Newswhip, The social media tracker raises €1.5m funding

What does Newswhip do?

Newswhip, is a Dublin and New York based company which tracks and analyzes content posted on social media. It tracks and predicts the stories, events and people getting engagement on social networks. It tracks the sharing of all the content on social networks. It instantly finds trending stories, engaging writers and key influencers in thousands of niches.

So how do you find the most engaging content in the world right now? The answer is Newswhip. It asks the crowd, especially 2 B active social network users from Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Linkedin. Every minute this social media tracker finds new stories which are getting the most engagement to surface the most interesting news in the world, in real time, in more than 12 languages and thousands of niches.

How much Newswhip was funded?

Newswhip raised $1.6M in Venture round on May 28, 2015 from Social Starts, 500 Startups, Associated Press, MATTER, Tribal.vc, the SaaS Syndicate and other angel investors.

Previous funding

• Undisclosed amountin Seed round on September 1, 2011from NDRC
•  Undisclosed amount in Angel round on July 9, 2012 from Hal Philipp and Shane Naughton

• $1.1Min Seed round on September 12, 2013 from Shane Naughton, Enterprise Ireland, Inundata, AIB Seed Capital Fund, Hal Philipp and Meridian Growth Capital and other angel investors

What is next for Newswhip?

The company plans to use the latest funding raise for doubling its workforce to 30 by adding 15 jobs across Dublin’s Research and Development team and its USA based business development team.

A huge portion of the fund will be used in developing developing the next iteration of NewsWhip platform in Dublin, which is designed for helping clients in spotting viral event and stories before they become old.

More about NewsWhip

NewsWhip was founded in 2011 by Andrew Mullaney and Paul Quigley. It has its headquarters in New York, NY.