Google Digital News Initiative

Total investments

11

Average round size

48K

Portfolio companies

11

Rounds per year

1.38

Lead investments

5

Exits

1

Areas of investment
PublishingArtificial IntelligenceBig DataNewsVideoMedia and EntertainmentDigital MediaNatural Language ProcessingText AnalyticsJournalism

Summary

In 2015 was created Google Digital News Initiative, which is appeared as Corporate Investor.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1 partaker. Despite the Google Digital News Initiative, startups are often financed by W.IN.G, Viralety Ventures, Startup Sesame. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Stefan Friese, Peter Dietrich, Matthias Spiess.

The important activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 20 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Mobile Apps, Media and Entertainment. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Steady.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
11
Lead investments
5
Exits
1
Rounds per year
1.38
Investments by industry
  • Artificial Intelligence (3)
  • News (3)
  • Text Analytics (2)
  • Publishing (2)
  • Media and Entertainment (2)
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Investments by region
  • Germany (1)
  • Portugal (1)
  • United Kingdom (1)
  • Slovenia (1)
  • Belgium (1)
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Peak activity year
2021

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
4
Group Appearance index
0.09
Avg. company exit year
5

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Indiegraf 27 May 2020 News, Media and Entertainment, Digital Media, Journalism Seed British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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