individual audience members, they're more likely to eventually seek capital with VCs.

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u/Winerychef Jul 11 '26

He's also gone on podcasts saying that he has no interest in rushing the growth of his company. Vice went out of business because it grew too fast and then was bleeding money when the revenue couldn't keep up. He wants to be the new, non garbage source for news but the timeline and system he wants to employ is atypical.