KEY NUMBERS

120

Hearst Ventures has made 120 investments since It started investing in1995. Its most recent investment at press time (late Feb. 2020) was on Feb. 5, 2020, when Maven Machines raised $7M. Hearst Ventures made 10 investments in 2019 and three so far in 2020. Examples below in the Nuggets section. Crunchbase

37

Bertelsmann has made 37 investments since it started investing in 1999. Its most recent investment as of press time was on Oct. 11, 2019, when Club Factory (a cross-border e-commerce corporation) raised $100M. Bertelsmann made three investments in 2018, two in 2019, and one so far in 2020. Crunchbase

41

Axel Springer has made 41 investments since it started investing in 2008. Its most recent investment was on Nov. 1, 2019, when OZY Media raised $35M. It made six investments in 2018, and nine in 2019. Examples below. Crunchbase