# Masroor Siddiqui

> Masroor Siddiqui is a Series E investor at News Corp (London) backing Mobile Apps and Ride Sharing. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [News Corp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newscorporation)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Masroor Siddiqui is a Series E investor at News Corp in London focused on Mobile Apps and Ride Sharing. Masroor Taale Siddiqui is based out of New York, New York and is the Lead Director; Committees: Audit (Chair); Compensation (Chair) of News Corp and Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Naya Capital. Masroor previously worked at Children’s Investment Fund Management as a Partner. Masroor Taale Siddiqui attended the Yale University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Ride Sharing | 1 | 50% |
| Food Delivery | 1 | 50% |
| Public Transportation | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series E | 1 | 50% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bolt | Bolt is a transportation platform providing ride-hailing, micromobility, and food delivery services. It is one of the fastest-growing startups in the world with over 75M happy customers in 45+ countries, from Europe to Latam to Africa. It is building the future of logistics – one platform that connects with cars, motorcycles, scooter sharing, orfood delivery from restaurants.It believes in a future with less car ownership and flexible urban mobility. By bringing reliable on-demand transport to the masses, it helps cities evolve towards decreased traffic congestion and pollution.Bolt was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. | $712.4M | Series E | Aug 02, 2021 |  |
| Bolt | Bolt is a transportation platform providing ride-hailing, micromobility, and food delivery services. It is one of the fastest-growing startups in the world with over 75M happy customers in 45+ countries, from Europe to Latam to Africa. It is building the future of logistics – one platform that connects with cars, motorcycles, scooter sharing, orfood delivery from restaurants.It believes in a future with less car ownership and flexible urban mobility. By bringing reliable on-demand transport to the masses, it helps cities evolve towards decreased traffic congestion and pollution.Bolt was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. | $109.8M | Convertible Note | May 26, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [D1 Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d1-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ghisallo Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ghisallo-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [G Squared](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g-squared-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pario Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pario-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tekne Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tekne-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About News Corp

VC Fund · New York, United States

News Corp is a media and information services company that creates and distributes engaging content and other products and services. It operates a network of companies in the diversified media, news, education, and information services.The global, diversified media and information services company focuses on creating and distributingauthoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout the world. It comprises businesses across a range of media, including news and information services, digital real estate services, book publishing, digital education, and sports programming, and pay-TV distribution.In 1979, the New York, New York-headquartered company was established by Rupert Murdoch.

5 contacts available at News Corp.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ana Paula Pessoa | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ana-paula-pessoa |
| Slade Sherman | General Manager, Product and Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/slade-sherman |
| Antoinette Bush | Global Head of Government Affairs | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antoinette-bush |
| Brian Murray | CEO, Harper Collins | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-murray-3 |
| Daniel Leff | Co-Investors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-leff |

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## FAQ

### What does Masroor Siddiqui invest in?

Masroor Siddiqui invests primarily in Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing and Food Delivery startups, most often at Series E and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Estonia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Masroor Siddiqui last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Masroor Siddiqui closed in Aug 2021. 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.

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