North Base Media

North Base Media is a venture capital firm based in Chevy Chase, Maryland, founded in 2013, that specializes in digital media investments. The firm backs global digital media opportunities and has supported companies such as IDN Media in Indonesia, Pocket Aces in India, TheNewsLens in Taiwan, and Capital Digital in Mexico. North Base Media was founded by Marcus Brauchli, a former editor at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, and Sasa Vucinic, former CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund. The firm focuses on identifying value in the evolving digital media landscape worldwide.

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Zaiko

Venture Round in 2023
Zaiko is an event technology platform designed to empower creators by providing flexible solutions for managing events. The company offers tools for ticketing, streaming, and audience engagement both during and between events. Zaiko's platform enables creators to plan events, sell tickets, stream performances, and build non-fungible token (NFT) membership programs, as well as sell NFT ticket stubs. This comprehensive suite of features allows creators to maximize their reach and revenue while maintaining full control over their content and experiences. The platform also provides an all-in-one dashboard that connects fan data points and generates insights for creators, offering visibility into operations, marketing, and analytics to enhance fan experiences.

Spectrm

Series B in 2023
Spectrm is a developer of a conversational marketing automation platform that enables businesses to engage and convert customers through AI-powered chatbots on popular messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram DMs. The platform provides tools that help companies automate customer interactions, facilitating personalized experiences that enhance customer retention and acquisition. By leveraging its end-to-end chatbot technology, Spectrm allows businesses to design tailored engagement strategies, effectively building lifelong relationships with their customers.

Capsule

Seed Round in 2023
Founded in 2021 by Champ Bennett and Joseph Jorgensen, Capsule specializes in browser-based video editing technology for collaborative content creation. Its platform features AI-powered editing tools, a markup language for automated post-production, crowdsourcing capabilities, and branded templates, enabling businesses to efficiently produce, edit, and distribute high-quality videos without requiring specialized skills.

Fonos

Seed Round in 2022
Fonos is a digital content application that specializes in providing a diverse range of audio offerings to support personal development for busy individuals. The platform features a wide selection of copyrighted Vietnamese audiobooks, along with additional content such as music, meditations, sleep stories, and book summaries. Fonos aims to enhance users' spiritual lives and professional growth by offering convenient access to valuable audio resources, enabling them to relieve stress, improve sleep quality, and quickly grasp key concepts from various books through a single, user-friendly portal.

Hunch

Venture Round in 2022
Hunch specializes in AI-driven dynamic creative solutions for social commerce marketing. It empowers global e-commerce companies by delivering data-driven, contextualized, and automated customer journeys at scale.

Kaleidoscope

Seed Round in 2022
Kaleidoscope is a global podcasting company focused on delivering engaging and adventurous true stories that resonate emotionally with listeners. The company specializes in narratives that evoke excitement and exploration, drawing parallels to thrilling experiences such as adventures in the Amazon or underwater discoveries. By collaborating with various personalities and partnering with leading brands, Kaleidoscope aims to entertain while also inspiring its audience to broaden their perspectives and restore their faith in humanity. Through its unique storytelling approach, the company seeks to create compelling audio experiences that captivate and connect with a diverse audience.

Vietcetera

Series A in 2021
Vietcetera Media is a media company based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, founded in 2016. It operates a digital platform that publishes online content focused on business, culture, lifestyle, fashion, and entertainment, offering a global perspective on contemporary Vietnamese society. By providing news briefings and insights about Vietnam's affairs and events, Vietcetera aims to connect modern Vietnam with a worldwide audience, facilitating a deeper understanding of the country's evolving narrative.

Majarra

Venture Round in 2021
Majarra is an Arabic online content provider that operates a subscription platform catering to the online content industry. The platform offers a wide range of topics, including management, science, technology, psychology, general health, and finance. By providing access to diverse and informative content, Majarra aims to empower users to make better-informed personal and professional decisions.

