Who invested in Fresco News

4 rounds we have observed, with the 10 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$6.5Mraised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources

$85KSeed$190KRound$1.2MSeed$5.0MSeries A

Latest round: Series A, $5.0MApr 2017
Step-upi: 4.2×
Investors: 10

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

201520162017

$85KSeed$190KRound$1.2MSeed$5.0MSeries A

First round: Seed, $85K
Biggest round: $5.0M
Usual gap between rounds: 6 months

The rounds

Apr 2017
Series A$5.0M1 new2 returning
Source recordedSEC filing: $6.1M sold, first sale Apr 2017
Sept 2015
Seed$1.2M8 new
- Social Starts
- 1517 Fund
- Fresco Capital
- Mike Jones
- Jonathan Miller
- Ross Levinsohn
- Laurel Touby
- Reese Schonfeld
From a historical funding record
Mar 2015
Round$190K
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding record
Jan 2015
Seed$85K1 new
- Rough Draft Ventures
From a historical funding record

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

Jeremy H. OgorekExecutive Officeri
John H. MeyerExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediChad H. HollingsworthRoss H. Levinsohn

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Seed2015Round2015Seed2015Series A2017

Fresco CapitalMike JonesJonathan MillerRoss LevinsohnLaurel ToubyReese Schonfeld

Everyone who backed them

Social StartsVC firm2rounds

1517 FundVC firm2rounds

Wavemaker PartnersVC firm1round

Rough Draft VenturesVC firm1round

Fresco CapitalVC firm1round

Mike JonesAngel1round

Jonathan MillerAngel1round

Ross LevinsohnAngel1round

Laurel ToubyAngel1round

Reese Schonfeldno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Fresco News as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.