Media Development Investment Fund
VC Fund
New York, United States
Media Development Investment Fund is a not-for-profit investment fund, providing debt and equity financing to independent media businesses in countries with a history of media oppression. Its affordable financing and technical assistance help independent news outlets build sustainable businesses around quality news and information.Since providingits first loan in 1996, MDIF has provided more than $345.7 million in affordable financing, including $284 million in loans and equity investments, $61.1 million in technical assistance and other grants, earned $77.5 million in interest, dividends and capital gains, collected $145.9 million in recovered principal invested.Media Development Investment Fund has invested in 161 clients across 47 countries. It ended March 31, 2026, with a portfolio of $109.6 million in assets under management allocated in 59 media businesses across 31 countries.
- Total investments:
- 27
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 63%
- Fund size:
- $13M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Media Development Investment Fund invests in
Stages Media Development Investment Fund invests in
Countries Media Development Investment Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 7 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $75k–$1.5M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $558k–$558k
Investment Focus
Industry
- News 12 (44%)
- Digital Media 7 (26%)
- Media and Entertainment 6 (22%)
- Journalism 4 (15%)
- Publishing 4 (15%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (33%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 9 (33%)
- Series A 2 (7%)
- Grant 1 (4%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (4%)
Country
- Indonesia 3 (11%)
- South Africa 3 (11%)
- Brazil 2 (7%)
- Argentina 2 (7%)
- Egypt 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Elena Popovic
Secretary and General Counsel
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Secretary and General Counsel | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jim Egan
Chief Investment Officer
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Chief Investment Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Marie Nemcova
Chief Operating Officer
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Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Mohamed Nanabhay
Senior Advisor and Investment Committee Member
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Senior Advisor and Investment Committee Member | Total investments: 13 | Find email | |
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Patrice Schneider
Chief Strategy Officer
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Chief Strategy Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egab specialize in solutions journalism. Egab helps local journalists to publish in reputable media outlets. | Pre-Seed / Feb 19, 2025 | ||
| PT Justika Siar Publika or known as Hukumonline.com was founded by prominent law observers at the beginning of the reform era. It was initiated to provide education and enlightenment to the public about the world of law in Indonesia. Facing the disruption era, Hukumonline.com transformed into a reg-tech company that provides the most complete,integrated and trusted legal products and services with the use and use of technology. | Series B / Jan 29, 2024 | ||
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PumaPodcast
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Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 28, 2023 | ||
| THE CURRENT is Pakistan’s first digital news-lifestyle platform that simplifies news for Pakistani millennials. | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 28, 2023 | ||
| Hashtag Our Stories is a social-first, video publisher, focused on stories about local solutions to global problems. Traditional news media lacks diversity, has a bias for negativity and is missing the big trends. The company saw a different way of telling stories through empowering mobile storytelling in every language. | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 28, 2023 | ||
| App store of data science | $500K / Seed / Dec 15, 2021 | ||
| Dataphyte is a media and data analytics company that provides products and services, such as data journalism and data-driven investigations, to help the public and private sectors generate value from data and socio-economic insights. | Seed / Dec 02, 2021 | ||
| Zitamar News is an English language investigative news website and newsletter. | $100K / Seed / Dec 02, 2021 | ||
| Petit Press, as is one of the most important publishers in Slovakia. It provides a wide range of multimedia products and services. The portfolio of printed periodicals includes more than 30 central and regional titles with a weekly sales volume of over 545,000 copies. Digital media is represented in particular by the most visited news portal SME.sk, which has almost 2.3 million visitors per month . | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 22, 2021 | ||
| Insajder enters adulthood and a phase of development with an even more ambitious project. The creation of a multimedia platform that includes a cable TV channel and the development of different media platforms. | Debt Financing / Jan 29, 2021 | ||
| See all 27 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Media Development Investment Fund invest in?
Media Development Investment Fund invests primarily in News, Digital Media and Media and Entertainment startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Indonesia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Media Development Investment Fund's check size?
Media Development Investment Fund typically joins rounds of $75k–$1.5M at Seed and $558k–$558k at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Media Development Investment Fund participates in.
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Who are the partners at Media Development Investment Fund?
The team at Media Development Investment Fund includes Elena Popovic (Secretary and General Counsel), Jim Egan (Chief Investment Officer) and Marie Nemcova (Chief Operating Officer), among 7 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 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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