Zaiko

Funding Round in 2021
Zaiko is an event technology platform designed to empower creators by providing flexible solutions for managing events. The company offers tools for ticketing, streaming, and audience engagement both during and between events. Zaiko's platform enables creators to plan events, sell tickets, stream performances, and build non-fungible token (NFT) membership programs, as well as sell NFT ticket stubs. This comprehensive suite of features allows creators to maximize their reach and revenue while maintaining full control over their content and experiences. The platform also provides an all-in-one dashboard that connects fan data points and generates insights for creators, offering visibility into operations, marketing, and analytics to enhance fan experiences.

Loco

Seed Round in 2021
Loco is an Indian live game streaming and esports platform that hosts multiplayer social communities where gamers connect with audiences through live streams and arcade games, allowing players to showcase their skills and earn gameplay rewards.

Exile Content Studio

Series A in 2020
Exile Content Studio is a leading media company that produces premium content tailored for Latinos and US Hispanics. It specializes in creating films, television series, radio shows, and music, offering a diverse range of curated media.

Zaiko

Series A in 2020
Zaiko is an event technology platform designed to empower creators by providing flexible solutions for managing events. The company offers tools for ticketing, streaming, and audience engagement both during and between events. Zaiko's platform enables creators to plan events, sell tickets, stream performances, and build non-fungible token (NFT) membership programs, as well as sell NFT ticket stubs. This comprehensive suite of features allows creators to maximize their reach and revenue while maintaining full control over their content and experiences. The platform also provides an all-in-one dashboard that connects fan data points and generates insights for creators, offering visibility into operations, marketing, and analytics to enhance fan experiences.

NewsBytes

Series A in 2020
NewsBytes is an India-based media technology company that operates an online news platform and licenses its technology to produce content. The company runs an AI-powered engine capable of creating multilingual content and breaking down topics into comprehensible segments for explanatory journalism. Its platform delivers news in a timeline format and supports both consumer-facing media platforms and B2B clients by licensing its content creation technology to help produce high-quality content at scale with minimal human intervention. NewsBytes combines two business lines: a consumer-oriented news platform and a B2B technology offering enabling others to generate content efficiently. It uses natural language processing to automate content creation, reducing information overload for readers while enabling scalable content production.

Minute Media

Venture Round in 2020
Minute Media is a global technology company specializing in sports and culture. It owns leading sports content brands like The Players' Tribune, FanSided, and 90min, reaching over 200 million monthly users across 14 markets in 10 languages. The company's proprietary platform enables the creation, distribution, and monetization of digital short-form content experiences.

Tamatem

Series A in 2020
Tamatem Inc. is a mobile gaming studio and publishing company based in Amman, Jordan, with an additional office in Mountain View, California. Founded in 2013, Tamatem focuses on developing and localizing mobile games specifically for Arabic-speaking smartphone users. The company partners with international studios and developers to adapt and culturally relevantize various game genres, including racing, RPG-MMO, strategy, puzzle, and trivia. With a strong emphasis on user acquisition, distribution, and monetization, Tamatem has successfully published over 40 games, achieving more than 50 million downloads. The company employs a team of 26 people dedicated to optimizing and managing mobile game success in the MENA market.

Bongo

Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2013, Bongo is a Bangladeshi entertainment company offering on-demand video services via mobile and web platforms. It collaborates with telecom operators to provide premium content, manages YouTube channels and influencers across five countries, and has a content library spanning five languages with over 57,000 titles.

Zaiko

Seed Round in 2019
Zaiko is an event technology platform designed to empower creators by providing flexible solutions for managing events. The company offers tools for ticketing, streaming, and audience engagement both during and between events. Zaiko's platform enables creators to plan events, sell tickets, stream performances, and build non-fungible token (NFT) membership programs, as well as sell NFT ticket stubs. This comprehensive suite of features allows creators to maximize their reach and revenue while maintaining full control over their content and experiences. The platform also provides an all-in-one dashboard that connects fan data points and generates insights for creators, offering visibility into operations, marketing, and analytics to enhance fan experiences.

SpokenLayer

Series A in 2019
SpokenLayer is a full-service creative studio that specializes in custom, short-form digital audio content. The company transforms written stories into engaging audio narratives and produces, distributes, and monetizes voice experiences. By leveraging its expertise in audio creation, SpokenLayer helps advertisers and brands develop smart speaker applications, enhancing audience engagement in the digital audio landscape. The company's innovative approach caters to the growing demand for high-quality audio content, ensuring that clients effectively reach and connect with listeners.

