MFG teams up with Channel 4 Ventures, ITV Ignite, RTLZWEI, and M6 to award founders in the upcoming MFG Programme with up to $1,000,000 in media credits. Apply by Oct 17th 23:59 PM GMT.

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Ad4Ventures
Spain

Ad4Ventures

Ad4Ventures invests, through the media for equity model, in digital B2C companies with double-digit growth potential and high market share ambition in relevant markets

• Location:
Italy, Spain
• Founding year:
2013
• Type of fund:
Media-Owned Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
B2C, B2B2C, DTC
• Stage focus:
Pre Series A, Series A, Series B+
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Radio
,
TV
,
Brand Capital
India

Brand Capital

Brand Capital is the media for equity arm of The Times of India Group, the largest media conglomerate in India with a total reach of 700+ million people. Since inception, the fund has invested over $4bn in media value in 900+ companies.

• Location:
India
• Founding year:
2003
• Type of fund:
Media Backed Fund
• Investment focus:
B2B, B2C, B2B2C
• Stage focus:
Seed to post-IPO
• Media assets:
TV
,
Radio
,
Print
,
OOH
,
Digital
,
Verizon Ventures
United States

Verizon Ventures

Verizon Ventures invests in entrepreneurial companies to drive innovation in Verizon Communications.

• Location:
United States
• Founding year:
2000
• Type of fund:
Media for Equity & Cash Blend
• Investment focus:
B2B, B2C, B2B2C
• Stage focus:
Seed, Series A, Series B+
• Media assets:
Digital
,
TF1 Group
France

TF1 Group

TF1 Group is a leading French media conglomerate primarily focused on television broadcasting, digital media, and content production.

• Location:
France, Germany, Italy, Spain
• Founding year:
1982
• Type of fund:
Media for Equity & Cash Blend
• Investment focus:
B2C
• Stage focus:
Series A, Series B+
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Radio
,
TV
,
M6 Group
France

M6 Group

Groupe M6 is a powerful multimedia group, offering a wide range of programs, products and services available on a wide variety of media.

• Location:
France, Germany, Italy, Spain
• Founding year:
1987
• Type of fund:
Media for Equity & Cash Blend
• Investment focus:
B2C, B2B2C
• Stage focus:
Series A, Series B+
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Radio
,
TV
,
Hearst Ventures
United States

Hearst Ventures

Hearst Ventures is the venture capital arm of Hearst, investing in innovative companies across various industries.

• Location:
United States
• Founding year:
1995
• Type of fund:
Media for Equity & Cash Blend
• Investment focus:
B2B, B2C, B2B2C
• Stage focus:
Seed, Series A, Series B+
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Print
,
TV
,
Warner Bros. Discovery
United States

Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery is a global media and entertainment powerhouse that creates and distributes the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film, streaming and gaming.

• Location:
North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America
• Founding year:
2022
• Type of fund:
Media for Equity & Cash Blend
• Investment focus:
B2C, B2B2C
• Stage focus:
Series A, Series B, Series C+
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Print
,
TV
,
Forecast Labs
United States

Forecast Labs

Forecast Labs is a start-up studio by Comcast Ventures that invests in pre-seed to growth stage consumer tech companies.

• Location:
United States
• Founding year:
2019
• Type of fund:
Media for Equity & Cash Blend
• Investment focus:
B2B2C
• Stage focus:
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Influencer Marketing
,
OOH
,
Print
,
Radio
,
iHeartMedia
United States

iHeartMedia

iHeartMedia is a mass media company that provides a range of multiplatform advertising and marketing opportunities.

• Location:
United States
• Founding year:
2007
• Type of fund:
Media for Equity & Cash Blend
• Investment focus:
B2B, B2C, B2B2C
• Stage focus:
Seed, Series A, Series B+
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Influencer Marketing
,
Radio
,
Mercurius Media Capital
United States

Mercurius Media Capital

Mercurius Media Capital (MMC) is an independent US-based media fund backed by top tier media companies. MMC helps startups preserve cash and accelerate brand growth while optimising media companies’ ad inventory and diversifying their revenue streams.

