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Graham Holdings

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Total investments 16
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$20M
Portfolio companies 15
Rounds per year 0.21
Lead investments 5
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.06
Exits 3
Key employees 1

Areas of investment

  • Media and Entertainment
  • Podcast
  • Advertising
  • Publishing
  • Apps
Summary

Graham Holdings is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1947. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Arlington.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight D2L, Intersection, Intersection. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Health Care, Software. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

Comparing to the other companies, this Graham Holdings performs on 7 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 24 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The important activity for fund was in 2014. The typical startup value when the investment from Graham Holdings is 10-50 millions dollars. Deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Graham Holdings, startups are often financed by New Enterprise Associates, SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, Revolution. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are NewSpring Capital, ArrowMark Partners, The New York Times. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by WPP, The Cedars-Sinai Accelerator, Techstars.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

N2K Networks

Media and Entertainment
News
$5M26 Oct 2022 Fulton, Maryland, United States

Stride Funding

Education
Financial Services
$12M02 Dec 2021 Dallas, Texas, United States

Podsights

Advertising
Analytics
Podcast
$4M23 Mar 2021 New York, New York, United States

Serial Box

Apps
Audiobooks
Content
Digital Entertainment
EBooks
Media and Entertainment
Publishing
Reading Apps
29 Jan 2020 New York, United States

Framebridge

E-Commerce
Home Decor
Internet
Retail
$15M25 Apr 2019 District of Columbia, United States

SpokenLayer

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Audio
Content
Media and Entertainment
Podcast
$4M01 Mar 2019 New York, New York, United States

Rize

Apps
Financial Services
FinTech
Gaming
Mobile Apps
$2M31 Aug 2018 Arlington, Virginia, United States

WinView Games

Advertising
Apps
Sports
TV
$12M14 May 2017 Redwood City, California, United States

Gimlet Media

Audio
Digital Media
Media and Entertainment
News
Podcast
Social Media
Video
$6M07 Dec 2015 Brooklyn, New York, United States

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Total investments 16
Average round size 20M
Rounds per year 0.21
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 5
Follow on index 0.06
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.88

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

N2K Networks

Media and Entertainment
News
$5M26 Oct 2022 Fulton, Maryland, United States

Stride Funding

Education
Financial Services
$12M02 Dec 2021 Dallas, Texas, United States

Podsights

Advertising
Analytics
Podcast
$4M23 Mar 2021 New York, New York, United States

Serial Box

Apps
Audiobooks
Content
Digital Entertainment
EBooks
Media and Entertainment
Publishing
Reading Apps
29 Jan 2020 New York, United States

Framebridge

E-Commerce
Home Decor
Internet
Retail
$15M25 Apr 2019 District of Columbia, United States

SpokenLayer

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Audio
Content
Media and Entertainment
Podcast
$4M01 Mar 2019 New York, New York, United States

Rize

Apps
Financial Services
FinTech
Gaming
Mobile Apps
$2M31 Aug 2018 Arlington, Virginia, United States

WinView Games

Advertising
Apps
Sports
TV
$12M14 May 2017 Redwood City, California, United States

Gimlet Media

Audio
Digital Media
Media and Entertainment
News
Podcast
Social Media
Video
$6M07 Dec 2015 Brooklyn, New York, United States
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