North Base Media

North Base Media is an investment firm focused on journalistic enterprise and digital-driven opportunities in emerging markets. North Base creates value by bringing top-level international media expertise and capital to invested companies that will benefit from the deep knowledge, reputation and extensive connections of North Base’s partners. NBM focuses on both early- and mid-stage companies that show promise in key emerging markets. The portfolio companies, in turn, will benefit from being properly capitalized to pursue growth opportunities, by getting access to unique digital, media and journalistic know-how, and by being able to tap one another's expertise. NBM specializes in independently owned media or technologies that enable consumers to participate in their countries’ civic, cultural and economic life and that aim to be essential to key audiences in their markets. North Base is not aligned with governments, political causes or forces in the countries where it operates.

Marcus W. Brauchli

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

Alex Kotran

Principal

Turi Munthe

Venture Partner

Sasa Vucinic

Managing Partner and Co-Founder

Past deals in Media

Vietcetera

Series A in 2021
Vietcetera Media is a media company based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, founded in 2016. It focuses on publishing online news content that covers a variety of topics, including business, lifestyle, culture, fashion, and entertainment. The company aims to connect modern Vietnam with a global audience by providing insightful briefings on Vietnamese affairs, society, and business. Through its digital platform, Vietcetera Media enables readers both within and outside Vietnam to stay informed about relevant events and trends, fostering a better understanding of the country.

NewsBytes

Series A in 2020
NewsBytes is an innovative media technology company based in Ghaziabad, India, specializing in the creation and distribution of news content through an AI-powered platform. The company offers a unique online application that presents news in a timeline format, enabling users to access information efficiently. It distinguishes itself as the only media technology company in India capable of producing high-quality content in multiple languages with minimal human intervention. NewsBytes operates as a hybrid entity, combining a consumer-facing media platform with a B2B technology division that licenses its content creation technology to other businesses. This dual approach addresses the challenges of content production in the media market, making it a significant player in the industry.

MinuteMedia

Venture Round in 2020
Minute Media is a global, digital, sports media company, powered by socially driven content created by the fans, for the fans. Their products let fans create, publish, share and distribute content to more than 85 million people per month. Their content fuses sports stories with everyday culture, creating a fresh new voice in the world of sports media.

MinuteMedia

Series F in 2018
Minute Media is a global, digital, sports media company, powered by socially driven content created by the fans, for the fans. Their products let fans create, publish, share and distribute content to more than 85 million people per month. Their content fuses sports stories with everyday culture, creating a fresh new voice in the world of sports media.

Gremi Media

Post in 2017
Gremi Media S.A. operates in the media business in Poland. It operates as a media platform in the business-finance-law segment. The company publishes Rzeczpospolita, an economic and legal daily, and liberal conservative newspaper; Gazeta Gieldy i Inwestorów “Parkiet”, a specialized daily newspaper to the stock exchange and the whole capital market; and Uwazam Rze Historia, a monthly magazine presenting the facts from the past, historical figures, and the foundations of modern times. It also operates rp.pl, an online portal in the business-finance-law segment; parkiet.com, a portal for people who invest and/or save money and to know the level of profit generated by their mutual funds, the types of bonds worth buying, or the kinds of deposits and insurance to choose; historia.uwazamrze.pl, a portal for people interested in history, facts, and sensational events from the past; and eKiosk, an online newsstand with digital press, which various electronic versions of newspapers and magazines. In addition, the company provides legal services. Further, it organizes conferences and debates on various topics, such as capital markets, finance and management, energy, real estate, law and taxes, pharmacy, IT, or marketing; and training sessions, seminars, and workshops. Gremi Media S.A. is based in Warsaw, Poland.

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.

IDN

Series A in 2016
IDN Media is the leading multi-platform media company for Millennials and Gen Z in Indonesia. Our vision to bring positive impacts to society. We want to democratize access to accurate, balanced, useful, and positive information and ultimately, to become the voice of Millennials and Gen Z in Indonesia. IDN Media operates IDN Times, Popbela.com, Popmama.com, Yummy, IDN Creative, IDN Event, and IDN Creator Network.

El Cambur

Seed Round in 2014
El Cambur is a network digital media and services enterprise committed radically to the political center. This center is ignored by the mainstream media. The team is focused on digital media and propose essential reading agenda about the country and the world. A media made with quality information presented in short texts based on data, graphics and audiovisual. The team wants to create essential text, data, graphics and audiovisual content to This will generate debate on ideas, create different products in the area of communication and political sociology, and propose solutions.