• Location:
United States
• Founding year:
2023
• Type of fund:
Independent Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
B2B, B2C, B2B2C
• Stage focus:
Series A+
• Media assets:
Digital
,
TV
,
Scaleup Media Fund
Australia

Scaleup Media Fund

First dedicated media-for-equity fund in Australia, owned and backed by Australia’s most powerful media owners.

• Location:
Australia
• Founding year:
2016
• Type of fund:
Independent Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
Digital Businesses
• Stage focus:
Series A+
• Media assets:
TV
,
Radio
,
Print
,
OOH
,
Digital
,
4Equity
Brazil

4Equity

4Equity is the first independent media for equity fund of Latin America. We offer late stage B2C startups access to premium media inventory in exchange for a small percentage of their business.

• Location:
Brazil
• Founding year:
2022
• Type of fund:
Independent Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
B2C; B2B2C; B2B (focused on SMB)
• Stage focus:
Series A+
• Media assets:
TV
,
Radio
,
OOH
,
Influencer Marketing
,
Digital
,
TelevisaUnivision
United States

TelevisaUnivision

TelevisaUnivision is the world’s leading Spanish-language media company. Powered by the largest library of owned Spanish-language content and a prolific production capability, TelevisaUnivision is the top producer of original content in Spanish across news, sports and entertainment verticals. This original content powers all of TelevisaUnivision’s platforms, which include market-leading broadcast networks Univision, Las Estrellas, Canal 5 and UniMás, and a portfolio of 38 cable networks, which include TUDN, Galavisión, Distrito Comedia and TL Novelas. The company also operates the leading Mexican movie studio, Videocine, and owns and operates the largest Spanish-language audio platform in the U.S. across 35 terrestrial stations and the Uforia digital platform. TelevisaUnivision is also the owner of ViX, the largest Spanish-language streaming platform in the world.

• Location:
US, Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries
• Founding year:
2022
• Type of fund:
Media-Owned Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
B2B, B2B2C, DTC, B2C
• Stage focus:
Series Seed and onward
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Radio
,
TV
,
UKTV Ventures
United Kingdom

UKTV Ventures

UKTV Ventures is UKTV's media for equity investment fund and part of BBC Studios.

• Location:
United Kingdom
• Founding year:
2018
• Type of fund:
Media for Equity & Cash Blend
• Investment focus:
Consumer goods and servicies
• Stage focus:
Seed, Series A, Series B
• Media assets:
TV
,
Digital
,
sevenventures
Germany

sevenventures

SevenVentures is the investment arm of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, based in Unterföhring, Germany.

• Location:
DACH Region
• Founding year:
2009
• Type of fund:
Media-Owned Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
Industry agnostic
• Stage focus:
Series A+
• Media assets:
Digital
,
TV
,
Sanoma Media Finland
Finland

Sanoma Media Finland

Sanoma Media Finland provides Media for Equity investments for companies in growth and scale-up phases.

• Location:
Nordics
• Founding year:
2015
• Type of fund:
Media-Owned Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
• Stage focus:
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Print
,
Radio
,
TV
,
RBS Ventures
Brazil

RBS Ventures

RBS Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Grupo RBS, a Brazilian media conglomerate based in Porto Alegre.

• Location:
Brazil
• Founding year:
2022
• Type of fund:
Media-Owned Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
B2B, B2C, B2B2C
• Stage focus:
Seed, Series A, Series B+
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Print
,
Radio
,
TV
,
Northern and Shell
United Kingdom

Northern and Shell

British publishing and television group.

• Location:
United Kingdom
• Founding year:
1974
• Type of fund:
Media-Owned Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
• Stage focus:
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Print
,
TV
,
MediaDigitalVentures
Spain

MediaDigitalVentures

The first Spanish cross-media investment firm providing media for equity.

• Location:
Spain
• Founding year:
2015
• Type of fund:
Independent Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
B2C, B2B2C, DTC
• Stage focus:
Series A, Series B+, Series C+, pre-IPO
• Media assets:
TV
,
Radio
,
Print
,
OOH
,
Influencer Marketing
,
ITV AdVentures
United Kingdom

ITV AdVentures

ITV AdVentures is the corporate venture capital arm of ITV based in London, United Kingdom.

