A profile of LA-based Whatnot, a livestream marketplace valued at ~$5B, which has raised $700M+ since 2019 and expects its GMV to grow 100%+ YoY to $6B+ in 2025 (Jason Del Rey/Fortune)

Jason Del Rey / Fortune: A profile of LA-based Whatnot, a livestream marketplace valued at ~$5B, which has raised $700M+ since 2019 and expects its GMV to grow 100%+ YoY to $6B+ in 2025  —  On a Wednesday night in early June, Rene Nezhoda leaned back in a Secretlab gaming chair, fiddled with a computer keyboard …

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A profile of LA-based Whatnot, a livestream marketplace valued at ~$5B, which has raised $700M+ since 2019 and expects its GMV to grow 100%+ YoY to $6B+ in 2025 (Jason Del Rey/Fortune)

Jason Del Rey / Fortune:
A profile of LA-based Whatnot, a livestream marketplace valued at ~$5B, which has raised $700M+ since 2019 and expects its GMV to grow 100%+ YoY to $6B+ in 2025  —  On a Wednesday night in early June, Rene Nezhoda leaned back in a Secretlab gaming chair, fiddled with a computer keyboard …