New Media Ventures
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
New Media Ventures is a community of more than sixty technology leaders, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and politicos, investing together to drive progressive social change.The breadth of experience within our network is its strength. Whether you are a first time investor, new to progressive impact, or have deep experiencein both, we’d love to work with you.New Media Ventures is a national angel network focused on increasing the flow of capital to new media and tech startups that focus on progressive political change. The New Media Ventures’ community has invested more than $4 million into startups that use media and technology to drive progressive change. Entrepreneurs we work with are revolutionizing the political landscape — expanding the reach of progressive ideas in everything from media distribution and content consumption to online organizing and small dollar fundraising.
- Total investments:
- 80
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 53%
Last updated:
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Industries New Media Ventures invests in
Stages New Media Ventures invests in
Countries New Media Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $750k–$2.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Non Profit 22 (28%)
- Software 14 (18%)
- Government 12 (15%)
- Communities 10 (13%)
- GovTech 5 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 45 (56%)
- Grant 27 (34%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (1%)
- Series A 1 (1%)
- Funding Round 1 (1%)
Country
- United States 41 (51%)
- Canada 4 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeffrey Brunswick
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Christie George
Director
|
Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our suite of solutions includes co:census, an Enterprise SaaS solution that transforms feedback to insights for researchers + designers, and co:lab, digital learning workshops for civic leaders. | $1.6M / Seed / Sep 15, 2022 | ||
| Indiegraf provides support, assistance, and resources to independent news outlets. It offers various services to help companies or organizations start their own digital news system. Indiegraf is based in Vancouver, Canada. | Grant / Nov 18, 2020 | ||
| The Juggernaut is a digital media publication that documents the unstoppable rise of South Asians and South Asia. It was founded in 2018. | $2M / Seed / Oct 13, 2020 | ||
| We founded one of the world’s largest and most successful online campaigning organizations, OpenMedia, and led campaigns for progressive advocacy organizations and politicians. Our founders saw the power of community-driven campaigns first-hand. Now, we’re putting the powerful tools used by the world’s leading campaigns into more campaigners’pockets. New/Mode was born to help progressive organizations activate grassroots power and win more change. | Seed / Mar 02, 2020 | ||
| Survey160 is a software product designed to conduct surveys for campaigns and issue advocacy organizations via text message conversation. | Seed / Jul 24, 2019 | ||
| Savi is a social impact startup connecting the 46 million Americans with student loan debt to optimized repayment and forgiveness options. Our online tool shows borrowers a personalized view of their student loans and a path to student loan freedom. | $750K / Seed / Jul 24, 2019 | ||
| Whether you are running for office, organizing your community, or developing a breakthrough technology, your success depends on your ability to inspire others to act - to vote, to volunteer, to invest, to take a chance on a new idea.Avalanche Strategy's mission is to empower you to do just that.Avalanche Strategy leverages the science ofhuman cognition to craft communications that resonate, activate, and win. We transform great ideas for the future into reality today. | Seed / Jul 17, 2019 | ||
| Pulso is an organizing platform working to increase the political power of the projected 32 million Latinx voters across the country by creating deep digital relationships with their subscribers. It is a non-profit media start-up that shares news, history and culture stories by Latinos, for Latinos, dedicated to keeping the pulse on nuestra gente. | Seed / Jul 17, 2019 | ||
| Volunteer network working to swing the House of Representatives in 2018. | Seed / Jul 17, 2019 | ||
| Luz Collective is a company that celebrates Latina strength, creativity, and success through storytelling. As they promote Latina individuality they go beyond the stereotypes of most mainstream stories. By centering the experiences of Latinas of all walks of life, they are elevating issues that are important to Latinas including healthcare,immigration, and education. It was founded by Lucy Flores in 2018 and is based in Los Angeles, California. | Seed / Jul 17, 2019 | ||
| See all 80 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does New Media Ventures invest in?
New Media Ventures invests primarily in Non Profit, Software and Government startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 80 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does New Media Ventures invest in?
New Media Ventures typically joins rounds of $750k–$2.3M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not New Media Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds New Media Ventures took part in.
How do I contact New Media Ventures?
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Who are the partners at New Media Ventures?
The team at New Media Ventures includes Jeffrey Brunswick (Founder) and Christie George (Director). 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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