# Hearst Ventures

> Hearst Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Software and SaaS. See 188 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 188
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 16%
- Last fund: May 2015
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hearst-ventures/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/HearstVentures
- Website: http://hearst.com/ventures
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HearstCorp

Hearst Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Software and SaaS. Hearst Ventures makes strategic investments in companies operating at the intersection of media, information, and technology.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3M–$21M |
| Series B | $8M–$55M |
| Series C | $8M–$80M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 26 | 14% |
| SaaS | 12 | 6% |
| Internet | 12 | 6% |
| Advertising | 12 | 6% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 6% |

194 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 39 | 21% |
| Series A | 36 | 19% |
| Series C | 34 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 14 | 7% |
| Series D | 13 | 7% |

15 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 77 | 41% |
| China | 11 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 3% |
| The Netherlands | 4 | 2% |
| Israel | 3 | 2% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Darcy Frisch | Managing Director & Vice President | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darcy-frisch |
| David Famolari | Managing Director | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-famolari |
| Edward P. Zebrowski | Finance Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edward-p-zebrowski |
| Gabby Munoz | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabby-munoz-f307 |
| Gil Canaani | Managing Director & General Manager | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gil-canaani |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seat Unique | Seat Unique is an online marketplace to buy official hospitality packages and VIP tickets to live sports, music, and cultural events. | $26.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 21, 2026 |  |
| Stepful | Stepful is an online learning platform that provides training programs for entry-level healthcare careers such as medical assistant, pharmacy technician, dental assistant, and related roles. It delivers its courses through live, instructor-led virtual classes, interactive assignments, and structured exam preparation for nationally recognizedcertifications. The platform also includes in-person clinical or externship components arranged through partner healthcare providers to help students gain practical experience. Stepful supports learners with additional services such as career coaching, resume preparation, and job search assistance after certification. Overall, it is designed to help students transition into healthcare roles by combining online instruction with hands-on training and employment support. | $55M | Series C | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| Knox | Knox Systems is a provider of security solutions, dedicated to enhancing safety and efficiency for businesses and organizations. With a focus on innovative technology, Knox Systems offers a comprehensive range of products and services, including access control systems, surveillance solutions, and integrated security management. | $25M | Series A | Mar 17, 2026 |  |
| Kargo | Kargo's mission is to build a connective tissue between the physical world of freight and the digital ecosystem used to manage it. Kargo believes that advancements in smart infrastructure are critical to enabling a safer and more efficient future for logistics. Kargo's loading dock sensor platform verifies all incoming and outgoingfreight, aggregating data that enables shippers and carriers to efficiently manage dock operations, switch out suppliers and understand material flow in real time.Kargo was formerly known as Cognisense. It was founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California. | $42M | Series B | Dec 22, 2025 |  |
| Greenshoe | Greenshoe is an AI-powered platform that streamlines SEC disclosure drafting, analysis, and benchmarking for enhanced productivity. | $3M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Sees.ai | At sees.ai we are developing the Operating System that will unlock the safe operation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fleets at national scale.Our eventual aim is unlocking aerial mobility, but our start point in enabling close inspection of industrial assets from the air – radically improving efficiency, safety and environmental impact – whilecapturing performance data that will enable us to evolve and prove the safety of our system.We hold the most advanced UAV permission ever given by the UK Civil Aviation Authority and are currently testing our system with Skanska, Sellafield, HS2, Network Rail, National Grid, amongst others. | $4.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| SEON | SEON is the AI command center for fraud prevention and AML compliance. Thousands of companies worldwide trust us to stop fraud without slowing growth.Our platform powers smarter risk decisions by enriching customer profiles, flagging suspicious behavior and managing compliance workflows all in one place. Unlike competitors relying on stale,third-party data, SEON runs on 900+ proprietary, real-time data signals for broader coverage and higher precision.SEON's AI detects hidden fraud networks, builds rules and drafts suspicious activity reports. Teams can also connect their own AI tools, from ChatGPT to Claude to custom agents, directly to SEON's risk data to build their own agentic investigation workflows.We’re trusted by innovators like Revolut, Wise and thousands of others scaling securely into new products and markets. | $80M | Series C | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| ServiceUp | ServiceUp provides an all-in-one platform designed to streamline and automate vehicle repair management. Its services cater to fleets and insurance carriers, offering features for collision, maintenance, and mechanical repairs. The platform centralizes workflows, provides live repair tracking, and aims to reduce repair cycle times. | $55M | Series B | Jul 09, 2025 |  |
| Basil Systems | Basil’s SaaS platform leverages machine-learning across product, market and regulatory data to provide analytics and insights for medical device and pharmaceutical companies. | $11.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 2025 |  |
| Zeitview | Zeitview is an aerial data analytics platform that provides aerial drone services for energy and infrastructure sectors. Utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning, the company analyzes visual data to provide actionable insights, enhancing asset performance and longevity. Zeitview serves industries such as solar, wind, propertymanagement, telecommunications, and utilities. Their platform delivers fast, accurate inspections, aiming to lower costs and improve operational efficiency. | $60M |  | Mar 05, 2025 |  |

10 of 188 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Hearst Ventures invest in?

Hearst Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Internet startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 188 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 Hearst Ventures's check size?

Hearst Ventures typically joins rounds of $3M–$21M at Series A, $8M–$55M at Series B and $8M–$80M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Hearst Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Hearst Ventures?

Public channels for Hearst Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Hearst Ventures?

The team at Hearst Ventures includes Darcy Frisch (Managing Director & Vice President), David Famolari (Managing Director) and Edward P. Zebrowski (Finance Director), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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