[3] CNN intended to invest in the company and create a new brand focused on a young audience.
At TechCrunch, in May 2016, Neistat informed that they had raised a total of US$6M and had 11 full-time employees (10 technical, 1 responsible for social media).
Beme's current team will retain full creative control of the new project which is scheduled to release in the summer of 2017.
[10] Beme has brought on the host of Vsauce 3, Jake Roper, as Head of Production.
[12][13] A YouTube channel titled Beme News made content until August 2019.