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Hearst Ventures is the global corporate venture capital division of Hearst, founded in 1995. It makes strategic equity investments in early-stage technology-enabled companies operating at the intersection of media, information, and technology, with offices in New York, London, and Hong Kong.
Deal activity increased 150% year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $38.7M (across 61 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
53
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
4
Team
KA
Kenneth A. Bronfin
Senior Managing Director
KH
Katie Hu
Managing Director
SP
Shaneel Parekh
Principal
GD
Grace Dhanraj
Healthcare Investor
SE
Scott English
Head of U.S. Investments
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
67 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| KKnox | Series A | $25M | Mar 2026 |
 Knox Systems | Series A | $25M | Mar 2026 |
 sees.ai | Unknown | $4.7M | Oct 2025 |
 Seon Tech | Series C | $94M | Sep 2025 |
| KKnox | Seed | $6.5M | Jun 2025 |
 ClearCOGS | Seed | $3.8M | Apr 2025 |
 Optable | Growth | $20M | Jan 2025 |
 SEON | Series C | — | Jan 2025 |
 Supermom | Series B | — | Oct 2024 |
 Snappy | Series D | $25M | Apr 2024 |
 Loora | Series A | $12M | Feb 2024 |
 FlyteHealth | Series A | $24M | Jan 2024 |
 Creative Force | Series A | $8.9M | Oct 2023 |
 Wellthy | Series B | $25.5M | May 2023 |
 Caramel | Seed | $12M | Mar 2023 |
 RxLightning | Series A | $17.5M | Jan 2023 |
| Supermom | Series A | — | Dec 2022 |
 Kyte | Series B | $60M | Nov 2022 |
| IInstant Commerce | Seed | — | Sep 2022 |
 tvScientific | Series A | $20M | Jan 2022 |
 Pacdora | Series A | $10M | Jan 2022 |
 Signal | Series D | $50M | Dec 2021 |
 Carto | Series C | $61M | Dec 2021 |
 Duality Technologies | Series B | $30M | Oct 2021 |
 Duality | Series B | $30M | Oct 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
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Union Square Ventures3 shared
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Seedcamp3 shared
TriplePoint Capital3 shared
Entrée Capital3 shared
Founder Collective3 shared
Saban Ventures3 shared
MMC Ventures3 shared
Shunwei Capital3 shared
GV2 shared
Upfront Ventures2 shared
Valor Equity Partners2 shared
Lux Capital2 shared
Allianz2 shared
Last updated: 7 September 2026