Kiswe

Series B in 2019
Kiswe specializes in enhancing live event viewing by connecting at-home audiences with in-venue fans through interactive video experiences. Its cloud-based Kiswe Studio transforms professional event production and broadcasting. Serving global broadcasters, sports leagues, and music labels like Big Hit Entertainment (BTS), NBA, Globo, MLS, PGA Tour, and Turner Sports.

NEXD

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2015, NEXD is a London-based technology company specializing in creative content delivery. With offices in Berlin, Vienna, New York, and its main development hub in Tallinn, Estonia, the company has developed an innovative advertising platform that uses gaming technology to create fast, interactive, and sustainable ads.

DealStreetAsia

Seed Round in 2018
DealStreetAsia is a news and intelligence platform based in Singapore, founded in May 2014. It serves as a crucial resource for international and regional investors seeking insights into Asia's complex markets, covering a range of topics including investments, mergers, acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, and startup activities. The platform's website, launched in October 2014, provides timely and relevant information to users by leveraging a robust network of correspondents across key countries in the ASEAN region, such as Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and India. DealStreetAsia focuses on tracking the dynamic private business landscape, encompassing large, medium, and small enterprises, as well as innovative startups that are reshaping the region's economic landscape. The company was founded by Joji Thomas Philip, who emphasizes the transformative power of information in shaping Asia's future.

Content Insights

Seed Round in 2018
Content Insights is a software-as-a-service company that specializes in editorial intelligence, aiming to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of content production. The company has developed a proprietary platform that utilizes the Content Performance Indicator (CPI) algorithm to evaluate various aspects of online content, including individual pieces, authors, topics, and referral sources. This technology provides publishers with valuable insights into audience engagement, helping them make data-driven decisions to improve their content strategies. By focusing on measurable performance, Content Insights seeks to transform the way online content is created and managed.

The News Lens

Series C in 2018
Founded in August 2013, The News Lens is an independent media platform dedicated to providing Chinese readers with informed debates on news, social, and political issues.

Minute Media

Series F in 2018
Minute Media is a global technology company specializing in sports and culture. It owns leading sports content brands like The Players' Tribune, FanSided, and 90min, reaching over 200 million monthly users across 14 markets in 10 languages. The company's proprietary platform enables the creation, distribution, and monetization of digital short-form content experiences.

Asoko Insight

Series A in 2018
Asoko Insight Limited is a prominent corporate information platform focused on providing comprehensive data on public and private companies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Established in 2014 and headquartered in London, the company aids investors, banks, corporates, and governments in understanding the region's private sector landscapes. Asoko Insight consolidates data on key corporate developments, including incorporation details, management structures, financial indicators, and compliance metrics. It offers extensive company profiles and custom data products such as sector analyses and supply chain mapping, enabling clients to generate commercial leads and conduct due diligence. The company's local research analysts, based in various regional offices, continuously monitor and verify corporate information to ensure accuracy. Asoko is expanding its data collection efforts beyond major economies like Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria, aiming to enhance its offerings across the African continent.

Gremi Media

Post in 2017
Gremi Media S.A. is a Polish media company that operates primarily in the business, finance, and law sectors. It publishes several notable publications, including Rzeczpospolita, an economic and legal daily, and Gazeta Gieldy i Inwestorów “Parkiet,” which focuses on the stock exchange and capital markets. The company also produces Uwazam Rze Historia, a monthly magazine dedicated to historical topics. In addition to its print publications, Gremi Media manages a suite of online platforms, such as rp.pl for business and legal information, parkiet.com for investment insights, and historia.uwazamrze.pl for historical content. The company also offers an online newsstand, eKiosk, for digital versions of its publications. Beyond publishing, Gremi Media provides legal services and organizes conferences, seminars, and workshops on a wide range of topics, including finance, law, and management. Headquartered in Warsaw, Gremi Media serves professionals and senior managers, delivering specialized content and resources tailored to their needs.

