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Hearst Ventures

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Hearst Ventures manages a portfolio of strategic investments in development-stage companies focusing primarily on emerging media and interactive technologies. The group, a division of Hearst Corporation, has been investing for 15 years in such companies as Netscape, Broadcast.com, XM Satellite Radio, EInk, Brightcove, Sling Media, Pandora, MobiTV, Buzzfeed and HootSuite.

Recent Milestones

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  Hearst Ventures invested in Science. (2/17/13)
  Posted 2/17/13 at 6:06pm via finsmes.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in RAMP Holdings. (9/27/12)
  Posted 9/27/12 at 7:44pm via marketwatch.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in NEXAGE. (6/6/12)
  Posted 6/6/12 at 5:44pm via techcrunch.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in Stylus Media. (3/26/12)
  Posted 3/29/12 at 8:40pm via mediabistro.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in BuzzFeed. (1/9/12)
  Posted 1/9/12 at 5:08am via techcrunch.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in Miso. (12/1/11)
  Posted 12/1/11 at 7:11pm via finsmes.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in Yieldex. (9/28/11)
  Posted 9/28/11 at 8:43pm via businessinsider.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in HootSuite. (9/15/11)
  Posted 9/15/11 at 6:35pm via techcrunch.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in Savored. (1/10/11)
  Posted 1/9/11 at 6:46pm via techcrunch.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in Miso. (12/29/10)
  Posted 1/7/11 at 8:37pm via techcrunch.com
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  Hearst Ventures — Hearst Interactive Media invests in VillageVines (12/29/10)
  Posted 1/9/11 at 6:50pm via wsj.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in Gazillion Entertainment. (11/5/10)
  Posted 11/8/10 at 9:54pm via freshnews.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in TurnHere. (7/22/10)
  Posted 7/23/10 at 7:00pm via venturebeat.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in BuzzFeed. (5/12/10)
  Posted 5/12/10 at 10:44am via techcrunch.com
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  Hearst Ventures invested in Contagious Media. (5/3/10)
  Posted 7/7/10 at 3:47am
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  Hearst Ventures invested in Brightcove. (4/5/10)
  Posted 4/5/10 at 3:48pm via paidcontent.org

Investments

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Media Business Shorts (online.wsj.com) [edit]
1. Science Receives Minority Equity Investment from Hearst Ventures (finsmes.com) [edit]
2. RAMP Secures $15 Million Series C Financing Led by StarVest Partners (marketwatch.com) [edit]
3. Mobile Ad Exchange Nexage Raises $10M Led By SingTel Innov8 (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Hearst Buys a Piece of Stylus Media (mediabistro.com) [edit]
5. Viral Aggregator BuzzFeed Raises $15.5M To Transform The Way People Get Their News (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Miso Raises $4M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
7. Yieldex Raises $10 Million Series C Round From Hearst (businessinsider.com) [edit]
8. SEC Watch: Social Media Dashboard HootSuite Raises $3 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Restaurant Reservation Startup VillageVines Raises $3 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. TV Content Check-In App Miso Lands $1.5M From Google Ventures And Hearst (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. Gazillion Entertainment and Temasek Holdings Announce Investment Partnership (freshnews.com) [edit]
12. TurnHere reels in $3M for online video ads (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
13. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
14. Brightcove Raises Another $12 Million; Says An IPO May Come Next Year (paidcontent.org) [edit]
15. HootSuite Raises $1.9 Million For Social Media Dashboard (techcrunch.com) [edit]
16. The NewsMarket Raises $4.3 Million For Expansion, Medialink Buy (paidcontent.org) [edit]
17. NPR-Audience-Heavy Social Network Gather.com Raises $5.3 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
18. Citation Needed [add]
19. Jingle Networks keys up $7.5M for directory assistance (venturebeat.com) [edit]
20. Citation Needed [add]
21. paidContent (paidcontent.org) [edit]
22. Trend Site Buzzfeed Raises $3.5 Million First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
23. Elite Social Networker Spire Gets $9 Million First Round From Hearst, Others (paidcontent.org) [edit]
24. Reuters (reuters.com) [edit]
25. bizjournals.com [edit]
26. EDGAR [edit]
27. pehub.com [edit]
28. WorldWide Biggies Raises (m (gigaom.com) [edit]
29. http://www.hearst.com/press-room/pr-20070223a.php [edit]
30. paidcontent.org [edit]
31. Self-Help Site First30Days.com Launches With $5 Million from Hearst and Dick Parsons (techcrunch.com) [edit]
32. MarketingVox (marketingvox.com) [edit]
33. moconews.net [edit]
34. techcrunch.com [edit]
35. startupsearch.org [edit]
36. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
37. techcrunch.com [edit]
38. Pandora Media: VC's 18-year-old offered critical advice (bizjournals.com) [edit]
39. Citation Needed [add]
40. Sling Media gets $10.5M in funding (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
41. BayStar Capital Announces Investment in XM Satellite Radio, Inc. (lrgcap.com) [edit]
42. WideOrbit, Inc. Announces Strategic Investment by The New York Times Company, Meredith Corporation and Liberty Corporation (findarticles.com) [edit]
43. Cash infusion, 2Q results spark Drugstore.com shares (marketwatch.com) [edit]
44. marketwatch.com [edit]
45. E INK CORPORATION ANNOUNCES $37 MILLION IN SECOND ROUND OF VENTURE FINANCING (eink.com) [edit]
46. hearst.com [edit]
47. E INK CORPORATION ANNOUNCES $15.8 MILLION VENTURE INVESTMENT (e-ink.com) [edit]