# NewsGuard funding: rounds and investors

> NewsGuard has raised $6.0M across 1 round since 2018. Investors include Publicis Groupe. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *NewsGuard*

One round we have observed, with the one investor 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.

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Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$6.0M** raised across 1 round since 2018, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $6.0M Mar 2018
- **Investors:** 1

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## The rounds

- **Mar 2018** Seed **$6.0M** [Publicis Groupe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/publicis-groupe) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $6.0M sold, first sale Feb 2018

## Founders and team

From NewsGuard's own website: 37 on the team.

- **Gordon Crovitz** Co-CEO and Co-Editor-In-Chief
- **Steven Brill** Co-CEO and Co-Editor-In-Chief
- **Roslyn Rios** Vice President of Business Development
- **Matt Skibinski** Chief Operating Officer
- **Mikey Wang** CTO
- **Alessandra Hay** Contributing Analyst
- **Alexander Smith** Staff Analyst
- **Andie Slomka** Staff Analyst
- **Anicka Slachta** Senior Analyst
- **Aron Ouzilevski** Contributing Analyst
- **Ben Kotch** Principal Engineer
- **Carlyn Kolker** Contributing Analyst
- **Chiara Vercellone** Senior Staff Analyst
- **Cynthia Brill** General Counsel
- **Dimitris Dimitriadis** Director of Research and Development
- **Dina Contini** Senior Managing Editor
- **Elena Bernard** Contributing Analyst
- **Eric Effron** Editorial Director

And 19 more on the team.

Advisers *Andy Kaltenbrunner* *Edward Greenspon* *Giampiero Gramaglia* *Jim Carroll* *Leonard Novy* *Michel Cormier* *Richard Sambrook*

## Everyone who backed them

[Publicis Groupe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/publicis-groupe) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists NewsGuard 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.

[SAIF (Safe AI Fund)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saif-safe-ai-fund) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about NewsGuard

### Who invested in NewsGuard?

NewsGuard's investors include Publicis Groupe.

### How much has NewsGuard raised?

NewsGuard has raised $6.0M across 1 round since 2018.

### When did NewsGuard last raise?

NewsGuard's most recent round was a Seed of $6.0M in Mar 2018.

### What was NewsGuard's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $6.0M in Mar 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed NewsGuard first?

NewsGuard's first round on record, in Mar 2018, was backed by Publicis Groupe.

### What stage is NewsGuard at?

NewsGuard's latest named round is a Seed, in Mar 2018.

### Where is NewsGuard based?

NewsGuard is based in the United States.

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