PENTA Football

Seed Round in 2017
PENTA Football specializes in the distribution of football highlights, providing fans with access to key moments from matches. The company focuses on leveraging its unique content creation capabilities to enhance the viewing experience in the sports industry. By collaborating with various partners, PENTA Football aims to meet diverse digital transformation needs, ensuring that the content remains engaging and relevant to audiences.

Atlas Obscura

Series A in 2017
Atlas Obscura is an online travel media company that catalogs unusual and obscure destinations worldwide, combining user-generated content with editorial storytelling. Its platform serves as a global catalog of hidden places, remarkable histories, scientific marvels, and distinctive foods, offering travelers a collaborative guide and experiences around the world. Founded in 2009 and based in Brooklyn, New York, Atlas Obscura publishes features and articles on history, science, and food, and connects explorers through a shared interest in discovery.

Syte

Series A in 2017
Syte provides a visual search and product discovery platform that uses artificial intelligence to transform how retailers enable online shopping. The company's technology helps retailers improve site navigation and user experience through camera search, visual search, personalized recommendations, and smart merchandising tools, allowing shoppers to find visually similar products and discover complementary items quickly. By translating images into searchable product data, Syte supports intuitive shopping journeys that aim to engage shoppers and drive conversions across e-commerce sites.

Content Insights

Seed Round in 2017
Content Insights is a software-as-a-service company that specializes in editorial intelligence, aiming to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of content production. The company has developed a proprietary platform that utilizes the Content Performance Indicator (CPI) algorithm to evaluate various aspects of online content, including individual pieces, authors, topics, and referral sources. This technology provides publishers with valuable insights into audience engagement, helping them make data-driven decisions to improve their content strategies. By focusing on measurable performance, Content Insights seeks to transform the way online content is created and managed.

OpenSlate

Venture Round in 2017
OpenSlate is a leading provider of brand safety and contextual analytics for digital video content, established in 2012 by CEO Mike Henry and headquartered in New York, NY. The company specializes in measuring brand suitability for advertisers, offering targeted solutions that enhance the alignment of advertising with appropriate content. Unlike traditional methods that focus on post-exposure monitoring, OpenSlate employs predictive data science and proprietary analytics to generate actionable insights at a large scale. This technology supports the needs of major digital video platforms, particularly YouTube, while also being applicable across various video content on the web. OpenSlate's platform is utilized by major advertising holding companies and prominent brands, positioning the company as a critical player in the digital advertising landscape.

NewsBytes

Seed Round in 2017
NewsBytes is an India-based media technology company that operates an online news platform and licenses its technology to produce content. The company runs an AI-powered engine capable of creating multilingual content and breaking down topics into comprehensible segments for explanatory journalism. Its platform delivers news in a timeline format and supports both consumer-facing media platforms and B2B clients by licensing its content creation technology to help produce high-quality content at scale with minimal human intervention. NewsBytes combines two business lines: a consumer-oriented news platform and a B2B technology offering enabling others to generate content efficiently. It uses natural language processing to automate content creation, reducing information overload for readers while enabling scalable content production.

The News Lens

Series B in 2017
Founded in August 2013, The News Lens is an independent media platform dedicated to providing Chinese readers with informed debates on news, social, and political issues.

Duta

Series A in 2017
Duta is an emerging international media company based in Silicon Valley and Chennai, with additional newsrooms in the USA, India, and Spain. It serves millions of subscribers worldwide by providing breaking news, sports updates, entertainment news, and devotional content through popular mobile messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram. Duta has developed a group messenger application that allows users to access information across various fields, enabling them to stay informed effortlessly. Backed by venture capitalists with a history of investing in successful tech companies, Duta boasts a leadership team comprised of experienced entrepreneurs in the technology sector.

STEP Group

Series A in 2017
STEP Group is a leading digital and new media company in the Middle East with a house of modern news and entertainment brands.

