# U.S. News & World Report

> U.S. News & World Report is a VC fund backing Education and Consulting. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/u.s.-news-&-world-report
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/usnews
- Website: http://www.usnews.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/usnewsandworldreport

U.S. News & World Report is an American media company that publishes consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.It publishes online rankings in the areas of colleges and universities, politics and policy, health, money, education, science, travel, and cars. It operates through a multiplatform, which include digital-only U.S. News Weeklymagazine, guidebooks, and websites. The company also launched a conference division focusing on important national conversations and solutions in STEM education and hospitals.U.S. News & World Report’s signature franchises include its News You Can Use, which is a brand of journalism and consumer guides that feature rankings of colleges, graduate schools, high schools, hospitals, nursing homes, mutual funds, health plans, diets, and more.The editorial and production operations of U.S. News & World Report, LLC are located in Washington, D.C. Its advertising, sales, and corporate offices are in New York and New Jersey. The company is privately owned by Mortimer B. Zuckerman and was founded in 1933.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for U.S. News & World Report. Shizune tracks 8 team members at U.S. News & World Report. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/u-s-news?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $13M–$14M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $3.5M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 3 | 38% |
| Consulting | 3 | 38% |
| EdTech | 2 | 25% |
| Privacy | 1 | 13% |
| Consumer | 1 | 13% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 25% |
| Series D | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 38% |
| India | 2 | 25% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bill Holibe | President & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-holibe |
| Brian Kelly | Editor and Chief Content Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-kelly-10 |
| Carly Chase | VP, Career Business Franchise | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carly-chase |
| David Katz | Judge, Annual 'Best Diets' Feature | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-katz-10 |
| Kate O' Donnell | Vice President, Communications | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kate-o-donnell-b044 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EdVisorly | EdVisorly is a revolutionary platform, boosting community college to university student transfer success. EdVisorly empowers community college students with the tools to discover transfer friendly 4 year universities, directly engage with university transfer counselors and admissions teams, and build accurate course roadmaps for admissions to theirtarget bachelor's degree programs. | $13.3M | Series A | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Mine | Fizz is building a debit card that helps college students in the U.S. started building out their credit without having to learn lessons about overzealous credit use the hard way. | $14M | Series A | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| White Bridge Education | White Bridge Education helps global universities enter and grow in South Asia and the Middle East through targeted recruitment and enrollment strategies. |  | Corporate Round | May 21, 2025 |  |
| The Red Pen | The Red Pen they assist in developing admissions strategies, preparing application components, and navigating complex processes. |  | Corporate Round | May 07, 2025 |  |
| Crimson Education | Crimson supports students from around the world to become world-class leaders. What started 10 years ago as an admissions consultancy helping Kiwi students get into the world’s top colleges has turned into an ecosystem of online education products that allow students around the world to accelerate their studies from pre-primary to postgraduate.Through rapid innovations in product and tech, we have scaled our impact and supercharged the education careers of over 100,000 students from more than 60 countries.Services include in-depth US, UK, EU and Australian university admissions support, Australia and New Zealand medical school admissions support, local curriculum tutoring, and extracurricular mentoring.Visit the Crimson Education website to learn more about our network, our edtech platforms and free resources for families. | $25M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 12, 2024 |  |
| PrivacyHawk | Privacyhawk is a consumer privacy platform that assists clients in taking control of their personal data. It automates opting out, unsubscribing, managing, controlling, and deleting data from thousands of databases exploiting clients' personal data. | $3.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| Crimson Education | Crimson supports students from around the world to become world-class leaders. What started 10 years ago as an admissions consultancy helping Kiwi students get into the world’s top colleges has turned into an ecosystem of online education products that allow students around the world to accelerate their studies from pre-primary to postgraduate.Through rapid innovations in product and tech, we have scaled our impact and supercharged the education careers of over 100,000 students from more than 60 countries.Services include in-depth US, UK, EU and Australian university admissions support, Australia and New Zealand medical school admissions support, local curriculum tutoring, and extracurricular mentoring.Visit the Crimson Education website to learn more about our network, our edtech platforms and free resources for families. | $39.9M | Series D | Jul 23, 2024 |  |
| Crimson Education | Crimson supports students from around the world to become world-class leaders. What started 10 years ago as an admissions consultancy helping Kiwi students get into the world’s top colleges has turned into an ecosystem of online education products that allow students around the world to accelerate their studies from pre-primary to postgraduate.Through rapid innovations in product and tech, we have scaled our impact and supercharged the education careers of over 100,000 students from more than 60 countries.Services include in-depth US, UK, EU and Australian university admissions support, Australia and New Zealand medical school admissions support, local curriculum tutoring, and extracurricular mentoring.Visit the Crimson Education website to learn more about our network, our edtech platforms and free resources for families. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 22, 2021 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HEAL Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heal-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [HighSage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/highsage-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does U.S. News & World Report invest in?

U.S. News & World Report invests primarily in Education, Consulting and EdTech startups, most often at Series A and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 8 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 U.S. News & World Report's check size?

U.S. News & World Report typically joins rounds of $13M–$14M at Series A and $3.5M–$25M 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 U.S. News & World Report participates in.

### How do I contact U.S. News & World Report?

Public channels for U.S. News & World Report include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at U.S. News & World Report?

The team at U.S. News & World Report includes Bill Holibe (President & CEO), Brian Kelly (Editor and Chief Content Officer) and Carly Chase (VP, Career Business Franchise), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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