# News Deeply funding: rounds and investors > News Deeply has raised $3.1M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Social Capital, Wavemaker Partners and Omidyar Network. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/news-deeply (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *News Deeply* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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 **$3.1M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Seed, $3.1M Oct 2017 - **Investors:** 7 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. 2016 2017 **?** Seed **$3.1M** Seed - **First round:** Seed - **Biggest round:** $3.1M - **Between rounds:** 2.5 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2017** Seed **$3.1M** *3 new* [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) [Graph Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graph-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $5.0M sold, first sale Jul 2017 - **Apr 2015** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* [Omidyar Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omidyar-network) [Fresco Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fresco-capital) [Granatus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/granatus-ventures) [Hive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hive) From a historical funding record ## 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 **Seed** 2017 [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) [Omidyar Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omidyar-network) [Graph Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graph-ventures) [Fresco Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fresco-capital) [Granatus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/granatus-ventures) [Hive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hive) ## Everyone who backed them [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) VC firm **1** round [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) VC firm **1** round [Omidyar Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omidyar-network) Family office **1** round [Graph Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graph-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Fresco Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fresco-capital) VC firm **1** round [Granatus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/granatus-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Hive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hive) Company **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=news-deeply). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists News Deeply 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. [edSeed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edseed) Investment firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about News Deeply ### Who invested in News Deeply? News Deeply's investors include Social Capital, Wavemaker Partners, Omidyar Network, Graph Ventures and Fresco Capital, and 2 more on record. ### How much has News Deeply raised? News Deeply has raised $3.1M across 2 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did News Deeply last raise? News Deeply's most recent round was a Seed of $3.1M in Oct 2017. ### What was News Deeply's biggest round? Its most recent round, $3.1M in Oct 2017, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed News Deeply first? News Deeply's first round on record, in Apr 2015, was backed by Omidyar Network, Fresco Capital and Granatus Ventures and 1 others. ### What stage is News Deeply at? News Deeply's latest named round is a Seed, in Oct 2017. ### Where is News Deeply based? News Deeply is based in the United States. ## Companies like News Deeply 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