Hearst Ventures

Hearst Ventures

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Overview

Hearst Ventures makes strategic investments in companies operating at the intersection of media, information and technology. Starting with its investment in Netscape in 1995, Hearst Ventures has grown to become one of the most active and successful corporate venture funds. Hearst Ventures is global investment group with offices in NYC, London, Beijing and Tel-Aviv. Notable investments include Via Transportation, Buzzfeed, Roku, Sling Media, HootSuite, Brightcove, E Ink, Pandora, and XM Satellite Radio. Hearst Ventures (www.hearstventures.com) is a unit of Hearst, one of the nation’s largest diversified media and information companies.

Highlights

Founded

1995

Industry

Information Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

173

Lead Investment

30

Exits

46

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed

Investor Type

Corporate Venture Capital

Location

New York, New York, United States, North America

Contact Information

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Hearst Ventures, established in 1995 and headquartered in New York, New York, United States, North America., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed investments across Mobile, Advertising, Brand Marketing, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Banking, Publishing, Video, Content. The organization boasts a portfolio of 174 investments, with an average round size of $25.8M and 46 successful exits. Their recent investments include Jingle Networks, Goldman Sachs, Surphace, Trident Capital, Pandora. The highest investment round they participated in was $384.1B. Among their most notable exits are Jingle Networks and Goldman Sachs. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace David Famolari

David Famolari

Managing Director

imagePlace Ken Bronfin

Ken Bronfin

Senior Managing Director

imagePlace Scott English

Scott English

Senior Managing Director, Head of US Investments

imagePlace Darcy Frisch

Darcy Frisch

Managing Director & Vice President

imagePlace Megumi Ikeda

Megumi Ikeda

Managing Director, Europe

imagePlace Edward P. Zebrowski

Edward P. Zebrowski

Finance Director

Investment portfolio

Hearst Ventures has made 173 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 28, 2024, when tvScientific raised $9.4M.

Hearst Ventures has made 29 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jun 24, 2024, when BoxedUp raised $2.8M.

investments

173

Diversity investments

29

Lead investments

30

Number of exits

46

Investments

173

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Feb 21, 2024
Loora Loora
E-Learning12.0M
Feb 28, 2024
tvScientific tvScientific
Internet9.4M
Apr 15, 2024
Snappy Snappy
Enterprise Software25.0M
Jun 24, 2024
BoxedUp BoxedUp
Marketplace2.8M

Exits

46

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

173

Investors

0

Funds

1

Funding Rounds

173

Hearst Ventures has raised 173 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 24, 2024 from a Seed Round - BoxedUp round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Feb 21, 2024
Series A - Loora Series A - Loora
-12.0M-
Feb 28, 2024
Convertible Note - tvScientific Convertible Note - tvScientific
-9.4M-
Apr 15, 2024
Series D - Snappy Series D - Snappy
-25.0M-
Jun 24, 2024
Seed Round - BoxedUp Seed Round - BoxedUp
-2.8M-

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
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1.0M

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