• Company Type For Profit
  • Contact Email Steve@waywire.com
  • Phone Number 212-787-5273

waywire, a social artery for video news, inspiration and leading voices has closed a seed capital round led by First Round Capital and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, along with Troy Carter the Founder and CEO of Atom Factory, Oprah Winfrey the CEO of Oprah Winfrey Network, John Ham the Co-founder and Chairman of Ustream, Keith Lee the

Co-founder of Booyah, and a group of angel investors. #waywire is focused on providing a network that will serve to fundamentally alter the tone and content of public dialogue around some of society’s most pressing issues. The network will provide original, syndicated and community created video content, allowing today’s digital generation to develop informed opinions on topics and then engage in positive debates and discussions.

Lists Featuring This Company

Closed Northeastern US Companies (Top 10K)
9,747 Number of Organizations • $88.4B Total Funding Amount • 12,804 Number of Investors
Innovation Endeavors Portfolio Companies
143 Number of Organizations • $47.1B Total Funding Amount • 1,879 Number of Investors
First Round Capital Portfolio Companies
477 Number of Organizations • $59.4B Total Funding Amount • 6,283 Number of Investors
Companies That Exited in 2013
6,894 Number of Organizations • $186.4B Total Funding Amount • 5,188 Number of Investors
Waywire was acquired by Waywire Global on Oct 17, 2013.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Waywire's headquarters? Waywire is located in New York, New York, United States.Who invested in Waywire? Waywire has 6 investors including Oprah Winfrey and AFSquare.How much funding has Waywire raised to date? Waywire has raised .When was the last funding round for Waywire? Waywire closed its last funding round on Jun 30, 2012 from a Seed round.