69 Best News Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of News 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 138 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $5.0b. The average funding per company in this subset is $73.0m.

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

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Medium (company) logo

Medium (company)

An online publishing platform used by amateur and professional writers. Membership fees are used to pay writers.

1

Funding Rounds

$31.0m

Money raised

Reddit logo

Reddit

Reddit is an online platform for social news. It allows communities to submit links, create content, and discuss any topic of their interest.

6

Funding Rounds

$1.3b

Money raised

Netscape logo

Netscape

Netscape is an american computer services company founded in 1994 by Marc Andreessen, James H. Clark, Aleks Totic, Lou Montulli and Jon Mittelhauser.

1

Funding Rounds

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LiveU

LiveU is a Hackensack, New Jersey-based broadcast company offering high quality live video streaming for television, online, and social media broadcasting.

5

Funding Rounds

$250.0m

Money raised

Refinery29 logo

Refinery29

A digital media company focused on women and women's issues. It was founded in 2005 and is located in New York City. It was acquired by Vice Media in 2019.

4

Funding Rounds

$30.4m

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

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Citizen (mobile application)

Citizen is U.S-based company (legal name: sp0n, Inc.) developing a public safety mobile application.

4

Funding Rounds

$138.8m

Money raised

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MIC

MIC is a Munich-based company founded in 2011 by Christopher Altchek.

4

Funding Rounds

$32.5m

Money raised

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Outside.in

A company with a local advertising platform. It was founded in 2006 and acquired by AOL in 2011.

3

Funding Rounds

$10.9m

Money raised

Issuu logo

Issuu

Issuu is a company founded in 2006 by Martin Ferro-Thomsen, Ruben Bjerg Hansen and Michael Hansen.

3

Funding Rounds

$51.3m

Money raised

Tech in Asia logo

Tech in Asia

Tech in Asia is a news company founded by Willis Wee.

1

Funding Rounds

Algo logo

Algo

Algo is a Michigan-based company offering an AI supply chain platform. The company was acquired by Meltwater in August 2017.

2

Funding Rounds

$30.0m

Money raised

BEAMSTART logo

BEAMSTART

BEAMSTART is a Startup Accelerator and online platform for Startup News, Business Networking, and Entrepreneurial Resources founded in 2016 by Kenneth Ho, Wallace Ho, and Benjamin Tan.

1

Funding Rounds

Jellysmack logo

Jellysmack

Jellysmack is the global creator company that detects and develops the world’s most talented video creators.

3

Funding Rounds

$16.0m

Money raised

Business Insider logo

Business Insider

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

4

Funding Rounds

$13.6m

Money raised

Tagboard logo

Tagboard

Tagboard is a Redmond, Washington-based company founded in 2011.

2

Funding Rounds

$18.3m

Money raised

Zinio logo

Zinio

Zinio is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2001 by Richard A. Maggiotto.

4

Funding Rounds

$37.4m

Money raised

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Banjo (company)

Banjo is a Redwood City, California-based company founded by Damien Patton.

3

Funding Rounds

$16.0m

Money raised

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Dailymotion

Dailymotion is a video streaming site founded in 2005 by Benjamin Bejbaum, Didier Rappaport and Olivier Poitrey.

3

Funding Rounds

$68.5m

Money raised

SmartNews logo

SmartNews

Operator of a news platform intended to discover and deliver the latest trending news stories.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.3b

Money raised

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Lokal

Lokal is a local news platform delivering information about the government, jobs, community, and issues in India. It was founded in 2018 and is located in Bengaluru, India.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

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Flipboard

Flipboard is a social-network aggregation, magazine-format application founded in 2010 by Mike McCue.

5

Funding Rounds

$185.5m

Money raised

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Factmata

Factmata is a company that provides AI-enhanced digital marketing.

5

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

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Duetto

Duetto is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2012.

3

Funding Rounds

$92.1m

Money raised

Built In logo

Built In

Built In is a company providing a platform for tech professionals globally to learn, grow their skills and advance their careers

2

Funding Rounds

$44.0m

Money raised

Venn logo

Venn

Venn is a company founded in 2016.

1

Funding Rounds

$40.0m

Money raised

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Morning Consult

Morning Consult is a global decision intelligence company changing how modern leaders make smarter, faster, and better decisions.

3

Funding Rounds

$91.0m

Money raised

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theSkimm

theSkimm is a New York City-based company founded in 2010 by Danielle Weisberg.

3

Funding Rounds

$25.4m

Money raised

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Zmags

Zmags is a Boston-based company founded in 2006.

2

Funding Rounds

$8.8m

Money raised

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Narrativa

Narrativa is an artificial intelligence company developing a machine learning platform to build natural language solutions.

6

Funding Rounds

$2.4m

Money raised

Podcastle logo

Podcastle

Podcastle converts news and articles to podcasts.

