Hearst Ventures Overview
Hearst Ventures is the strategic investment arm of Hearst, one of the worlds largest diversified media, information and services companies. Since 1995, the Hearst Ventures team has invested globally over $1 billion in companies such as Broadcast.com, BuzzFeed, GeoPhy, HootSuite, LingoChamp (Liulishuo), Netscape, Otonomo, Pandora, Roku, Via and XM Satellite Radio. Hearst investments were initially U.S.-focused and mostly at the intersection of media and technology. However today its global team, with partners based in New York, London, Tel Aviv and Beijing, invests in early-stage category leaders across a range of verticals including business intelligence (AI) tools, e-commerce, service marketplaces, transportation/mobility, enterprise software, supply chain/logistics, insurance tech, real-estate tech and legal tech. Hearst Ventures invest, on average, between $2 and $10 million in roughly 1012 new companies each year. The firm typically invest across series A through C, and deploy a global fund strategy to find best-of-breed businesses across all their areas of interest. Hearst Ventures is first and foremost a financially-driven investment arm. Hearst Ventures focus its investments on areas that are strategic or may become strategic for Hearst in the future.
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| Website | www.hearst.com/ventures |
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30 Panton Street, London, UK
300 West 57th Street, New York, NY, USA
Beijing, China
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| BI Verification | Jenny Sotnik-Talisman |
| Registrar ID | 515550598 |
| Crunchbase | hearst-interactive-media |
| Creator | Yotam Maman |
| Creator email | yotamm1988@gmail.com |
| Last updater | Ayelet Levi Shinebox |
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| Last update | 2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z |
| Created | 2019-05-27T00:00:00.000Z |