# NewsCred funding: rounds and investors

> NewsCred has raised $109M across 7 rounds since 2010. Investors include FirstMark, Mayfield Fund and InterWest Partners. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *NewsCred*

7 rounds we have observed, with the 12 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

**$109M** raised across 7 rounds since 2010, from 7 sources

**$1.0M** Seed **$4.0M** Series A **$1.8M** Debt **$15M** Series B **$25M** Series C **$42M** Series D **$20M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $20M Jul 2019
- **Led by:** InterWest Partners
- **Biggest round:** $42M Series D · Sept 2015
- **Investors:** 12 (1 led)

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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.

2012 2014 2016 2018

**$1.0M** Seed

**$4.0M** Series A

**$1.8M** Debt

**$15M** Series B

**$25M** Series C

**$42M** Series D

**$20M** Round

- **First round:** Seed, $1.0M
- **Biggest round:** $42M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 15 months

## The rounds

- **Jul 2019** Round **$20M** *2 new* *5 returning* [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) Lead [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [FTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ftv-capital) [Dentsu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dentsu-ventures) [Escalate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/escalate-capital) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Sept 2015** Series D **$42M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) [FTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ftv-capital) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $42M sold, first sale Aug 2015
- **Jan 2014** Series C **$25M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $18M sold, first sale Jan 2014
- **Mar 2013** Series B **$15M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) Reported by techcrunch.com SEC filing: $12M sold, first sale Mar 2013
- **Oct 2012** Debt **$1.8M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $1.8M sold, first sale Oct 2012
- **Nov 2011** Series A **$4.0M** *4 new* [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [Lerer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-ventures) [Aol Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aol-ventures) [Amish Jani](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amish-jani) Reported by gigaom.com
- **Sept 2010** Seed **$1.0M** *2 new* [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) Reported by blog.newscred.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.

**Seed** 2010 **Series A** 2011 **Debt** 2012 **Series B** 2013 **Series C** 2014 **Series D** 2015 **Round** 2019 [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) L [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) [FTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ftv-capital) [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [Lerer Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-ventures) [Aol Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aol-ventures) [Dentsu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dentsu-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) VC firm **5** rounds

[Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) VC firm **4** rounds

[InterWest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interwest-partners) VC firm **3** rounds, led 1

[IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds

[Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) VC firm **2** rounds

[FTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ftv-capital) Private equity **2** rounds

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

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

[Aol Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aol-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Dentsu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dentsu-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Amish Jani](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amish-jani) VC firm **1** round

[Escalate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/escalate-capital) Private credit **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=newscred).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists NewsCred 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.

[Advance Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advance-venture-partners) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about NewsCred

### Who invested in NewsCred?

NewsCred's investors include FirstMark, Mayfield Fund, InterWest Partners, IA Ventures and Greycroft, and 7 more on record. InterWest Partners led its latest round.

### How much has NewsCred raised?

NewsCred has raised $109M across 7 rounds since 2010.

### When did NewsCred last raise?

NewsCred's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $20M in Jul 2019, led by InterWest Partners.

### What was NewsCred's biggest round?

NewsCred's largest round on record is $42M (Series D), in Sept 2015.

### Who backed NewsCred first?

NewsCred's first round on record, in Sept 2010, was backed by Floodgate and IA Ventures.

### What stage is NewsCred at?

NewsCred's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jul 2019.

### Where is NewsCred based?

NewsCred is based in Bangladesh.

### Who led NewsCred's rounds?

InterWest Partners led the Undisclosed round in 2019.

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