Pocket Aces

Series A in 2016
Pocket Aces Pvt. Ltd., established in Mumbai, India in 2013, is a digital entertainment company that produces and distributes engaging content across multiple platforms. It operates FilterCopy for short videos, Dice Media for long-form web series targeting young audiences, Gobble for food and lifestyle content, and LOCO as an interactive live gaming platform. The company uses technology such as AI and machine learning to create and circulate entertaining content via social media channels and online platforms.

PENTA Football

Seed Round in 2016
PENTA Football specializes in the distribution of football highlights, providing fans with access to key moments from matches. The company focuses on leveraging its unique content creation capabilities to enhance the viewing experience in the sports industry. By collaborating with various partners, PENTA Football aims to meet diverse digital transformation needs, ensuring that the content remains engaging and relevant to audiences.

cielo24

Convertible Note in 2016
cielo24 is a cloud-based captioning and media data platform that serves online education, enterprise, government, news, and entertainment markets. It converts unstructured video and audio into searchable data by generating indexes, transcripts, captions, and media intelligence, enabling searchable captions and enhanced content discovery. The solution integrates captions, media data, and intelligence to optimize, tag, and index video and media assets, supporting accessibility and content discovery compliance. It provides multilingual transcription across languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Hebrew, Hindi, Arabic, among others. The service is industrial-grade, designed for scalable, high-quality, cost-efficient deployment, and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

OpenSlate

Series B in 2016
OpenSlate is a leading provider of brand safety and contextual analytics for digital video content, established in 2012 by CEO Mike Henry and headquartered in New York, NY. The company specializes in measuring brand suitability for advertisers, offering targeted solutions that enhance the alignment of advertising with appropriate content. Unlike traditional methods that focus on post-exposure monitoring, OpenSlate employs predictive data science and proprietary analytics to generate actionable insights at a large scale. This technology supports the needs of major digital video platforms, particularly YouTube, while also being applicable across various video content on the web. OpenSlate's platform is utilized by major advertising holding companies and prominent brands, positioning the company as a critical player in the digital advertising landscape.

IDN

Series A in 2016
IDN Media Company is a multi-platform digital media organization based in Surabaya, Indonesia, catering primarily to affluent Millennials and Gen Z. Established in 2014, it operates several key platforms, including IDNtimes.com, which offers a variety of engaging content such as visuals, quizzes, and listicles. The company also runs IDNtv, an online video producer focused on web series, social experiments, and branded content. Additionally, it owns Popbela.com, a lifestyle platform aimed at young urban women, and IDN Creative, which specializes in native advertising, creating sponsored content and events for brands. Furthermore, IDN Media organizes live events through IDN Event, providing a stage for creativity and talent among its target audience. With over 80 million monthly active users, IDN Media strives to democratize information access across Indonesia while fostering positive societal impacts.

Funcastic

Seed Round in 2016
Funcastic claims to be India’s first branded mobile podcast aggregator and allows users to listen to the content of their choice via the app.

OpenSlate

Series B in 2016
OpenSlate is a leading provider of brand safety and contextual analytics for digital video content, established in 2012 by CEO Mike Henry and headquartered in New York, NY. The company specializes in measuring brand suitability for advertisers, offering targeted solutions that enhance the alignment of advertising with appropriate content. Unlike traditional methods that focus on post-exposure monitoring, OpenSlate employs predictive data science and proprietary analytics to generate actionable insights at a large scale. This technology supports the needs of major digital video platforms, particularly YouTube, while also being applicable across various video content on the web. OpenSlate's platform is utilized by major advertising holding companies and prominent brands, positioning the company as a critical player in the digital advertising landscape.

