# Fresco News funding: rounds and investors > Fresco News has raised $6.5M across 4 rounds since 2015. Investors include Social Starts, 1517 Fund and Wavemaker Partners. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/fresco-news (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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. Media Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$6.5M** raised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources **$85K** Seed **$190K** Round **$1.2M** Seed **$5.0M** Series A - **Latest round:** Series A, $5.0M Apr 2017 - **Step-up i:** 4.2× - **Investors:** 10 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2015 2016 2017 **$85K** Seed **$190K** Round **$1.2M** Seed **$5.0M** Series A - **First round:** Seed, $85K - **Biggest round:** $5.0M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 6 months ## The rounds - **Apr 2017** Series A **$5.0M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Social Starts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-starts) [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) [1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) Source recorded SEC filing: $6.1M sold, first sale Apr 2017 - **Sept 2015** Seed **$1.2M** *8 new* [Social Starts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-starts) [1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) [Fresco Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fresco-capital) [Mike Jones](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mike-jones) [Jonathan Miller](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jonathan-miller) [Ross Levinsohn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ross-levinsohn) [Laurel Touby](https://millionrounds.com/fund/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 **$85K** *1 new* [Rough Draft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rough-draft-ventures) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Jeremy H. Ogorek** Executive Officer i - **John H. Meyer** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Chad H. Hollingsworth* *Ross 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. **Seed** 2015 **Round** 2015 **Seed** 2015 **Series A** 2017 [Social Starts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-starts) [1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) [Rough Draft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rough-draft-ventures) [Fresco Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fresco-capital) [Mike Jones](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mike-jones) [Jonathan Miller](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jonathan-miller) [Ross Levinsohn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ross-levinsohn) [Laurel Touby](https://millionrounds.com/fund/laurel-touby) Reese Schonfeld ## Everyone who backed them [Social Starts](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-starts) VC firm **2** rounds [1517 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1517-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) VC firm **1** round [Rough Draft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rough-draft-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Fresco Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fresco-capital) VC firm **1** round [Mike Jones](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mike-jones) Angel **1** round [Jonathan Miller](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jonathan-miller) Angel **1** round [Ross Levinsohn](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ross-levinsohn) Angel **1** round [Laurel Touby](https://millionrounds.com/fund/laurel-touby) Angel **1** round Reese Schonfeld no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=fresco-news). ## 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. [Kosinski Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kosinski-ventures) Family office Per its own site ## Quick answers about Fresco News ### Who invested in Fresco News? Fresco News's investors include Social Starts, 1517 Fund, Wavemaker Partners, Rough Draft Ventures and Fresco Capital, and 5 more on record. ### How much has Fresco News raised? Fresco News has raised $6.5M across 4 rounds since 2015. ### When did Fresco News last raise? Fresco News's most recent round was a Series A of $5.0M in Apr 2017. ### What was Fresco News's biggest round? Its most recent round, $5.0M in Apr 2017, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Fresco News first? Fresco News's first round on record, in Jan 2015, was backed by Rough Draft Ventures. ### What stage is Fresco News at? Fresco News's latest named round is a Series A, in Apr 2017. ### Where is Fresco News based? Fresco News is based in the United States. ## Companies like Fresco News In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Pika** $216M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pika)[**Indent** $7.2M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/indent)[**Overtime** $33M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/overtime)[**ParentConnect** $420K · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/parentconnect)[**CreatorFi** $85M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/creatorfi)[**TMRW Sports** $83M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tmrw-sports) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app