32 Best Journalism Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Journalism Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 32 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $941.1m. The average funding per company in this subset is $29.4m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Overtime (company) logo

Overtime (company)

Overtime is an online sports streaming platform that is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

5

Funding Rounds

$215.0m

Money raised

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Axios Media

Axios Media is a news media company known for its short-form articles. Axios Media was founded in 2016 by three former staff of Politico.

4

Funding Rounds

$487.0m

Money raised

NewsGuard logo

NewsGuard

NewsGuard is a company developing a browser add-on that rates news sources on their credibility; the purpose is to fight misinformation and fake news.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

Curio Labs logo

Curio Labs

Curio Labs is a developer of an application allowing users to listen to stories from top journalistic outlets.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

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Substack

A software company that allows users to start an email newsletter that makes money from subscriptions.

3

Funding Rounds

$80.3m

Money raised

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Business Insider

Business Insider is an online platform that offers the latest business, celebrity, and technology news.

4

Funding Rounds

$13.6m

Money raised

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Blendle

Blendle was an online journalism platform acquired by Cafeyn in 2020.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.8m

Money raised

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Contently

Contently is a company founded in 2010 by Dave Goldberg, Joe Coleman and Shane Snow.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.4m

Money raised

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Meta Company

Pioneering Silicon Valley company known for making augmented reality products, it didn't succeed and its assets were acquired by Meta View

3

Funding Rounds

$50.0m

Money raised

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Storyhunter

Storyhunter is a company founded in 2012 by Jaron Gilinsky.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

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Compass News

Compass News is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2016 by Mayank Banerjee.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

Top Doctors logo

Top Doctors

Online platform for identifying, interacting, and booking e-consultations with medical specialists in private healthcare.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.2m

Money raised

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Not safe for work

Not safe for work is a term in internet slang founded by Paul Carr.

2

Funding Rounds

$250.0k

Money raised

MemoryWell logo

MemoryWell

MemoryWell is a company founded in 2016 by Jay Newton-Small.

3

Funding Rounds

$6.5m

Money raised

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Blavity

Blavity is a company founded in 2014 by Jeff Nelson, Jonathan Jackson and Aaron Samuels.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.5m

Money raised

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Inkrypt

Inkrypt is a blockchain company founded in 2017 by Farhan Javed.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

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Crispy Gamer

Company

1

Funding Rounds

$8.3m

Money raised

Urban Times logo

Urban Times

Urban Times is a London-based company founded in 2010.

1

Funding Rounds

$45.0k

Money raised

2

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

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NowThis News

NowThis News is a New York City-based company founded in 2012 by Kenneth Lerer, Brian Bedol and Eric Hippeau.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.8m

Money raised

The Local logo

The Local

The Local is a company founded in 2004.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.4m

Money raised

YNET logo

YNET

YNET is a Beijing-based company founded in 2000.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Dot.LA

New site covering the startup and innovation community in Los Angeles, California.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

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The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller is a Washington, D.C.-based company founded in 2010 by Tucker Carlson.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

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BostInno

BostInno is a company founded in 2009.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

Allvoices Inc. logo

Allvoices Inc.

Allvoices Inc. is a company founded in 2017 by Amra Tareen.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.2m

Money raised

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Instablogs

Instablogs is a company founded by Ankit Maheshwari.

1

Funding Rounds

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Publish2

Publish2 is a Lansdowne, Virginia-based company founded in 2007.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.8m

Money raised

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Rue89

Rue89 is a french online newspaper founded in 2007 by Pierre Haski, Pascal Riché and Michel Levy-Provencal.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.7m

Money raised

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Civil (company)

Civil is a company founded by Daniel Kinsley, Christine Mohan, Matthew Iles and Lillian Ruiz.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

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Tone (company)

Tone is a journalism company.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

OpenNews logo

OpenNews

OpenNews is a company founded in 2011.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised