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21st Century Fox

Founders Rupert Murdoch

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Total investments 16
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$111M
Portfolio companies 11
Rounds per year 0.18
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.31
Exits 2
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Digital Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Virtual Reality
  • Publishing
  • News
Summary

21st Century Fox appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2013. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the New York. The company was established in North America in United States.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the 21st Century Fox, startups are often financed by RRE Ventures, Homebrew, Atlas Venture. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Warner Bros., Sky, MGM Studios. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Sky, Scripps Networks, Northzone.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Vice Media, DraftKings, fuboTV The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Sports, Augmented Reality. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

The fund was created by Rupert Murdoch.

Deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The top activity for fund was in 2016. When the investment is from 21st Century Fox the average startup value is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 24 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TheSkimm

Fashion
Information Services
Mobile Apps
News
Politics
Publishing
$12M16 Mar 2018 New York, New York, United States

Dreamscape Immersive

Digital Entertainment
Information Technology
Virtual Reality
$30M26 Sep 2017 Santa Monica, California, United States

Apps
Augmented Reality
Software
Virtual Reality
$40M26 Jul 2017 Los Angeles, California, United States

fuboTV

Digital Entertainment
Sports
Subscription Service
$55M19 Jun 2017 New York, New York, United States

Dreamscape Immersive

Digital Entertainment
Information Technology
Virtual Reality
13 Feb 2017 Santa Monica, California, United States

Augmented Reality
Consumer Electronics
Eyewear
Hardware
Mobile Devices
Wearables
$58M01 Dec 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Ezuza

Application Software
E-Commerce
Financial Services
Financial Software
Payments
$3M27 Jul 2016 Mexico

Apps
Augmented Reality
Software
Virtual Reality
$12M16 Jun 2016 Los Angeles, California, United States

TheSkimm

Fashion
Information Services
Mobile Apps
News
Politics
Publishing
$8M01 Jun 2016 New York, New York, United States

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Total investments 16
Average round size 111M
Rounds per year 0.18
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.31
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.81

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TheSkimm

Fashion
Information Services
Mobile Apps
News
Politics
Publishing
$12M16 Mar 2018 New York, New York, United States

Dreamscape Immersive

Digital Entertainment
Information Technology
Virtual Reality
$30M26 Sep 2017 Santa Monica, California, United States

Apps
Augmented Reality
Software
Virtual Reality
$40M26 Jul 2017 Los Angeles, California, United States

fuboTV

Digital Entertainment
Sports
Subscription Service
$55M19 Jun 2017 New York, New York, United States

Dreamscape Immersive

Digital Entertainment
Information Technology
Virtual Reality
13 Feb 2017 Santa Monica, California, United States

Augmented Reality
Consumer Electronics
Eyewear
Hardware
Mobile Devices
Wearables
$58M01 Dec 2016 San Francisco, California, United States

Ezuza

Application Software
E-Commerce
Financial Services
Financial Software
Payments
$3M27 Jul 2016 Mexico

Apps
Augmented Reality
Software
Virtual Reality
$12M16 Jun 2016 Los Angeles, California, United States

TheSkimm

Fashion
Information Services
Mobile Apps
News
Politics
Publishing
$8M01 Jun 2016 New York, New York, United States
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