# Group Nine Media funding: rounds and investors

> Group Nine Media has raised $50M across 1 round since 2019. Investors include Inc Fund, Discovery Ventures and Y Combinator. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Group Nine Media*

One round we have observed, with the 7 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Entertainment Media

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$50M** raised across 1 round since 2019, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Round, $50M Sept 2019
- **Led by:** Inc Fund and Discovery Ventures
- **Investors:** 7 (2 led)

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Sept 2019** Round **$50M** [Inc Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inc-fund) Lead [Discovery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/discovery-ventures) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) [RRE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [Axel Springer Digital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/axel-springer-digital-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

- **Benjamin Lerer** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i
- **David Ugelow** Executive Officer i
- **Eric Ashman** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Bruce Campbell* *Fred Harman* *Isabel Lerer* *Jens Muffelmann* *Karen Leever* *Kenneth Lerer*

## Everyone who backed them

[Inc Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inc-fund) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Discovery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/discovery-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1

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

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

[RRE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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

[Axel Springer Digital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/axel-springer-digital-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Group Nine Media as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) VC firm Per its own site

[Oak Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oak-investment-partners) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Group Nine Media

### Who invested in Group Nine Media?

Group Nine Media's investors include Inc Fund, Discovery Ventures, Y Combinator, Greycroft and RRE Ventures, and 2 more on record. Inc Fund led its latest round.

### How much has Group Nine Media raised?

Group Nine Media has raised $50M across 1 round since 2019.

### When did Group Nine Media last raise?

Group Nine Media's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $50M in Sept 2019, led by Inc Fund.

### What was Group Nine Media's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $50M in Sept 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Group Nine Media first?

Group Nine Media's first round on record, in Sept 2019, was backed by Inc Fund, Discovery Ventures and Y Combinator and 4 others.

### What stage is Group Nine Media at?

Group Nine Media's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Sept 2019.

### Where is Group Nine Media based?

Group Nine Media is based in the United States.

### Who led Group Nine Media's rounds?

Inc Fund led the Undisclosed round in 2019.

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