HearstLab
VC Fund
New York, United States
HearstLab is an early-stage venture fund focused on women-led startups innovating across the enterprise technology, data analytics, health, fintech, transportation and media spaces. To date, HearstLab has invested in over 56 companies at the Seed and Series A stages, with four successful exits. The firm often participates as a co-investor and infollow-on rounds. HearstLab is a venture arm of the Hearst Corporation ("Hearst") and provides one year of services in addition to cash investments. With access to Hearst's resources across 360+ businesses, HearstLab’s breadth of services includes providing assistance with commercial deals, privacy and security, legal services, marketing support and raising capital. Portfolio companies also benefit from the strategic guidance and resource support of HearstLab Scouts, women leaders across Hearst who share their networks and expertise. HearstLab has a full-time dedicated team assisting with UI/UX, DevOps engineering, data security, data science, brand storytelling, financial modeling and business development.
- Total investments:
- 138
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 31%
Last updated:
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Industries HearstLab invests in
Stages HearstLab invests in
Countries HearstLab invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Round size
- Seed
- $100k–$4.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $100k–$1.5M
- Series A
- $4.3M–$19M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 26 (19%)
- Information Technology 14 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 12 (9%)
- SaaS 9 (7%)
- Health Care 9 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 46 (33%)
- Pre-Seed 12 (9%)
- Series A 11 (8%)
- Funding Round 8 (6%)
- Series B 4 (3%)
Country
- United States 50 (36%)
- United Kingdom 5 (4%)
- The Netherlands 4 (3%)
- Japan 2 (1%)
- Egypt 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Wilkes
Vice President
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Vice President | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Eve Burton
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder | Total investments: 30 | Find email | |
Lisa Burton
Vice President
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Vice President | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
Azahara Espejo
Director
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Director | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Beth Devin
Scout, Investor & Advisor
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Scout, Investor & Advisor | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buzz Solutions provides a software platform powered by Artificial Intelligence, Actionable Insights, and Predictive Analytics for faults and anomaly detection for the power line inspection process for power utilities. The company's platform automates the process of storing and organizing visual data (captured in the field through drones andhelicopters), analyzing for faults using its AI algorithms, mapping the data and providing heat maps as well as predictive insights for when, where and what kind of faults are happening on power line and assets. Using its solutions, power utilities save over 50% of cost and time to analyze data which makes condition-based maintenance efforts easier and time-efficient, thus, preventing wildfires, power outages, and other climate change effects on the physical infrastructure of the grid. | $20M / Series A / Aug 04, 2026 | ||
| Ikura is a travel company that provides personalized travel experiences, connecting travelers with local communities and businesses. | $927K / Seed / Jun 25, 2026 | ||
| Buzz Solutions provides a software platform powered by Artificial Intelligence, Actionable Insights, and Predictive Analytics for faults and anomaly detection for the power line inspection process for power utilities. The company's platform automates the process of storing and organizing visual data (captured in the field through drones andhelicopters), analyzing for faults using its AI algorithms, mapping the data and providing heat maps as well as predictive insights for when, where and what kind of faults are happening on power line and assets. Using its solutions, power utilities save over 50% of cost and time to analyze data which makes condition-based maintenance efforts easier and time-efficient, thus, preventing wildfires, power outages, and other climate change effects on the physical infrastructure of the grid. | $100K / Grant / Jun 04, 2026 | ||
| Symbium is the computational law platform, with a mission to bring actionable regulations directly to the point of human experience. Symbium's products translate complex laws and regulations into computer code, making them faster and easier to navigate and understand. Symbium's mission is to empower homeowners and planners to deal withthe regulatory aspects of residential construction. | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 21, 2026 | ||
| Bevyl is an AI video editing engine that turns raw footage into on-brand, ready-to-post videos for social media marketing. | $800K / Seed / Mar 17, 2026 | ||
| Yuimedi acquires, investigate, analyze medical data and provides accurate solutions. | $2.6M / Seed / Feb 18, 2026 | ||
| Statusphere is an influencer marketing platform designed to help brands and influencers connect and create productive relationships. It also turns consumers into a brand's valuable marketing channel by giving them products that match their lifestyle in exchange for sharing photos and reviews with their friends. | $18.7M / Series A / Jan 20, 2026 | ||
| intella is a platform as a service (PaaS) provider which offers real-time intelligence services for businesses. | $12.5M / Series A / Sep 02, 2025 | ||
| BandoraSystems is a leading provider of autonomous building operations solutions. At Bandora we are passionate about solving the challenges of operating commercial buildings at peak efficiency. Bandora’s Cloud based Operations Manager (OM) leverages Artificial Intelligence to provide real time command and control of a building’s energy system.Bandora.OM is BMS and IOT device agnostic and is designed to complement, not replace, existing investments in Building Automation systems. | $116.1K / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 24, 2025 | ||
| Heatseeker offers Growth Hacking Services and helps startups in testing and learning in the market. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / May 27, 2025 | ||
| See all 138 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does HearstLab invest in?
HearstLab invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 138 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 HearstLab's check size?
HearstLab typically joins rounds of $100k–$4.5M at Seed, $100k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $4.3M–$19M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds HearstLab participates in.
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Who are the partners at HearstLab?
The team at HearstLab includes Chris Wilkes (Vice President), Eve Burton (Co-Founder) and Lisa Burton (Vice President), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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