# Charles F. Dolan

> Charles F. Dolan is a seed investor in Cleveland backing Publishing and News. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Cleveland, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2016
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Oct 2026

Charles F. Dolan is a seed investor in Cleveland focused on Publishing and News. CHARLES F. DOLAN, 88, Director of the Company since 1985. Chairman of the Company since 1985. Executive Chairman of AMC Networks Inc. since June 2011. Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1985 to October 1995. Founded and acted as the General Partner of the Company’s predecessor from 1973 to 1985. Established Manhattan Cable Television in1961 and Home Box Office in 1971. He serves as a director of AMC Networks Inc. and The Madison Square Garden Company. Charles F. Dolan is the father of James L. Dolan, Kathleen M. Dolan, Patrick F. Dolan, Thomas C. Dolan, Deborah Dolan-Sweeney and Marianne Dolan Weber, the father-in-law of Kristin A. Dolan and Brian G. Sweeney, the brother-in-law of Edward C. Atwood and the uncle of Paul J. Dolan.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $350k–$5.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Publishing | 2 | 50% |
| News | 1 | 25% |
| Books | 1 | 25% |
| EBooks | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zola Books | Zola Books powers The Everywhere Store and Bookish Recommends - enabling discovery and retail of every book in every format everywhere. | $3.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 10, 2016 | http://www.zolabooks.com |
| Sweigh | Sweigh is a real-time social sentiment platform reinventing how online publishers and bloggers interact with their readers. Our patent-pending technology transforms static content into interactive conversation that increases engagement & time spent, generates higher click-through rates, organizes user sentiment and drives social shares. POLLSPROVIDE DATA. COMMENTS PROVIDE FEEDBACK. Sweigh combines both, by letting your readers vote and weigh in on what matters to them. We make comments more interactive and engaging while collecting detailed behavioral, demographic, geographic and interest data. You can copy our free widget code at www.sweigh.com/widgets | $350K | Seed | Aug 15, 2015 | http://www.sweigh.com |
| Zola Books | Zola Books powers The Everywhere Store and Bookish Recommends - enabling discovery and retail of every book in every format everywhere. | $5.5M | Seed | Oct 02, 2013 | http://www.zolabooks.com |
| Crimson Hexagon | Crimson Hexagon helps global brands better understand their consumers. With instant access to the world’s largest volume of unstructured text and images across social, online public, and enterprise-held data sources, Crimson Hexagon’s AI-powered consumer insights platform allows clients to analyze audiences, track brand perception and campaignperformance, and even detect competitive and market trends. Their clients include Anheuser-Busch InBev, Adidas, General Mills, Paramount Pictures, Starbucks, and Twitter. |  | Series B |  | http://crimsonhexagon.com |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kelson Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelson-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Charles F. Dolan invest in?

Charles F. Dolan invests primarily in Publishing, News and Books startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Charles F. Dolan's check size?

Charles F. Dolan typically joins rounds of $350k–$5.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Charles F. Dolan participates in.

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### When did Charles F. Dolan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Charles F. Dolan closed in Mar 2016. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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