Spectrm

Seed Round in 2016
Spectrm is a developer of a conversational marketing automation platform that enables businesses to engage and convert customers through AI-powered chatbots on popular messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram DMs. The platform provides tools that help companies automate customer interactions, facilitating personalized experiences that enhance customer retention and acquisition. By leveraging its end-to-end chatbot technology, Spectrm allows businesses to design tailored engagement strategies, effectively building lifelong relationships with their customers.

cielo24

Convertible Note in 2016
cielo24 is a cloud-based captioning and media data platform that serves online education, enterprise, government, news, and entertainment markets. It converts unstructured video and audio into searchable data by generating indexes, transcripts, captions, and media intelligence, enabling searchable captions and enhanced content discovery. The solution integrates captions, media data, and intelligence to optimize, tag, and index video and media assets, supporting accessibility and content discovery compliance. It provides multilingual transcription across languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Hebrew, Hindi, Arabic, among others. The service is industrial-grade, designed for scalable, high-quality, cost-efficient deployment, and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

Content Insights

Seed Round in 2016
Content Insights is a software-as-a-service company that specializes in editorial intelligence, aiming to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of content production. The company has developed a proprietary platform that utilizes the Content Performance Indicator (CPI) algorithm to evaluate various aspects of online content, including individual pieces, authors, topics, and referral sources. This technology provides publishers with valuable insights into audience engagement, helping them make data-driven decisions to improve their content strategies. By focusing on measurable performance, Content Insights seeks to transform the way online content is created and managed.

Leena AI

Seed Round in 2016
Leena AI develops an artificial intelligence-powered HR assistant that automates routine tasks such as answering policy-related questions, generating documents, and managing employee tickets. Its platform integrates with over 20 HR management systems, including SAP SuccessFactors, ADP, Oracle, Workday, and Microsoft Office 365. Trusted by companies like Nestle and Coca-Cola, Leena AI aims to streamline HR workflows across the employee lifecycle.

Planet GoGo

Seed Round in 2015
Planet GoGo is a developer of a content aggregator application designed to enhance the user experience on Android phone lock screens. The app serves as a personalized content hub, delivering a variety of engaging material, including news, humor, and promotional deals. Users benefit from a rewards system that allows them to earn Talktime for reading stories, along with an easy recharge mechanism for their mobile services. Founded by a team of experienced entrepreneurs with backgrounds in mobile technology, content, and advertising, Planet GoGo focuses on providing users with tailored content while incentivizing interaction through loyalty points.

Nameless Network

Convertible Note in 2015
Nameless Network creates smart video programming for the smartphone generation, positioning itself as a mobile-first media brand for a young, internet-savvy audience. It develops and distributes programming aimed at engaging younger viewers, reaching over 300 million young people each month. The platform attracts more than 10 million subscribers, with about 90% of consumption on mobile devices and roughly 85% of viewers under 34 years old.

Zuppit

Seed Round in 2015
Zuppit develops content summarization algorithm, which can learn and improve on it's own.

Asoko Insight

Seed Round in 2015
Asoko Insight Limited is a prominent corporate information platform focused on providing comprehensive data on public and private companies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Established in 2014 and headquartered in London, the company aids investors, banks, corporates, and governments in understanding the region's private sector landscapes. Asoko Insight consolidates data on key corporate developments, including incorporation details, management structures, financial indicators, and compliance metrics. It offers extensive company profiles and custom data products such as sector analyses and supply chain mapping, enabling clients to generate commercial leads and conduct due diligence. The company's local research analysts, based in various regional offices, continuously monitor and verify corporate information to ensure accuracy. Asoko is expanding its data collection efforts beyond major economies like Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria, aiming to enhance its offerings across the African continent.

cielo24

Series A in 2015
cielo24 is a cloud-based captioning and media data platform that serves online education, enterprise, government, news, and entertainment markets. It converts unstructured video and audio into searchable data by generating indexes, transcripts, captions, and media intelligence, enabling searchable captions and enhanced content discovery. The solution integrates captions, media data, and intelligence to optimize, tag, and index video and media assets, supporting accessibility and content discovery compliance. It provides multilingual transcription across languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Hebrew, Hindi, Arabic, among others. The service is industrial-grade, designed for scalable, high-quality, cost-efficient deployment, and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

Duta

Convertible Note in 2015
Duta is an emerging international media company based in Silicon Valley and Chennai, with additional newsrooms in the USA, India, and Spain. It serves millions of subscribers worldwide by providing breaking news, sports updates, entertainment news, and devotional content through popular mobile messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram. Duta has developed a group messenger application that allows users to access information across various fields, enabling them to stay informed effortlessly. Backed by venture capitalists with a history of investing in successful tech companies, Duta boasts a leadership team comprised of experienced entrepreneurs in the technology sector.

