# Genesis Media funding: rounds and investors

> Genesis Media has raised $16M across 5 rounds since 2012. Investors include Y Combinator, Blue Chip Venture Company and Demarest. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/genesis-media (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Genesis Media*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$16M** raised across 5 rounds since 2012, from 5 sources

**$3.0M** Series A **$3.0M** Venture **$4.0M** Debt **$6.0M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Venture Sept 2016
- **Biggest round:** $6.0M Series B · Apr 2014
- **Investors:** 6

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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.

2013 2014 2015 2016

**$3.0M** Series A

**$3.0M** Venture

**$4.0M** Debt

**$6.0M** Series B

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $3.0M
- **Biggest round:** $6.0M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 10 months

## The rounds

- **Sept 2016** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded
- **Apr 2014** Debt **$4.0M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record
- **Apr 2014** Series B **$6.0M** *3 new* [Blue Chip Venture Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-chip-venture-company) [Demarest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/demarest) [Crown Predator Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crown-predator-holdings) From a historical funding record
- **Jul 2013** Venture **$3.0M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov
- **Sept 2012** Series A **$3.0M** *2 new* [Ocean Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ocean-group) [SamStella](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samstella-llc) Reported by techcrunch.com

## 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.

**Series A** 2012 **Venture** 2013 **Debt** 2014 **Series B** 2014 **Venture** 2016 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Blue Chip Venture Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-chip-venture-company) [Demarest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/demarest) [Ocean Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ocean-group) [Crown Predator Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crown-predator-holdings) [SamStella](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samstella-llc)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Blue Chip Venture Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-chip-venture-company) VC firm **1** round

[Demarest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/demarest) VC firm **1** round

[Ocean Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ocean-group) Family office **1** round

[Crown Predator Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crown-predator-holdings) VC firm **1** round

[SamStella](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samstella-llc) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Genesis Media

### Who invested in Genesis Media?

Genesis Media's investors include Y Combinator, Blue Chip Venture Company, Demarest, Ocean Group and Crown Predator Holdings, and 1 more on record.

### How much has Genesis Media raised?

Genesis Media has raised $16M across 5 rounds since 2012. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Genesis Media last raise?

Genesis Media's most recent round was a Venture in Sept 2016.

### What was Genesis Media's biggest round?

Genesis Media's largest round on record is $6.0M (Series B), in Apr 2014.

### Who backed Genesis Media first?

Genesis Media's first round on record, in Sept 2012, was backed by Ocean Group and SamStella.

### What stage is Genesis Media at?

Genesis Media's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2016.

### Where is Genesis Media based?

Genesis Media is based in the United States.

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