# Newsflare: Online media, Greater London,, United Kingdom

> Newsflare: Newsflare is a global video licensing platform based in London, founded in 2011. Based in Greater London,, United Kingdom. Founded 2011.

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# Newsflare

Newsflare is a global video licensing platform based in London, founded in 2011.

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Funding reported Last round: Series B

Online media Greater London,, United Kingdom

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Company summary

- **Founded:** 2011 15 years old
- **Team:** 59 51 to 200 people
- **Funding reported:** 7.8M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Series B Jan 2022

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Newsflare has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Newsflare

Newsflare is a global video licensing platform based in London, founded in 2011.

It connects a vast collection of rights-cleared, user-generated video content with media publishers, brands, and TV producers looking for authentic footage. The company has over 75,000 creators and an archive of more than 200,000 videos, acquiring over 5,000 new videos each month. Newsflare serves over 1,000 media clients worldwide, including major organizations like BBC, CNN, and NBC. The platform offers a range of services, including a video licensing platform for submitting and purchasing user-generated content, a marketplace for creators to monetize their videos, and a rights-cleared archive trusted for commercial use. Newsflare also provides a mobile and web content management system for reporters to submit newsworthy footage quickly. By sourcing eyewitness video that traditional media may miss, Newsflare plays a vital role in real-time storytelling.

## What company datasets say Newsflare raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **7.8M** in the source's currency

Rounds **4**

Last round **Series B**

Last round size **6.8M**

Last round date **Jan 2022**

Investors listed **3**

## Funding filed with regulators

Newsflare filed 2 raises, $6.9M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Dec 2021 **$6.7M** UK share allotment
- Dec 2021 **$265K** UK share allotment

## On a portfolio page

Investors who name them

- [Tahu Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tahu-capital)

Each firm lists Newsflare on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

libraries content creators consumers curated video feeds content verification content ownership distribution media buying viral video media licensing media content verification business to business information technology & services rights clearance content creator support motion pictures & film

Built with from their website

Google Maps Docker Amazon ELB Amazon SES Google Tag Manager Amazon CloudFront Tableau Squarespace ECommerce AWS Application Load Balancer Google Ads

+8 more

Apache YouTube MailChimp Google Workspace Matillion Viewport Meta Google Places Google Play

- **Sector:** Online media
- **Industry code:** NAICS 519, 51621, 512110, SIC 7812
- **Region:** England
- **Revenue:** 4.5M a year, as listed
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/newsflare)

## Online media in United Kingdom

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