32 Best Journalism Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Journalism Startups

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There are 32 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $1.1b. The average funding per company in this subset is $35.5m.

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

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$200.0m

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Forbes is an American media company focused on business, technology, and finance.

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$215.0m

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

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$487.0m

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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.

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$6.0m

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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.

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$9.0m

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

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$90.3m

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

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$3.8m

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

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$3.4m

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

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$50.0m

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

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$1.3m

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Storyhunter is a company founded in 2012 by Jaron Gilinsky.

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$1.6m

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

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$3.2m

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

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$250.0k

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

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$6.5m

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

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$6.5m

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

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$1.3m

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

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$8.3m

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$45.0k

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

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$5.0m

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$4.8m

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

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$2.4m

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The Local is a company founded in 2004.

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$2.0m

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YNET is a Beijing-based company founded in 2000.

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$4.0m

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

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$3.0m

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

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$1.3m

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BostInno is a company founded in 2009.

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$4.2m

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

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Instablogs is a company founded by Ankit Maheshwari.

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$2.8m

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

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$1.7m

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

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$5.0m

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

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$4.0m

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Tone is a journalism company.

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$4.0m

Money raised

OpenNews is a company founded in 2011.

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