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.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries News Corp invests in
Stages News Corp invests in
Countries News Corp invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Advertising 4 (22%)
- Video 3 (17%)
- Internet 3 (17%)
- Software 3 (17%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (17%)
Stage
- Series B 3 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (17%)
- Seed 2 (11%)
- Funding Round 2 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 13 (72%)
- China 1 (6%)
- United Kingdom 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ana Paula Pessoa
Member of the Board of Directors
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Member of the Board of Directors | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Slade Sherman
General Manager, Product and Operations
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General Manager, Product and Operations | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Antoinette Bush
Global Head of Government Affairs
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Global Head of Government Affairs | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Brian Murray
CEO, Harper Collins
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CEO, Harper Collins | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Daniel Leff
Co-Investors
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Co-Investors | Total investments: 36 | Find email | |
| See all 12 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Counsel AI is web-based legal AI copilot for in-house counsel | $60M / Series B / Nov 12, 2025 | ||
| The SpringHill Company is comprised of SpringHill Entertainment, Uninterrupted, and The Robot Company. | $100M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 25, 2020 | ||
| Matterport is a spatial data firm dedicated to digitizing and indexing the built environment. Its all-in-one 3D data platform allows anyone to transform a location into an exact and immersive digital twin that can be used to design, develop, operate, promote, and comprehend any environment. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 01, 2018 | ||
| Toll is a public good protocol for creators to mint their media assets (from images to feature length films) as a novel type of NFT, that empowers them to retain ownership of these media assets across the digital landscape, and earn a 'commercial toll' from them wherever they are published. | $347.6K / Pre-Seed / Feb 27, 2018 | ||
| The original is always better than the remake.Since we were founded by three students at Cambridge University in 2009, our company has been run by young journalists and producers who like being first.From the beginning, exclusive stories from The Tab’s campus reporters have been syndicated by the biggest newspapers and TV channels on theplanet. Now babe makes original video series with millions of fans, and develops new formats with major West Coast production companies.Tab Media is built on an unusual working partnership: between our young editors in New York and London, and a network of bold, subversive reporters at universities across the US and UK.That’s why we have such a deep connection with millions of 18-24s - young people in the most transformative phase of their lives. And it’s why we publish some of the most interesting stories, videos, and sickeningly accurate guides to life on the internet. | $6M / Series A / Sep 06, 2017 | ||
| Vidora’s mission is to enhance the performance of Marketing and Product teams with No-Code Machine Learning. Our Machine Learning Platform, Cortex, allows teams to use predictions to continually optimize conversions and engagement, while providing end-to-end automation, allowing teams to create hundreds of predictions without the risk and cost ofbuilding in house.The largest global brands like Walmart, News Corp, and Discovery, leverage Cortex to intelligently learn from continuous streams of raw data to drive higher performance and automation across the enterprise. | Seed / Jan 06, 2017 | ||
| Scroll is creating a sustainable experience that puts amazing content in front of engaged users without all the noise. They want to pierce filter bubbles and leverage economic models that can afford uncomfortable truths. It's time to escape the distraction economy and focus on what's important again. | $3M / Seed / Nov 16, 2016 | ||
| AppNexus operates a cloud-based software platform that enables and optimizes programmatic online advertising. Its enterprise technology platform maximizes yield and campaign performance for sellers and buyers of online inventory, provides trading solutions and marketplaces for Internet advertising, and allows advertisers to build a trading desk, anadvertising network, and a custom exchange. AppNexus also provides a digital advertising delivery platform that enables publisher clients to maximize revenue across various demand sources, AppNexus Publisher Suite that powers advertisement serving, planning and forecasting, diverse marketplace sales, and direct campaign management solutions, PriceCheck, a header bidding solution for banner, video, and interstitial advertising units, and AppNexus Apps program, an application platform for third-party technology vendors and existing customers to build features for their own clients and reach new audiences. Brian O'Kelley and Mike Nolet founded AppNexus in September 2007, with its headquarters in New York City and additional offices in several cities in the United States and other countries. | $31M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 28, 2016 | ||
| Matterport is a spatial data firm dedicated to digitizing and indexing the built environment. Its all-in-one 3D data platform allows anyone to transform a location into an exact and immersive digital twin that can be used to design, develop, operate, promote, and comprehend any environment. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 09, 2016 | ||
| Roku pioneered streaming for the TV, and we aspire to power every TV in the world. We developed a streaming platform that delivers a best-in-class user experience. At the heart of the Roku platform is our proprietary operating system, the Roku OS, which we built from the ground up. Roku is recognized for streaming innovation. This is demonstratedby our growing, passionate and highly engaged customer base who love Roku streaming devices because of our coveted content selection, ease of use, and value. | $45.5M / Series H / Nov 09, 2015 | ||
| See all 18 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does News Corp invest in?
News Corp invests primarily in Advertising, Video and Internet startups, most often at Series B and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 18 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 News Corp?
The team at News Corp includes Ana Paula Pessoa (Member of the Board of Directors), Slade Sherman (General Manager, Product and Operations) and Antoinette Bush (Global Head of Government Affairs), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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