Vox media raises $200M

What does Vox Media do?

Vox Media, is one of the largest and fastest growing online publishers in USA. It is a startup with a valuable portfolio of websites. It is an American digital media company. The company is currently operating as the parent of 8 distinct media brands- Vox.com-News, The Verge- Technology and Culture, SB Nation- Sports, Eater- Food and Nightlife, Polygon-Gaming, Curbed- Real Estate and home, Racked-Shopping, Fashion, Beauty and Re/Code- Tech Business. All Vox Media properties are built on Chorus, its next generation Proprietary publishing and distribution platform. The company enjoys support from leading investors including Comcast, Khosla Ventures, Accel Partners, Allen & Company and General Atlantic.

How much Vox Media was funded?

Vox Media raised $200M in Grant funding on August 12, 2015 from NBCUniversal, Inc. (Lead)

Previous Funding

• $8Min Venture funding on July 16, 2009 from Accel Partners Partner: Andrew Braccia, Comcast Interactive Capital, Allen & Company and Ted Leonsis.
• $10.5Min Series C funding on November 8, 2010 from Khosla Ventures (Lead), Comcast Ventures Partner: Dave Zilberman and Accel Partners Partner: Andrew Braccia
• $34M in Series D fund on October 15, 2013 from Accel Partners (Lead) Partner: Andrew Braccia
•  $3.6M in Private Equity fund on December 3, 2013
•  $20M in Seed round on February 15, 2014
•  $20M in Seed round on February 15, 2014
• $46.5M in Series E funding on December 1, 2014 from General Atlantic

What is next for Vox Media?

Vox Media will be using the latest funding raised for rapidly growing its audience and business. The company is very excited to collaborate with NBC Universal in many areas including brand advertising, video programming, platform technology and cross- promotion for growing its existing properties and to launch new franchises.

More about Vox Media

Vox Media was founded in 2003 by Tyler Bleszinski, Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas. It has its headquarters in Washington, DC.