# HuffPost

> HuffPost is a VC fund in New York backing Publishing and News. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Nov 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/huffpost/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/huffpost
- Website: https://www.huffpost.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuffPost/

HuffPost is an online news provider and blog that offers coverage of U.S. politics, entertainment, style, world news, technology, and comedy. It is comprised of 80,000 bloggers and 126 million monthly visitors.In 2012, HuffPost became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. It was launched in2005 and is based in New York, N.Y.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Publishing | 3 | 38% |
| News | 2 | 25% |
| Digital Media | 2 | 25% |
| Q&A | 1 | 13% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 50% |
| Series B | 2 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 63% |
| Australia | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anna Shen | Journalist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-shen |
| Ethan Fedida | Senior Social Media Editor, Strategic Partnership Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ethan-fedida |
| Kirsten Cieslar | Sr. Strategy & Development Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kirsten-cieslar |
| Firas Kittaneh | Contributor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firas-kittaneh |
| Greg Selkoe | Blogger | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-selkoe |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enboarder | Enboarder is an onboarding and engagement platform that focuses on new hire experience and engagement rather than just tasks, forms and paperwork. The workflow engine accomplishes this by coaching managers via mobile phone at all stages during the onboarding process. It turns busy hiring managers into rock stars in the eyes of their new employeesby ensuring they know what to do to “wow their new hires”. For new employees, Enboarder delivers rich engaging content directly to their mobile phones from the moment they sign their offer letter. There are no applications to be downloaded, no usernames or logins. Enboarder just works…on any device. Best of all, HR can construct and build engaging workflows on their own, without requiring help or resources from IT, consultants or creative staff. Enboarder can be implemented rapidly and works seamlessly with your existing HR technology applications. | $4M |  | Nov 20, 2018 |  |
| Rewarder | Rewarder is a marketplace for knowledge and expertise covering a wide variety of topics ranging from home repair to product & auto advice.Everyone has unique skills and knowledge they have gathered through their life experiences and personal interests. Rewarder enables individuals to offer a monetary Reward in exchange for knowledge orexpertise from real people whose experience they can always trust. Whether it is help with a home repair project, troubleshooting a car problem or resolving a tech issue, Rewarder’s community of experts can help. Over 500K people have signed up to become a Rewarder expert. The company started when a team of two entrepreneurs set out to build a better way for people to tap into the vast knowledge around the world. Unlike forums or free Q&A sites, the monetary Reward ensures that the person in need will always receive a high quality solution, quickly from someone they can trust.Founded in 2010, Rewarder is located in San Francisco, CA and backed by Granite Ventures, Radar Partners, and other industry-leading investors. | $7M | Series A | Aug 01, 2012 |  |
| Business Insider | Business Insider is an online platform that offers the latest business, celebrity, and technology news across America. The platform also covers technology, finance, politics, strategy, life, sports, and more. The site also provides and analyzes business news and acts as an aggregator of top news stories from around the web. It also offers in-depthinsight, data and analysis of the digital landscape, from e-commerce and payments to the Internet of Things and fintech.Business Insider was founded by Kevin Ryan and Henry Blodget in May 2007 and is based in New York, United States. | $7M |  | Sep 22, 2011 |  |
| BuzzFeed | BuzzFeed is a news and entertainment company that is redefining online advertising with its social, content-driven publishing technology. BuzzFeed provides the most shareable breaking news, original reporting, entertainment, and video across the social web to its global audience of more than 200M. It covers breaking news, produces original videos,and creates content that people want to share on the web.BuzzFeed was founded in 2006 by Jonah Peretti and John Johnson. It is headquartered in New York, New York. | $8M | Series B | May 12, 2010 |  |
| Hot Potato | Hot Potato connects friends and fans around live events. We're building tools for real-time social collaboration amongst groups who share an interest in any event or experience as it's happening. Whether checking in, recording your perspective, or just enjoying others contributions, it's more fun to participate in events withHot Potato. | $1.4M | Series A | Nov 25, 2009 |  |
| BuzzFeed | BuzzFeed is a news and entertainment company that is redefining online advertising with its social, content-driven publishing technology. BuzzFeed provides the most shareable breaking news, original reporting, entertainment, and video across the social web to its global audience of more than 200M. It covers breaking news, produces original videos,and creates content that people want to share on the web.BuzzFeed was founded in 2006 by Jonah Peretti and John Johnson. It is headquartered in New York, New York. | $3.5M | Series A | Jul 09, 2008 |  |
| HuffPost | HuffPost is an online news provider and blog that offers coverage of U.S. politics, entertainment, style, world news, technology, and comedy. It is comprised of 80,000 bloggers and 126 million monthly visitors.In 2012, HuffPost became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. It was launched in2005 and is based in New York, N.Y. | $5M | Series B | Sep 01, 2007 |  |
| HuffPost | HuffPost is an online news provider and blog that offers coverage of U.S. politics, entertainment, style, world news, technology, and comedy. It is comprised of 80,000 bloggers and 126 million monthly visitors.In 2012, HuffPost became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. It was launched in2005 and is based in New York, N.Y. | $5M | Series A | Aug 01, 2006 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Hearst Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hearst-interactive-media) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does HuffPost invest in?

HuffPost invests primarily in Publishing, News and Digital Media startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at HuffPost?

The team at HuffPost includes Anna Shen (Journalist), Ethan Fedida (Senior Social Media Editor, Strategic Partnership Manager) and Kirsten Cieslar (Sr. Strategy & Development Manager), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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