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HearstLab
Corporate VC · New York, NY, United States · North America
HearstLab is a mission-focused strategic corporate venture fund backed by Hearst that invests in early-stage, women-led technology startups. Beyond capital, it provides portfolio companies with hands-on support services and access to the Hearst network.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordswomen-ledb2benterprise technologydata analyticsfintechhealthcare
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Or find every investor that fitsHearstLab lists 64 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 60% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (19%), Healthcare & Biotech (14%) and Enterprise Software (12%). 68% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Techstars, Ulu Ventures and Springboard.
Counts come from funding rounds that name HearstLab, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not HearstLab's whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 64. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 40% |
| Series A | 60% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 89th | 64 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 66th | 40% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 68th | 6% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 12th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Legal & Compliance | 6% | 2% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
| Human Resources | 5% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Techstars | 6 |
| Ulu Ventures | 4 |
| Springboard | 3 |
| The MBA Fund | 3 |
| Y Combinator | 3 |
| Acre Venture Partners | 2 |
| Bridge Investments | 2 |
| Bullpen Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6094%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company46%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare HearstLab head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with HearstLab| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Series A | |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Seed | |
| 2 Sept 2025 | Series A |
Round details for HearstLab
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in HearstLab's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
64 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL3D provides services and solutions for creating, managing, and distributing 2D and 3D assets | E-commerce & MarketplacesMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Artemis Ops provides workforce management and compliance services for field teams | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Bandora optimizes energy consumption for businesses, particularly for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems in commercial buildings. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Barn2Door helps farmers make more money and save time by providing software and services for marketing, selling, and managing their businesses | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Bevyl generates on-brand, ready-to-post videos using AI video-editing strategist | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Buzz Solutions provides software to help utilities manage and analyze their energy infrastructure using artificial intelligence and visual data. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Aug 2026Series A | Page + round | |
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| CollabWORK helps employers get found, distributed, and re-engaged across AI, communities, and their own talent networks | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Croux provides on-demand staffing for events, hotels, and venues. | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Deployed creates a document assembly platform for presignature business documents | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Elotl provides a next-generation AI infrastructure engine for the multi-cloud era | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| EmaEQ develops and provides artificial intelligence for women's health and wellness | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Evident provides leaders in financial services with data, research and benchmarking to accelerate their AI transformation. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| EZ Newswire distributes news to various publishers and provides analytics on the impact of the news on AI models | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| FilmChain manages end-to-end financial transactions for the creative industries, collecting, allocating, and analyzing revenues in film, TV, and digital | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Founderz helps individuals and companies acquire new skills and work with greater agility through AI adoption programs and training. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| FreeWill provides online estate planning tools and services, including wills, trusts, and advance directives, for individuals and nonprofits. | Legal & ComplianceFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Genius AI builds autonomous intelligence technology for businesses | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Givers Health works with healthcare organizations to deliver skills training and peer support for family caregivers and home & community based workers. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Greenshoe provides real-time intelligence for public company disclosure | FintechLegal & Compliance | Nov 2025Seed | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- hearstlab.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 64
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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