2

Funding Rounds

$8.8m

Money raised

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Tout (company)

Tout is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2010.

4

Funding Rounds

$47.4m

Money raised

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Gjirafa

Video content and e-commerce platform for the Balkans built on an Albanian language specialized search engine.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.7m

Money raised

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Snipfeed

An online content consumption platform using artificial intelligence to deliver a unique content feed to each user.

2

Funding Rounds

$6.1m

Money raised

Toutiao logo

Toutiao

Toutiao is a news aggregation app and website founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming.

1

Funding Rounds

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Huffington Post

Huffington Post is a New York City-based company founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti.

5

Funding Rounds

$37.0m

Money raised

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Cheezburger

Cheezburger is a company founded in 2007 by Ben Huh.

3

Funding Rounds

$34.0m

Money raised

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BeyondWords

BeyondWords (formerly SpeechKit) is a London-based artificial intelligence company developing synthetic voices, tools, and integrations for publishers and companies audio.

4

Funding Rounds

$196.0k

Money raised

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Voicery

Voicery is a San Francisco-based synthetic media company developing text-to-speech systems offering realistic human-like voices.

3

Funding Rounds

$120.0k

Money raised

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Foresight News

Foresight News is a Chinese news content platform focusing on Crypto and Web3.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Sesamy

Liberate yourself from zombie subscriptions. Pay only for the content you want. Consume on any app or device.

4

Funding Rounds

$16.9m

Money raised

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Babble

Babble is a London-based company founded in 2001.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

Brut logo

Brut

Brut is a global media company that creates short-form video content.

2

Funding Rounds

$115.0m

Money raised

Swell Radio logo

Swell Radio

Swell Radio is a Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California-based company founded in 2019.

3

Funding Rounds

$12.7m

Money raised

TouchPal logo

TouchPal

TouchPal is a company founded in 2008 by Jialiang Wang.

1

Funding Rounds

$226.0m

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

TheWrap logo

TheWrap

TheWrap is an american entertainment and media news website founded in 2009.

3

Funding Rounds

$3.5m

Money raised

Watchup logo

Watchup

Watchup is a Menlo Park, California-based company founded in 2012 by Adriano Farano.

1

Funding Rounds

$500.0k

Money raised

Industry Dive (digital media company) logo

Industry Dive (digital media company)

Industry Dive is a Washington, D.C.-based company founded in 2012.

1

Funding Rounds

$400.0k

Money raised

Shorthand (company) logo

Shorthand (company)

Shorthand is a company founded in 2013.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.6m

Money raised

Topix (website) logo

Topix (website)

Topix is a Palo Alto, California-based company founded in 2004 by Rich Skrenta.

2

Funding Rounds

$15.0m

Money raised

Jukin Media logo

Jukin Media

Jukin Media is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2009.

1

Funding Rounds

$562.3k

Money raised

Geospark Analytics logo

Geospark Analytics

Geospark Analytics is a company founded in 2017.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.7m

Money raised

Lighthouse logo

Lighthouse

Structure designed to emit light to aid navigation

1

Funding Rounds

$17.0m

Money raised

CSDN logo

CSDN

CSDN is a network of software developers in china founded in 1999.

1

Funding Rounds

Gigaom logo

Gigaom

GigaOm's mission is to provide enterprises with information and analysis to help them make better decisions about technology.

3

Funding Rounds

$13.0m

Money raised

Minyanville logo

Minyanville

Minyanville is a Manhattan-based news company founded in 2002.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.2m

Money raised

PandoDaily logo

PandoDaily

PandoDaily is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2012.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.7m

Money raised

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Svbtle

Svbtle a company providing a blogging platform that enables people to share and discover ideas.

1

Funding Rounds

Newser logo

Newser

Newser is a Chicago-based company founded in 2007 by Michael Wolff.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

Haystack TV logo

Haystack TV

Haystack TV is a company founded in 2014.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

Beliefnet logo

Beliefnet

Beliefnet is a Norfolk, Virginia-based company founded in 1999.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

Slinkset logo

Slinkset

Slinkset provides an online tool that allows users to create their message board sites.

1

Funding Rounds

$15.0k

Money raised

Inside.com logo

Inside.com

Inside.com is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2013 by Jason Calacanis.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.6m

Money raised

OZY Media logo

OZY Media

OZY Media is a Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California-based company founded in 2013.

2

Funding Rounds

$45.0m

Money raised

News360 logo

News360

News360 is a company founded in 2010.

1

Funding Rounds

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4k

A permissionless marketplace for NFTs backed by physical assets--where users can mint NFTs that represent ownership of their physical assets.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

Global Grind logo

Global Grind

Global Grind is a New York-based company founded in 2007.

3

Funding Rounds

$7.1m

Money raised

Newsle logo

Newsle

Newsle is a Mountain View, California-based company founded in 2010 by Axel Hansen.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.7m

Money raised