By Darcy Frisch, Hearst Ventures Last week, tvScientific announced $20 million in Series A funding to accelerate TV advertising for brands of all sizes that engage in performance marketing. …

By Darcy Frisch, Hearst Ventures Recurrent recently announced a funding round to support the growth of their EV battery data platform. We are thrilled to back Scott Case and the entire mission-driven Recurrent team in creating the next standard in used car transactions. The automotive industry is committed to an…

By Ken Bronfin, Senior Managing Director, Hearst Ventures In 2011, one of my colleagues here at Hearst was anxiously waiting for stem cell treatment to become commercially available to treat a family member. He asked a neurologist to investigate where and when this would occur. This neurologist spent countless hours…

By Gil Canaani with contributions from Shaneel Parekh, Hearst Ventures Today, Vault AI (“Vault”) announced its $8m series A round to accelerate its global growth initiatives and to enhance its predictive consumer insights technology. As part of our thematic search for companies that are disrupting legacy markets with the use…

By Megumi Ikeda with contributions from Jacqueline Cegla (Hearst Venture) So much has happened since we first invested in Huboo in the autumn of 2020. How’s it all faring for Huboo? First, some background on Huboo and why we invested in the company. Amazon has set high standards for e-commerce…

By Megumi Ikeda with contributions from Jacqueline Cegla (Hearst Venture) Today Vyne announces its $15.5m seed round to drive growth and adoption of its instant, fairer payment solutions. We are super excited to be working with Founder and CEO Karl and his stellar team at Vyne. After months of ordering…

By Megumi Ikeda, Hearst Ventures. March 21, 2019 We’ve all done it. Counting the days until that longed-for vacation, picturing the just-plumped pillow on the luxurious bed and the perfect balcony over that cute city square. And then the doubts creep in. Is the cool up-and-coming area where you’ve booked…

By David Famolari, Managing Director, Hearst Ventures Data is rapidly becoming a driving force across the sports ecosystem. Teams are increasingly turning to sophisticated data and analytics to improve performance, develop and train their talent and to make more informed personnel decisions. Broadcasters are using advanced data to innovate the…

By Darcy Frisch, Managing Director, Hearst Ventures As increasing amounts of vehicle data is made available through connected platforms and telematics, fleet owners and operators are digitizing and automating their fleet management platforms. We have witnessed digital, connected platforms enable innovative services like car-sharing and micromobility, making fleet vehicles discoverable…