# Dow Jones

> Dow Jones is a VC fund in New York backing Internet and Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/dow-jones
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/DowJones
- Website: http://www.dowjones.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dowjones

Dow Jones is a global news and business information provider that delivers content to consumers and organizations via newspapers, websites, apps, video, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, conferences, and radio. It conducts large news-gathering operations with the help of its 2,000 journalists in more than 50 countries, including TheWall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by total average circulation.Dow Jones & Co.’s premier brands include Barron’s, MarketWatch, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones VentureSource, and DJX. In 1987, The Ticker, a real-time newswire and the fundamental source for news in the investment community, was announced and Barron’s, America’s premier financial weekly was founded in 1921.The company’s information services publish in 13 languages and distribute content in 28 languages, combining technology with news and data to support business decision making. It is now serving its users through its paid online news site no matter where there, via web, mobile devices, Internet-connected televisions, and tablets.Dow Jones & Co. was founded in 1882.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Dow Jones. Shizune tracks 14 team members at Dow Jones. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/dow-jones?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Analytics | 1 | 25% |
| Automotive | 1 | 25% |
| Data Center | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Almar Latour | CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/almar-latour |
| Christopher Ellis | Head of Asia-Pacific, Partnerships & Licensing | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-ellis |
| Danielle Lacombe | Client Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danielle-lacombe-c520 |
| David Arnold | ​Product Strategy Director, Data & Integration Services | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-arnold-97e8 |
| Edward Roussel | Head - Consumer Products | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edward-roussel |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ripjar | Ripjar is a data intelligence platform company whose mission is to provide corporates and institutions with the most advanced data and analytics solutions to protect themselves in real-time from evolving risks that threaten their growth, prosperity, and value.Founded by former members of the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ),Ripjar develops software products that combine automation, artificial intelligence, and data visualization to help companies solve the most complex risk and security management problems at scale.Ripjar was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. |  | Private Equity | Nov 08, 2024 |  |
| Ripjar | Ripjar is a data intelligence platform company whose mission is to provide corporates and institutions with the most advanced data and analytics solutions to protect themselves in real-time from evolving risks that threaten their growth, prosperity, and value.Founded by former members of the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ),Ripjar develops software products that combine automation, artificial intelligence, and data visualization to help companies solve the most complex risk and security management problems at scale.Ripjar was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. |  | Private Equity | Jan 05, 2023 |  |
| Eco-Movement | Eco-Movement is an independent data provider of charging stations for electric vehicles that is used to find charging station in a good way. |  | Series A | Dec 12, 2022 |  |
| Sohu.com | Sohu provides a network of community-based, web 2.0 products to millions of Chinese users on a daily basis. Sohu corporate services consist of online brand advertising on its matrix of websites as well as bid listing and home page on its in-house developed search directory and engine. This matrix of Chinese language web properties andproprietary search engines, consists of the mass portal and online media destination sohu.com, interactive search engine sogou.com, the games information portal 17173.com, the real estate website focus.cn, developer and operator of online games www.changyou.com/en/ and online video website tv.sohu.com.It also provides multiple news and information service on mobile platforms, including Sohu News app and mobile news portal WAP.Sohu.com.Sohu's online game subsidiary, Changyou.com has a diverse portfolio of online games that includes Tian Long Ba Bu, a massively multiplayer online games in China, and DDTank and Wartune (also known as Shen Qu), which are two popular web games in China.Sohu.com was established in November 1995 and went public in July 2000. | $2.2M | Series A | Apr 01, 1998 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arches Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arches-capital-1959) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bridford Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bridford-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IDG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Morningside Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningside-venture-partners-edb8) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ponooc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ponooc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Dow Jones invest in?

Dow Jones invests primarily in Internet, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Series A and Private Equity stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Dow Jones?

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### Who are the partners at Dow Jones?

The team at Dow Jones includes Almar Latour (CEO), Christopher Ellis (Head of Asia-Pacific, Partnerships & Licensing) and Danielle Lacombe (Client Partner), among 14 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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