ESPN

ESPN

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Overview

ESPN is a multinational and multimedia sports entertainment company that features a wide collection of multimedia sports assets. It features sports assets with over 50 business entities.

The company’s sports media assets include ESPN on ABC; six domestic cable television networks, including ESPN, ESPN2 ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes, and ESPNU; ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD; ESPN Regional Television; ESPN International which includes 31 international networks and syndication; ESPN Radio; ESPN.com; ESPN The Magazine; ESPN Enterprises; ESPN Zones; ESPN360.com, ESPN Mobile Properties; ESPN On Demand; ESPN Interactive; and ESPN PPV.

ESPN is 80 percent owned by ABC, Inc. and 20 percent by The Hearst Corporation.

ESPN was founded in 1979 and is based in Bristol, Connecticut.

Highlights

Founded

1979

Industry

Sports

Employees

5001-10000

Investment

5

Lead Investment

1

Exits

1

Stages

Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

N/A

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

ESPN, established in 1979 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Late Stage Venture investments across Cloud Computing, Information Technology, Software, SaaS, Digital Marketing, Venture Capital, FinTech, Biopharma, Impact Investing, Media and Entertainment. The organization boasts a portfolio of 5 investments, with an average round size of $59.0M and 1 successful exits. Their recent investments include Active Network, Canaan Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity, Performance Equity Management, Enterprise Partners. The highest investment round they participated in was $34.4B. Among their most notable exits are Active Network and Canaan Partners. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Inna Kern

Inna Kern

VP, Media Strategy and Planning

imagePlace John Kosner

John Kosner

Executive VP, ESPN Digital & Print Media

imagePlace Todd Blackledge

Todd Blackledge

Lead Analyst

imagePlace April Schiffman

April Schiffman

Senior Director, Global Digital Ad Operations

imagePlace Patrick Hoffman

Patrick Hoffman

Manager Remote Production Operations

imagePlace Mitra Kaboli

Mitra Kaboli

Producer/Sound Designer

Investment portfolio

ESPN has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Sep 12, 2008, when Active Network raised $92.3M.

investments

5

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

1

Number of exits

1

Investments

5

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Aug 30, 2007
Active Network Active Network
Cloud Computing65.7M
Aug 27, 2008
Active Network Active Network
Cloud Computing80.0M
Sep 12, 2008
Active Network Active Network
Cloud Computing92.3M
Apr 03, 2018--2.2M

Exits

1

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

5

Investors

0

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

5

ESPN has raised 5 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 03, 2018 from a Venture Round - TRUSTX round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Aug 30, 2007
Series E - Active Network Series E - Active Network
-65.7M-
Aug 27, 2008
Venture Round - Active Network Venture Round - Active Network
-80.0M-
Sep 12, 2008
Series F - Active Network Series F - Active Network
-92.3M-
Apr 03, 2018
Venture Round - TRUSTX Venture Round - TRUSTX
-2.2M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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