# Graham Holdings

> Graham Holdings is a VC fund backing Media and Entertainment and Advertising. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Arlington, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/graham-holdings-company
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/grahamholdings
- Website: http://www.ghco.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grahamholdingscompany

Graham Holdings is a VC fund in Arlington focused on Media and Entertainment and Advertising. Graham Holdings Company delivers quality products and services to today’s students, viewers, customers and advertisers. It owns magazines Slate and Foreign Policy, several local TV stations and other businesses.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Media and Entertainment | 6 | 33% |
| Advertising | 5 | 28% |
| Podcast | 4 | 22% |
| Publishing | 3 | 17% |
| Digital Media | 3 | 17% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 39% |
| Seed | 4 | 22% |
| Series B | 2 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 11% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 83% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nicole M. Maddrey | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicole-m-maddrey |
| Stacey Halota | Vice President, Information Security & Privacy | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stacey-halota |
| Tim O'Shaughnessy | President, Founder & CEO | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-oshaughnessy |
| Andrew S. Rosen | Vice President | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-s--rosen |
| Anthony Lyddane | Vice President–Tax | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-lyddane |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PodRoll | PodRoll increases podcast consumption by driving listeners to their next episode With relevant recommendations delivered right in the listening context, the audience listens on to discover new and engaging podcasts. |  | Seed | Mar 13, 2023 |  |
| N2K Networks | N2K Networks provides a stream of news and information to professionals and businesses. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Fulton, Maryland, United States. | $5.4M | Series A | Oct 26, 2022 |  |
| Reach Mobile | Reach Mobile is a no-contract wireless service with a social impact on the nation & largest and most reliable 4G LTE networks. Check phone carrier compatibility with a simple mobile IMEI check. This lets you know right away if you can switch to Reach Mobile. Check phone carrier compatibility with a simple mobile IMEI check. This lets you knowright away if you can switch to Reach Mobile. Reach Mobile's plans start at $20 for 1GB with unlimited talk and text. Our Best Fit pricing plan ensures your plan matches your USA. | $8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 06, 2022 |  |
| Clasp.com | Stride Funding (AlmaPact Inc.) is a mission-driven company focused on enabling debt-free lives for students, by supplementing student loans with flexible income sharing agreements. Unlike student loans that lock students into a single rigid payment, Stride’s payments rise and fall with a student’s income so that payments are always affordable. Thecompany has been recognized as a visionary leader by FinTech analysts for its efforts on income protection and career support. Stride was created by students, for students, aiming to change student lives for the better. The company has been recognized by Harvard and MIT as a top new venture. Stride has received venture investments from GSV Accelerate, Slow Ventures, Sinai Ventures and Pear VC; and its strategic investors include Strada Education. Its advisors include serial entrepreneurs, Doug Levin and Tina Sharkey. Fund your Future, Find your Stride! | $12M | Series A | Dec 02, 2021 |  |
| Rize | Rize creates customer-centric financial solutions for fintechs, incumbents, and non-financial brands. Rize was founded on October 4, 2015. | $11.4M | Series A | Sep 28, 2021 |  |
| Podsights | Podsights builds the tools to take podcast advertising from guesswork to a science. Podsights provides modern reporting that digital marketers expect. No more emailing download numbers, audio files and screenshots of admin screens. Podsights Analytics provides realtime downloads, air checks and placement transcripts. |  |  | Mar 23, 2021 |  |
| Podsights | Podsights builds the tools to take podcast advertising from guesswork to a science. Podsights provides modern reporting that digital marketers expect. No more emailing download numbers, audio files and screenshots of admin screens. Podsights Analytics provides realtime downloads, air checks and placement transcripts. | $4M | Seed | Mar 23, 2021 |  |
| Realm | Serial Box is an entertainment company that provides serialized entertainment for readers and listeners. The company creates short, immersive stories that you can listen to or read. They produce completely original series and tell official new stories around story worlds like BBC's Orphan Black and characters like Marvel's Black Pantherand Jessica Jones.Serial Box is designed for consumption on smartphones in either an audiobook or e-book format, users can read or listen to each weekly episodic installment. It produces original fiction with a focus on science fiction, fantasy, mystery, crime, and thrillers. The users can use the Serial Box mobile app to access both audio and text and even toggle between them.Serial Box was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States |  | Series A | Jan 29, 2020 |  |
| Framebridge | Framebridge is a custom framing startup that provides an online custom framing service. The company has tackled the painful, inconvenient and costly process of custom framing an item, replacing it with an experience that places the customer first. Through a tech-forward experience and an obsessive focus on quality and materials, they haveintroduced a new generation of customers to the tradition of custom manufacturing.Framebridge customers can choose from a curated selection of on-trend frame styles, then upload their photos to the Framebridge website, or ship their items directly to Framebridge in prepaid packaging. The expert team at Framebridge will receive their items and handcraft beautiful custom frames to each customer's exact specifications. The finished pieces ship directly to consumers, arriving in days, ready to hang. Framebridge's transparent pricing, which is determined by the size of each item, begins at $39 and includes free shipping.Framebridge launched in 2014 as a solution to founder Susan Tynan’s ongoing frustration over getting her travel art custom framed. Framebridge investors include New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Revolution Ventures, and SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, as well as seasoned retail and technology executives with industry experience at Crate & Barrel, Rent the Runway, and LivingSocial.The company is headquartered in Washington, DC and operates manufacturing facilities in Richmond, KY, and Lanham, MD. | $15M | Series C | Apr 25, 2019 |  |
| SpokenLayer | SpokenLayer is a digital audio creative studio, specializing in custom, high-quality, and short-form content. | $4.8M | Series A | Mar 01, 2019 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1745 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Aglaé Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aglae-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alpha Edison](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-edison) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The New York Times](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newyorktimes) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [North Base Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/north-base-media) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Red & Blue Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-blue-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Graham Holdings invest in?

Graham Holdings invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, Advertising and Podcast startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Graham Holdings?

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### Who are the partners at Graham Holdings?

The team at Graham Holdings includes Nicole M. Maddrey (Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary), Stacey Halota (Vice President, Information Security & Privacy) and Tim O'Shaughnessy (President, Founder & CEO), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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