• Location:
United Kingdom
• Founding year:
2020
• Type of fund:
Media-Owned Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
Consumer Goods
• Stage focus:
Seed, Series A
• Media assets:
Digital
,
TV
,
Grupo Globo
Brazil

Grupo Globo

Grupo Globo operates to inform, entertain, and contribute to education in the country through quality content.

• Location:
Latin America
• Founding year:
1925
• Type of fund:
Media-Owned Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
Deeptech, Marketplace, Apps
• Stage focus:
Late Stages
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Print
,
Radio
,
TV
,
German Media Pool
Germany

German Media Pool

German Media Pool is an independent media for equity fund combining television, out of home, print, and radio from media partners in Germany and several other European countries.

• Location:
Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and several Eastern European markets
• Founding year:
2011
• Type of fund:
Independent Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
All consumer categories
• Stage focus:
Late seed/Series A+
• Media assets:
TV
,
Radio
,
Print
,
OOH
,
AtresMedia
Spain

AtresMedia

Atresmedia is a communication group that operates in television, digital, and multimedia development sectors.

• Location:
Spain
• Founding year:
1988
• Type of fund:
Media-Owned Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
• Stage focus:
Seed, Series A
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Print
,
Radio
,
TV
,
Channel4Ventures
United Kingdom

Channel4Ventures

Channel 4 Ventures is a equity fund for media.

• Location:
United Kingdom
• Founding year:
2014
• Type of fund:
Media-Owned Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
Consummer Goods
• Stage focus:
Pre-Series A to pre-IPO
• Media assets:
Digital
,
TV
,
5M Ventures
France

5M Ventures

5M Ventures is a unique Start-Up accelerator that has a complete ecosystem that meets all the needs of entrepreneurs.

• Location:
Western Europe
• Founding year:
2012
• Type of fund:
Independent Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
B2C, Mass Market
• Stage focus:
Seed, Series A
• Media assets:
Digital
,
OOH
,
Print
,
Radio
,
TV
,
dmg ventures
United Kingdom

dmg ventures

dmg ventures is a venture capital fund with a unique platform for reaching the mass market, through our partnership with the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT), a leading, global media and B2B services group

• Location:
United Kingdom
• Founding year:
2017
• Type of fund:
Media for Equity & Cash Blend
• Investment focus:
B2C
• Stage focus:
Late seed, Series A
• Media assets:
Print
,
Digital
,
8 media ventures
Finland

8 media ventures

8 Media Ventures invests media-for-equity in high growth D2C companies.

• Location:
Nordics
• Founding year:
2021
• Type of fund:
Independent Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
D2C, B2C companies
• Stage focus:
Seed, Series A
• Media assets:
TV
,
Radio
,
Print
,
Digital
,
Ad4Ventures
Spain

Ad4Ventures

Ad4Ventures invests, through the media for equity model, in digital B2C companies with double-digit growth potential and high market share ambition in relevant markets

• Location:
Italy, Spain
• Founding year:
2013
• Type of fund:
Media-Owned Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
B2C, B2B2C, DTC
• Stage focus:
Pre Series A, Series A, Series B+
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Radio
,
TV
,
Brand Capital International
United States

Brand Capital International

Brand Capital International, headquartered in the US, is a unit of the strategic investment arm of the Times Group of India.

• Location:
India
• Founding year:
2015
• Type of fund:
Media-Owned Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
Sector Agnsotic
• Stage focus:
Pre-Series A to pre-IPO
• Media assets:
Digital
,
Print
,
Radio
,
TV
,
Aggregate Media
Sweden

Aggregate Media

Aggregate is a venture capital company investing with media as expansion capital - media for equity.

• Location:
Nordics
• Founding year:
2002
• Type of fund:
Independent Media for Equity Fund
• Investment focus:
E-commerce, Digital Services, B2B companies
• Stage focus:
Seed, Series A
• Media assets:
Digital
,
OOH
,
Print
,
Radio
,
TV
,