The News Lens

Series A in 2015
Founded in August 2013, The News Lens is an independent media platform dedicated to providing Chinese readers with informed debates on news, social, and political issues.

Rappler

Series A in 2015
Founded in 2012, Rappler operates a social news network that inspires community engagement and encourages digitally fueled actions for social change. It offers uncompromised journalism to spark smart conversations and ignite change.

News Deeply

Seed Round in 2015
News Deeply, Inc. is a media and technology company established in 2012 and based in New York, New York. It specializes in developing online platforms and user-centric projects that enhance public engagement and facilitate informed discussions on complex global issues. The company offers a news and media platform that combines news coverage, live events, information design, and social participation, catering to audiences interested in critical topics. Additionally, News Deeply creates educational content for U.S. teachers and collaborates with think tanks, institutions, and private sector partners to ideate and implement custom projects. Among its notable initiatives is Syria Deeply, an independent digital media project focused on storytelling related to global crises.

Atlas Obscura

Seed Round in 2015
Atlas Obscura is an online travel media company that catalogs unusual and obscure destinations worldwide, combining user-generated content with editorial storytelling. Its platform serves as a global catalog of hidden places, remarkable histories, scientific marvels, and distinctive foods, offering travelers a collaborative guide and experiences around the world. Founded in 2009 and based in Brooklyn, New York, Atlas Obscura publishes features and articles on history, science, and food, and connects explorers through a shared interest in discovery.

Inkl

Seed Round in 2014
Inkl is a subscription-based news application that aggregates content from leading global publishers, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Economist, Bloomberg, and Washington Post. The platform aims to provide a streamlined news experience by offering ad-free access to curated world news without paywalls or clickbait. Inkl is designed for individuals who seek to stay informed about current events but may not have the time to navigate multiple news sites or purchase various subscriptions. The application allows users to save preferred articles and receive a concise, organized view of the latest news, ensuring they remain updated on significant developments worldwide.

El Cambur

Seed Round in 2014
El Cambur is a digital media and services enterprise based in Monagas, Venezuela, dedicated to providing quality information that focuses on the political center, a perspective often overlooked by mainstream media. The company delivers content in various formats, including text, infographics, and videos, aiming to foster informed debate and discussions on political and social issues. El Cambur emphasizes the importance of data-driven narratives and visual representations, creating essential reading materials that engage audiences and propose solutions to contemporary challenges. By prioritizing clarity and accessibility, El Cambur seeks to establish itself as a vital source of information in the realm of communication and political sociology.

El Meme

Seed Round in 2014
El Meme is a news and entertainment outlet based in Argentina, established in 2014. The company specializes in identifying and monitoring trends to enhance understanding of global events and their relevance to audiences. It boasts a network of over 10,000 digital creative professionals, including writers, filmmakers, and communication experts. El Meme reaches an audience of more than 30 million young millennials across the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina each month. The company provides digital content production services, including content marketing and native advertising, while also focusing on targeted audience distribution through programmatic buying and social media platforms.

Datami

Series A in 2014
Datami Inc. is a mobile marketing technology company that specializes in a network-aware mobile engagement platform aimed at enhancing visibility for advertisers, businesses, and service vendors within mobile sites and applications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, with a development center in Bengaluru, India, Datami's platform facilitates various marketing methods, including sponsored data, data rewards, and mobile advertising. By leveraging real-time customer data from operators and brands, the platform allows clients to improve click-through rates and increase daily active usage and conversions. Additionally, it provides consumers the opportunity to earn and access mobile data, thereby creating a mutually beneficial ecosystem for both marketers and users.

GkillCity

Seed Round in 2014
GKillCity is a digital, countercultural citizens’ communication project. It was founded in 2011, in Guayaquil, and 152 editions have been published since, with contributions of over 290 collaborators from all over the world. New media in Ecuador is almost unexplored, and Gkillcity.com wants become the iconic digital media of Ecuador. It aims to create more audio content and mobile applications, and also make use of digital TV channels.
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