# Dirt

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/dirt

- Industry: Media
- Headquarters: San Francisco, US
- Total disclosed funding: $1.2M
- Latest round: Seed (May 9, 2022)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Founded in 2021 by Kyle Chayka and Daisy Alioto and based in California, US, Study Hall LLC, trading under the name Dirt, operates as an entertainment and culture newsletter company that sustains its media ecosystem through a non-fungible token (NFT) to cover crypto topics. In May 2022, Study Hall LLC raised USD 1.2 million in seed funding led by Collab+Currency Management, LLC, with participation from Flamingo DAO, LLC, Offline Ventures, Oteo Capital, Spice Capital, and Unicorn Ventures.

The company offers a daily newsletter on topics like streaming, TikTok, video games, Web3, and many more.

The topics covered by dirt include suburban girlhood, Sally Rooney’s style, Dimes Square, BeReal, NFT status symbols, affirmation memes, context collapse, Harry Styles and City Pop, ambient Twitch streams, Dark Academia, virtual fashion, movies with too much backstory, The Sims, Nora Ephron’s interiors, Elden Ring, and many more.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, May 9, 2022, $1.2M — Oteo Capital, Offline Ventures, Collab+Currency Management, Spice Capital, Flamingo DAO, LLC, Unicorn Ventures

## Investors

- Oteo Capital — Seed
- Offline Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/offline-ventures) — Seed
- Collab+Currency Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/collab-currency-management) — Seed
- Spice Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/spice-capital) — Seed
- Flamingo DAO, LLC — Seed
- Unicorn Ventures — Seed