# Discovery Communications: portfolio, investments and team > Discovery Communications is a growth equity. 9 investments on record, latest May 2017. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/discovery-communications (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Discovery Communications Last cheque observed May 2017. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet Growth equity Series B Series A Series D Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 9 on record Since the last cheque **3451** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$21M** Rounds led **0 of 9** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Discovery Communications ## Discovery Communications highlights - 01 9 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series B and Series A: 60% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $100M - 04 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do - **Type:** Growth equity (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **9 appearances** - **2017** 1 round - **May** **[WinView](https://millionrounds.com/company/winview)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$12M** With 4 others - **2016** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Group Nine](https://millionrounds.com/company/group-nine)** TechCrunch **$100M** Sole investor - **Mar** **[FloSports](https://millionrounds.com/company/flosports)** **$21M** With 4 others - **2014** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[Curiosity](https://millionrounds.com/company/curiosity)** Series A · US **$6.0M** With 4 others - **Mar** **[TAPP](https://millionrounds.com/company/tapp)** **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **2012** 2 rounds - **Dec** **[Grockit](https://millionrounds.com/company/grockit)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$20M** With 4 others - **Aug** **[Lumos Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumos-labs)** Series D · US · techcrunch.com **$32M** With 4 others - **2008** 1 round - **May** **[Uber.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/uber-com)** Series B · US · paidcontent.org **$7.6M** With 2 others - **2007** 1 round - **Jan** **[Remark Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/remark-media)** US · ir.remarkmedia.com **Undisclosed** With 2 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all** **[Grockit](https://millionrounds.com/company/grockit)** Bought by [Kaplan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaplan) **Undisclosed** Jul 2013 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. ## Companies it bought Acquisitions by the firm itself **[Revision3](https://millionrounds.com/company/revision3)** **$30M** May 2012 **[HowStuffWorks](https://millionrounds.com/company/howstuffworks)** **$250M** Oct 2007 **[Academy123](https://millionrounds.com/company/academy123)** **Undisclosed** May 2006 **Travel Channel** **Undisclosed** Jan 1997 ## The cheque Series B Series A Series D Median round joined **$21M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$100M** Led 0 of 9 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** May 2017 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Series B *2* - Series A *1* - Series D *1* - Venture *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2007 2017 **Pitching Discovery Communications?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Discovery Communications put money into. [**FloSports** $21M · Mar 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/flosports) ## Quick answers about Discovery Communications ### What does Discovery Communications invest in? Discovery Communications invests most often at Series B and Series A (60% of the rounds on record). ### How active is Discovery Communications? 9 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2017. ### What has Discovery Communications invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: WinView (Series B, May 2017), Group Nine (Undisclosed round, Oct 2016) and FloSports (Mar 2016). ### How big are Discovery Communications's cheques? The median round it joins is $21M. ### Does Discovery Communications lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 9 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Discovery Communications invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Discovery Communications investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2017. ### What kind of investor is Discovery Communications? Discovery Communications is a growth equity firm. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=discovery-communications) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=discovery-communications)