Funding for Creators Who Dream Bigger: Why Chisos is the Growth Partner You Need
Turn content into a business with funding made for creators. Keep control, get capital fast, and scale your brand with Chisos.
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In today’s economic landscape, early-stage founders, athletes, and creators often face a familiar challenge. You’re building something real. You’ve got users, partners, and traction. But the check hasn’t landed yet. When traditional capital drags its feet, even the most promising ventures can stall. That’s where Chisos comes in. We offer a funding model designed for those moving fast at the intersection of culture, creativity, and business.
For James Jones Jr., founder and CEO of Bump www.usebump.com, that moment came when his company had momentum but needed one more piece to unlock institutional investment. This is the story of how Bump leveraged Chisos to close their round and keep building.
The creator economy is no longer a niche. It’s a powerful, fast-growing industry where content meets commerce and social influence fuels entire business models. Companies like Bump are building financial tools that empower creators to scale. They do this through valuations, underwriting, and access to credit that traditional banks aren’t equipped to handle.
Bump provides financial tools for YouTube, Snap, and Instagram content creators, a class of professionals often misunderstood by traditional financial institutions. The platform helps creators realize undiscovered revenue opportunities and understand their market value.
Bump is based in Los Angeles and is backed by top venture investors, including H/L Ventures, Plug and Play, Sixty8 Capital, Snap, Connetic Ventures, Expert Dojo Ventures, Meridian Capital, Heirloom Ventures, and Symphonic Capital. The company has partnerships with leading companies such as Mastercard and Visa.
Yet for all the cultural cachet creators hold, early capital remains difficult to secure. Institutional investors often hesitate. Traditional venture paths can be slow, biased toward Silicon Valley networks, and inflexible in structure.
That’s what makes Chisos different. We designed the investment process to offer fast, flexible funding for high-potential individuals and startups at moments when belief and speed matter more than benchmarks and board seats.
James Jones Jr. launched Bump in Los Angeles to address a massive gap in the market: helping creators build wealth. Bump offers real-time market valuations and underwriting support to unlock automated lines of credit for creators, working with powerhouse partners like Mastercard, Visa, and Snap.
The company had already made significant progress. They were in strategic conversations. They had institutional VC interest. But they hadn’t yet received the final commitments they needed to close the round.
They were exactly the kind of company Chisos looks to support. Mission-driven. Creative. Already in motion.
Bump’s journey mirrors a familiar challenge in the startup world. You have strong signals, positive conversations, and commitments in principle; but the actual funds haven’t hit your account. That final check can be the hardest to secure.
James Jones, Bump’s founder, put it plainly:
"Chisos Capital... helped us close our last round. We have a number of institutional VCs that invested in that round, and essentially Chisos was the final check in that round."
Chisos’s unique position in both the creator and financial ecosystems made them more than just a source of capital. Their investment provided a strategic boost at exactly the right moment, helping Bump convert momentum into meaningful traction and close the round.
Chisos is built on a simple insight: traditional funding models don’t serve today’s modern builders. Whether it’s creator-led startups, athlete-founders, or solo entrepreneurs, many of the most innovative operators fall outside the conventional VC mold. Yet they’re generating real value; fast, lean, and creatively.
Bump tapped into Chisos at a pivotal moment in their journey.
Our investment model is tailored for founders with traction but without access to traditional capital. You don’t need to be at Series A. You don’t need a polished cap table or a warm VC intro. What you need is clarity, momentum, and a capital partner who sees potential over pedigree.
We’ve seen this approach unlock outcomes across industries. In Bump’s case, the Chisos investment helped validate other commitments and catalyzed the close of their round. When capital meets momentum at the right moment, great things accelerate.
At Chisos, we want to support the creator economy. We partner with founders who are shaping the future of culture, commerce, and capital. Whether you’re building tools for creators, launching a platform for athletes, or growing an impact-first brand, we offer something unique.
Here’s why our model works:
For Bump, that made all the difference.
“Because we are at the intersection of the Creator economy and fintech, and [Chisos’s] expertise is working with creators and athletes and entertainers, they were a perfect fit for our company.”
If you’re building in a space where culture meets innovation and you’re looking for more than just capital, we’d love to talk. Chisos exists for this very reason: to help you fund your next milestone with confidence.
Whether you’re in early partnership talks, courting VCs, or simply need a sign of momentum to bring others along, Chisos can be that spark. We’re ready to believe in you, before everyone else catches on.
