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Who invested in Newsela?
Newsela's investors include TCV, Kapor Capital, NewSchools Venture Fund, Owl Ventures and Techstars, and 16 more on record.
2015201720192021
$1.2MSeed$6.0MSeries A$15MSeries B$50MSeries C$100MSeries D
United States · Series D startup
Who invested in Newsela
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$172Mraised across 5 rounds since 2013, from 5 sources
$1.2MSeed$6.0MSeries A$15MSeries B$50MSeries C$100MSeries D
- Latest round
- Series D, $100MFeb 2021
- Step-upi
- 2×
- Investors
- 21 (1 led)
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $1.2M Oct 2013
- Biggest round
- $100M Series D · Feb 2021
- Usual gap between rounds
- 23 months the median of 4
The rounds
- Feb 2021
- Mar 2019
- Oct 2015Series B$15M2 new1 returning
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $15M sold, first sale May 2015
- Sept 2014Series A$6.0M3 new2 returning
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $6.0M sold, first sale Sept 2014
- Oct 2013Seed$1.2M11 new
Kapor Capital
NewSchools Venture Fund
Silicon Badia- Walter Winshall
- Zac Zeitlin
Kaplan Ventures- David Fischer
- Brigette Lau
- Issac Taylor
- Jennifer Coogan
- Joannie Fischer
Reported by finsmes.com
Founders and team
From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.
- Matthew GrossExecutive Officer, Directori
On the board, as filediBrook ByersTory Patterson
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.
Seed2013Series A2014Series B2015Series C2019Series D2021
TCVLKapor CapitalNewSchools Venture Fund
Owl Ventures
Techstars
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kleiner Perkins
Reach
Franklin TempletonSilicon Badia
TCVLKapor CapitalNewSchools Venture FundOwl VenturesTechstarsKleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersKleiner PerkinsReachFranklin TempletonSilicon BadiaEveryone who backed them
Walter WinshallAngel1round
Women's Venture Capital FundVC firm1round
Zac ZeitlinAngel1round
David FischerAngel1round
Brigette LauAngel1round
Issac Taylorno record of our own yet1round
Jennifer Cooganno record of our own yet1round
Joannie Fischerno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 8 firms list Newsela 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.
The Riyadh Techstars AcceleratorAcceleratorPer its own site
Quick answers about Newsela
How much has Newsela raised?
Newsela has raised $172M across 5 rounds since 2013.
When did Newsela last raise?
Newsela's most recent round was a Series D of $100M in Feb 2021.
What was Newsela's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $100M in Feb 2021, is also its largest on record.
Who backed Newsela first?
Newsela's first round on record, in Oct 2013, was backed by Kapor Capital, NewSchools Venture Fund and Silicon Badia and 8 others.
What stage is Newsela at?
Newsela's latest named round is a Series D, in Feb 2021.
Where is Newsela based?
Newsela is based in the United States.
Who led Newsela's rounds?
TCV led the Series C in 2019.
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