Hearst Ventures is a global venture capital firm that is a unit of Hearst Communications. It was founded in 1995 in the Greater New York Area. Hearst Communications is one of US’s largest diversified media and information companies.
Through the years, it has made strategic investments in companies that focus on media, information and technology. Since it invested in Netscape in 1995, Hearst Ventures has grown to become one of the most active and successful corporate venture companies.
Hearst Ventures is a 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. It has more than $1 billion invested as of 2019.
Timeline
Funded Companies
BuzzFeed is digital media and technology company delivering news and entertainment content.
An artificial intelligence and cybersecurity company offering cognitive computing analytics for the information technology, operational technology, and the internet of things (IoT) industries.
Zendrive is a smartphone-based data analytics and transportation safety platform.
Artemis Health is a Salt Lake City-based company founded in 2013.
Liulishuo is an artificial intelligence driven education technology company helping users to learn English.
DroneBase is a Santa Monica, California-based logistics company founded by Eli Tamanaha.
Duality Technologies Inc. is a company founded in 2016 by Alon Kaufman.
People
David Famolari
Managing Director
Edward P. Zebrowski Scott
Finance Director
Gil Canaani
Director, Hearst Ventures Israel
Katie Hu
Director, Hearst Ventures China
Ken Bronfin
Senior Managing Director
Megumi Ikeda
Managing Director, Hearst Ventures Europe
Scott English
Senior Managing Director, Head of US Investments
Scott English
Senior Managing Director, Head of US Investments
Teia Negoita
Associate
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
3D Hubs
Cogito Corporation
Duality
FreightWaves
GeoPhy
Share2
Signal AI
SparkCognition
The Plum Guide
Zendrive
