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Live Nation Urban launches Black History Month event series (IQ Magazine)

The month-long Afro Renaissance series will showcase and amplify Black artists working within the comedy, poetry and live music spheres.

Black dance culture has always played an integral part in the way Black people express themselves. This mixer will also feature a live performance by Zoney Sound, a Black-owned music collective based in the DMV/Baltimore area. The series, Afro-Renaissance, will showcase and amplify Black artists working within the comedy, poetry and live music spheres.

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Following exit to Live Nation, Universe founders secure $10.8 ... (BetaKit)

Peggy, an social online marketplace for contemporary art, has launched its platform and unveiled $10.8 million CAD in funding.

The startup also said that artists on the platform have been featured in museums like the Venice Biennale, Centre Pompidou, MOCA Geffen, and Louvre Abu Dhabi. “For the first time ever, collectors can buy art with the flexibility to sell it on the other side, should they one day need to rehome the artwork,” said Follett, who is leading Peggy as CEO. Peggy claims that it has partnered with 30 contemporary art galleries for its launch, including Art Basel, NADA, Liste and Zona Maco. A spokesperson for Peggy confirmed with BetaKit that the round closed “at the end of 2022” and was led by Real Ventures, with participation from ZVC, Garage Capital, Portage, and Nomad Capital. [selling](https://betakit.com/universe-acquired-by-ticketmaster/) their social ticketing platform, Universe, to Live Nation Entertainment, serial entrepreneurs Craig Follett and Adam Meghji are back and targeting the art market with another Toronto-based startup. Harding, former president of the Art Gallery of Ontario’s board of trustees, and David Marcus, executive VP of global music at Ticketmaster, among others.

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