# Hal Philipp

> Hal Philipp is a seed investor at Meridian Growth Capital (Zürich) backing News and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Meridian Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meridian-growth-capital)
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Hal Philipp is a seed investor at Meridian Growth Capital in Zürich focused on News and SaaS. Hal Philipp - Principal Partner @ Meridian Growth Capital

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NewsWhip | NewsWhip is the world's most comprehensive content discovery and analytics database. Their suite of products give customers the ability to predict which stories will be important today, and understand how to create successful content over the long term.NewsWhip serves over 500 of the world's leading publishers, brands and agencies,including: Reebok, the Washington Post, Conde Nast, Google, MasterCard, BuzzFeed, Time Inc., and more. NewsWhip Spike is their real-time, predictive content discovery dashboard — offering a one-stop view of what's important across both the web and 5 social networks. Spike is the only tool that discovers stories within 2 minutes of publishing, and predicts their spread across social.NewsWhip Analytics is a database of how audiences have engaged with stories across every social network over the long term. NewsWhip customers use Analytics to benchmark how they stack up against competitors and track engagement trends around events and seasons. | $1.1M | Seed | Sep 12, 2013 |  |
| NewsWhip | NewsWhip is the world's most comprehensive content discovery and analytics database. Their suite of products give customers the ability to predict which stories will be important today, and understand how to create successful content over the long term.NewsWhip serves over 500 of the world's leading publishers, brands and agencies,including: Reebok, the Washington Post, Conde Nast, Google, MasterCard, BuzzFeed, Time Inc., and more. NewsWhip Spike is their real-time, predictive content discovery dashboard — offering a one-stop view of what's important across both the web and 5 social networks. Spike is the only tool that discovers stories within 2 minutes of publishing, and predicts their spread across social.NewsWhip Analytics is a database of how audiences have engaged with stories across every social network over the long term. NewsWhip customers use Analytics to benchmark how they stack up against competitors and track engagement trends around events and seasons. |  | Angel | Jul 09, 2012 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AIB Seed Capital Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aib-seed-capital-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Meridian Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meridian-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Meridian Growth Capital

VC Fund · Southampton, United Kingdom

Meridian Growth Capital was established in 2009 and is an early stage investment fund focused on supporting ambitious management teams and exciting products. Meridian often invest in engaged client businesses across a wide range of sectors that fit their criteria. Their aim is to add value and expertise to companies and assist them through applyingtheir “next step thinking” in achieving their growth objectives, with the ultimate goal of assisting with a profitable exit at the right time.They typically invest between £50,000 and £500,000 and focus on backing dynamic and proven management teams. They do not ask for any control in the business and usually take a minority stake. If appropriate, they will take a Board position and have an enviable track record assisting in the delivery of significant shareholder value by becoming more involved and gaining a more in depth understanding of your business. Don’t take their word for it, they have several early and late stage companies, as well as investments that they have exited that demonstrate that working with Meridian has been game changing.

2 contacts available at Meridian Growth Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hal Philipp | Principal Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hal-philipp |
| Darren Thompson | Principal Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darren-thompson-3877 |

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## FAQ

### What does Hal Philipp invest in?

Hal Philipp invests primarily in News, SaaS and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hal Philipp last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hal Philipp closed in Sep 2013. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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