Hearst Communications

Hearst Communications

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Overview

The Hearst Corporation is an American multinational diversified media and information company group that publishes daily and weekly newspapers, and magazines. The company also operates television stations and radio stations, and cable networks; and provides information, insights, analytics, and workflow solutions to finance, healthcare, and transportation markets.

Some of its major ownership interests include 15 daily and 36 weekly newspapers and more than 300 magazines worldwide, including Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, and O, The Oprah Magazine; 30 television stations through Hearst Television, Inc., which reach a combined 19% of U.S. viewers; ownership in leading cable networks, including A+E Networks, and ESPN Inc.; as well as business publishing, digital distribution, television production, newspaper features distribution, and real estate ventures.

The Hearst Corporation was founded in 1887 and is based in New York City.

Highlights

Founded

1887

Industry

Publishing

Employees

10001+

Investment

20

Lead Investment

6

Exits

8

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Corporate Venture Capital

Location

New York, New York, United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Hearst Communications, established in 1887 and headquartered in New York, New York, United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture investments across Gaming, Social, Apps, Financial Services, Venture Capital, FinTech, Finance, E-Commerce, Mobile, Advertising. The organization boasts a portfolio of 20 investments, with an average round size of $26.5M and 8 successful exits. Their recent investments include Diversion, The Tornante Company, TomorrowVentures, Wanderful Media, The Washington Post. The highest investment round they participated in was $35.5B. Among their most notable exits are Diversion and The Tornante Company. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace William Randolph Hearst III

William Randolph Hearst III

Chairman

imagePlace Mike DeLuca

Mike DeLuca

EVP Advertising Sales, Hearst & CEO LocalEdge

imagePlace William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst

Founder

imagePlace Frank Bennack

Frank Bennack

Executive Vice Chairman

imagePlace David Carey

David Carey

President

imagePlace Robert DiGioia

Robert DiGioia

Creative Director

Investment portfolio

Hearst Communications has made 20 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 22, 2019, when iflix raised $50.0M.

Hearst Communications has made 6 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jan 01, 2018, when TRENCH raised $1.0M.

investments

20

Diversity investments

6

Lead investments

6

Number of exits

8

Investments

20

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Sep 20, 2017--75.0M
Jan 01, 2018
TRENCH TRENCH
Virtual Currency1.0M
Jul 22, 2019
iflix iflix
Internet50.0M
Jan 01, 2021
Inrupt Inrupt
Information Servicesnull

Exits

8

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

20

Investors

0

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

20

Hearst Communications has raised 20 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 01, 2021 from a Series A - Inrupt round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Sep 20, 2017
Venture Round - M2Gen Venture Round - M2Gen
-75.0M-
Jan 01, 2018
Seed Round - TRENCH Seed Round - TRENCH
-1.0M-
Jul 22, 2019
Corporate Round - iflix Corporate Round - iflix
-50.0M-
Jan 01, 2021
Series A - Inrupt Series A - Inrupt
-0-

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
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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