# Marcus Brauchli

> Marcus Brauchli is a Series A investor at North Base Media backing News and Social Media. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [North Base Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/north-base-media)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 56%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusbrauchli
- Website: http://www.northbasemedia.com

Marcus Brauchli is a Series A investor at North Base Media in Washington focused on News and Social Media. Marcus Brauchli - Co-Founder, Managing Partner @ North Base Media

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $387k–$1.4M |
| Series A | $3M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 2 | 22% |
| Social Media | 2 | 22% |
| Digital Media | 2 | 22% |
| B2B | 1 | 11% |
| Audio | 1 | 11% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 33% |
| Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Angel | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 22% |
| Mexico | 1 | 11% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 11% |
| Philippines | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| State Affairs | State Affairs is a policy intelligence and AI company built on the nation's largest statehouse newsroom. Its journalists embedded across state capitols produce more than 2,000 original, nonpartisan articles each month, while its AI platform ingests every bill, hearing, regulation, and political development across all 50 states and the federalgovernment. The combination — original reporting on the ground, structured government data, and AI-native software — creates a continuously updated picture of policy in motion.The platform is used by one-third of state and federal elected officials and by enterprise government affairs teams at companies including Walmart, McDonald's, and Mastercard to monitor what's happening, analyze how issues are moving across states, coordinate internally, and act in real time. State Affairs is building the intelligence infrastructure for the policy economy. | $70M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Kaleidoscope | Kaleidoscope is an audio company that delivers adventure and thrilling true stories filled with heart. It's like a modern Indiana Jones racing down the Amazon. It's getting lost in space with a Russian cosmonaut and falling in love with the ground handler. It's the excitement of underwater discoveries combined with the thrill ofbeing on the run with a real-life Robin Hood. Stories have the power to shift perspective and broaden horizons. | $5M | Series A | Jul 14, 2025 |  |
| Majarra | Majarra is an Arabic online content provider in the region. | $3M | Series A | Jul 15, 2021 |  |
| Majarra | Majarra is an Arabic online content provider in the region. |  |  | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| PENTA Football | PENTA Football distributes football highlights. | $387K | Seed | Sep 01, 2017 |  |
| PENTA Football | PENTA Football distributes football highlights. | $387K | Seed | Sep 18, 2016 |  |
| Asoko Insight | Asoko Insight is Africa’s leading corporate information platform, providing market mapping solutions to investment firms, banks, corporates and governments looking for research on Africa’s key private sector landscapes. Users can access industry reports, supply chain analyses, and a database of companies to help with origination, businessdevelopment and due diligence. The company's local research analysts, based out of several regional offices, work with executives and data partners to monitor corporate data from key companies in the region. As Asoko consolidates their footprint in the largest economies, they are also expanding data collection operations to surrounding countries across the continent. | $1.4M | Seed | Nov 17, 2015 |  |
| The News Lens | The News Lens is an independent media for Chinese readers. The company aims to be a platform where a wide range of Chinese readers can engage in informed debates about important news, social, and political issues. The News Lens was established in August 2013. |  | Angel | Dec 11, 2013 |  |
| Rappler | Rappler is a social news network where stories inspire community engagement and digitally fueled actions for social change. Rappler comes from the root words "rap" (to discuss) + "ripple" (to make waves). It is a new world of limitless collaboration enabled by new technology and connected by social media.Rappler promisesuncompromised journalism that - hopefully - inspires smart conversations and ignites a thirst for change. |  | Series A |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IGNIA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ignia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CRE Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-angels-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Burda Principal Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/burda-principal-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [J.E. Berman Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-e-berman-associates) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About North Base Media

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

NBM is a specialized firm that successfully pioneered global digital-media investing over the last decade, backing successes like IDN Media in Indonesia, Pocket Aces in India, TheNewsLens in Taiwan and Capital Digital in Mexico. Its first venture fund, launched in 2015, consistently ranks in the top quartile of media and global venture funds. TheFund, which has been backed by several of the world’s leading media brands, is now open to other investors as its investment team moves to take advantage of the sudden rise of opportunities and new valuations in the global media landscape. NBM’s co-founders are Marcus Brauchli, the former top editor at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; Sasa Vucinic, the longtime CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF). The firm’s general counsel is Stuart Karle, former COO of Reuters and General Counsel of the Journal.

4 contacts available at North Base Media.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marcus Brauchli | Co-Founder, Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcus-brauchli |
| Sasa Vucinic | Co-founder, managing partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sasa-vucinic |
| Stuart Karle | General Counsel and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stuart-karle |
| Turi Munthe | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/turi-munthe |

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## FAQ

### What does Marcus Brauchli invest in?

Marcus Brauchli invests primarily in News, Social Media and Digital Media startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 9 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 Marcus Brauchli's check size?

Marcus Brauchli typically joins rounds of $387k–$1.4M at Seed and $3M–$5M 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 Marcus Brauchli participates in.

### When did Marcus Brauchli last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marcus Brauchli closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 9 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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