# Guardian Media Group

> Guardian Media Group is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 29%
- Fund size: $57M
- Last fund: Oct 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/102206
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/guardian
- Website: https://www.theguardian.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theguardian/

Guardian Media Group is a VC fund in London focused on Artificial Intelligence and Analytics. GMG is a leading multimedia business. The diverse portfolio includes national and regional newspapers, websites, radio stations, magazines and B2B media. Our flagship is the Guardian newspaper and website. GMG is wholly owned by the Scott Trust.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 43% |
| Analytics | 2 | 29% |
| Education | 2 | 29% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 29% |
| B2B | 1 | 14% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 29% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series D | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 71% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carolyn McCall | Chief Executive | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carolyn-mccall |
| Chris Clarke | Art Director, Senior Art Director, and Deputy Creative Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-clarke-5 |
| Ian Michael Turner | Freelance Contributor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-michael-turner |
| Annette Thomas | Chief Executive | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annette-thomas |
| C. P. Scott | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c-p-scott |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kyra | Kyra is a global creator economy company bridging the gap between brands and TikTok creators. We are a team of creators at our core, producing best-in-class social content geared for Gen-Z while accelerating a world for creators to do the same with ease. The company encompasses Kyra Originals, originally produced TikTok channels reaching morethan 13M monthly viewers; Kyra Profile, a Gen Z creator incubator program; Kyra Studios, a production studio creating social content on behalf of brands; and a brand new product offering coming soon.Kyra works with a diverse slate of creators including Abby Roberts, Iconicakes, and Nintendo Grl, and global blue-chip brands such as Nike, Converse, Levi’s, Calvin Klein and more. Learn more at Kyra.com.Kyra has fostered a dynamic work environment, creating a culture for a diverse and creative team with innovative ideas driving the business, and creator economy, forward into the future. If interested in a role, please apply! | $15M | Series A | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Chatterbox | A corporate language learning platform that uniquely offers active practice alongside algorithmically matched native language coaches who share their students' professional backgrounds and interests. On the app, engineers are learning Arabic from engineers and aid workers are learning French from medical doctors and achieving industry toppingcourse completion rates. Chatterbox language coaches are professionals who have become forcibly displaced and are currently undervalued in the labour market. Co-founded by a former refugee and Y Combinator alum, Chatterbox is backed by BGV, All Turtles and WeWork. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| Signal AI | Signal AI is an AI-powered business intelligence and media monitoring company that aggregates, analyses, and provides business leaders with insights into digital, print and broadcast media, news, and regulatory data. Signal AI’s machine learning enables businesses to track their competitive landscape, changes to regulation, and monitor theirreputation—empowering them to make smarter, faster business decisions.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom. | $50M | Series D | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Papercup | Papercup automates large parts of the dubbing process so content owners can localize their videos at scale, faster and at a fraction of the price of traditional methods. Our AI voices are indistinguishable from human's and our human-in-the-loop system means professional translators quality check all voiceovers for utmost accuracy. | $10.5M |  | Dec 10, 2020 |  |
| Kyra | Kyra is a global creator economy company bridging the gap between brands and TikTok creators. We are a team of creators at our core, producing best-in-class social content geared for Gen-Z while accelerating a world for creators to do the same with ease. The company encompasses Kyra Originals, originally produced TikTok channels reaching morethan 13M monthly viewers; Kyra Profile, a Gen Z creator incubator program; Kyra Studios, a production studio creating social content on behalf of brands; and a brand new product offering coming soon.Kyra works with a diverse slate of creators including Abby Roberts, Iconicakes, and Nintendo Grl, and global blue-chip brands such as Nike, Converse, Levi’s, Calvin Klein and more. Learn more at Kyra.com.Kyra has fostered a dynamic work environment, creating a culture for a diverse and creative team with innovative ideas driving the business, and creator economy, forward into the future. If interested in a role, please apply! |  | Seed | Sep 01, 2019 |  |
| Vizual.ai | Vizual.ai is an A.I. content imagery optimization platform that integrates with publisher web pages to drive increased user engagement. The Vizual.ai platform automatically deploys static images and .gif formats for any site imagery including video thumbnails and text based content, increasing publisher click through rates and site monetization.Vizual.ai is the first company to launch from Foundry.ai, the artificial intelligence studio created by industry veterans Jim Manzi and Ned Brody. |  | Seed | Mar 07, 2017 |  |
| Decoded | Decoded is the world’s leading Tech Educator.We support leadership teams with the knowledge, skills and tools they need to digitally transform their organisation.Our Leadership products are designed to rapidly decode the most complex and transformative technologies. Our Digital Transformation Programmes are designed to integrate a Leanapproach to adopting and using technology across an entire organisation.We have delivered Leadership and Digital Transformation Programmes with the world’s largest organisations, in the process teaching over 100,000 people across 85 cities.Our suite of products are delivered both in-person and online. Our first publicly available digital product is Hacksy - a personal cyber security assistant - which we believe is the most valuable product any organisation or individual can buy.SpecialitiesInnovation, Code, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Chat Bots, Storytelling, Cyber Security.HeadquartersLondon, NYC, Sydney, Amsterdam |  |  | Feb 14, 2014 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mercuri](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercuri-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [GMG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmg-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Aberdeen Standard Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aberdeen-standard-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [All Turtles](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allturtles) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Guardian Media Group invest in?

Guardian Media Group invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Analytics and Education startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Guardian Media Group?

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### Who are the partners at Guardian Media Group?

The team at Guardian Media Group includes Carolyn McCall (Chief Executive), Chris Clarke (Art Director, Senior Art Director, and Deputy Creative Director) and Ian Michael Turner (Freelance Contributor), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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