# Media Development Investment Fund: portfolio, investments and team > Media Development Investment Fund is a vc firm based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest Apr 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/media-development-investment-fund (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Media Development Investment Fund Last cheque observed Apr 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet VC firm Seed Series A Series B Art Streaming Media Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **4226** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$900K** Rounds led **0 of 6** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 67%** Pitch Media Development Investment Fund ## Media Development Investment Fund highlights - 01 6 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median undisclosed ## What they do > MDIF provides debt and equity financing supported by strategic business advice to independent media and information ventures. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** Art Streaming Media - **Based in:** New York, United States - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2015** 1 round - **Apr** **[Colab.re](https://millionrounds.com/company/colab-re)** BR **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **2014** 1 round - **Feb** **[Outernet](https://millionrounds.com/company/outernet)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **2013** 2 rounds - **Apr** **[ElectNext](https://millionrounds.com/company/electnext)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.3M** With 5 others - **Mar** **[Mic Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/mic-network)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.8M** With 1 other - **2012** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[Watchup](https://millionrounds.com/company/watchup)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$500K** With 6 others - **Oct** **[Rock Content](https://millionrounds.com/company/rock-content)** Seed · BR · pulsosocial.com **$500K** With 5 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. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **11 named** CG **Catherine Gicheru** Director i Form ADV DR **Dan Raphael Margoshes** Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV EP **Elena Popovic** Secretary & General Counsel i Form ADV HM **Harlan Miles Mandel** Chief Executive Officer i Form ADV JA **Jonkheer Adriaan Nicolas Stoop** Vice Chair and Interim Treasurer i Form ADV KM **Kerstin Mogull** Director i Form ADV MB **Marc Brandon Dacosta** Director i Form ADV MT **Maria Teresa Ronderos** Director i Form ADV MS **Mary Sheila Coronel** Chair i Form ADV MG **Michael Gregory Delnin** Director i Form ADV RW **Richard William Atterbury** Director i Form ADV We also hold **11** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$68M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Media Development Investment Fund, Inc. - **SEC number:** CRD 282385 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **0** of 15 we have independently watched raise Candid Platinum seal Charity Navigator DOEN Foundation Daily Maverick European press prize GFMD IA50 Namip Opensocietyfoundations Postcode Lotterie SDM Samip Sida katadata malaysiakini Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$900K** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-** Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 2 rounds - **Last cheque:** Apr 2015 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *5* - Series A said *-* - Series B said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2012 2015 Often in the room with - [Knight Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/knight-foundation) 3 **Pitching Media Development Investment Fund?** 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 *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Media Development Investment Fund. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Knight Foundation** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/knight-foundation) ## Quick answers about Media Development Investment Fund ### What does Media Development Investment Fund invest in? Media Development Investment Fund invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Art, Streaming and Media. ### How active is Media Development Investment Fund? 6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2015. ### How big are Media Development Investment Fund's cheques? The median round it joins is $900K. ### Does Media Development Investment Fund lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Media Development Investment Fund invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (67%) and Brazil (33%). ### Is Media Development Investment Fund investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2015. ### Who does Media Development Investment Fund invest alongside? Most often Knight Foundation (3 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Media Development Investment Fund? Media Development Investment Fund is a VC firm based in New York, United States. ## 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=media-development-investment-fund) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=media-development-investment-fund)