Axios Media

About

Axios is a media company that delivers vital, trustworthy news, and analysis.

Arlington,Virginia,United States
101 - 250
https://www.axios.com/

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series D
Industries: Analytics,Media and Entertainment,News,Politics
Founded date: Jan 1, 2016
Number Of Employee: 101 - 250
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Axios Media Inc.

Axios is a new media company delivering vital, trustworthy news and analysis in the most efficient, illuminating and shareable ways possible. The company offers a mix of original and smartly narrated coverage of media trends, tech, business, and politics with expertise, voice, and smart brevity on a new and innovative mobile platform. Axios, the Greek word for worthy, provides only content worthy of people's time, attention, and trust.

Axios publishes news, as well as focuses on business, technology, politics, science, and media trends. It also served as a farm team for political reporters who have since gone on to high-profile spots at outlets like the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Axios was founded in 2016 and is based in Arlington, Virginia, United States.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

4

$57M

Axios Media has raised a total of $57M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 2, 2021 from a Series D round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Nov 2, 2021	Series D	—	1	Cox Enterprises	—	Detail
Dec 29, 2019	Series C	$27M	3	Glade Brook Capital Partners	—	Detail
Nov 17, 2017	Series B	$20M	3	Greycroft Lerer Hippeau	—	Detail
Sep 1, 2016	Series A	$10M	7	Lerer Hippeau	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

5

0

Axios Media has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 30, 2014, when Wefunder raised 0.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Jun 30, 2014 Wefunder	Convertable Note	—	Crowdfunding	—
Apr 15, 2014 Wefunder	Seed	—	Crowdfunding	—
Mar 6, 2014 Splash	Seed	$1.50M	Event Management	—
Mar 26, 2013 Wefunder	Seed	$530K	Crowdfunding	—
May 29, 2012 Splash	Seed	—	Event Management	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

5

12

Axios Media is funded by 12 investors. Cox Enterprises and Glade Brook Capital Partners are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Cox Enterprises	Yes	Series D
Glade Brook Capital Partners	Yes	Series C
Greycroft	Yes	Series B
Lerer Hippeau	Yes	Series B
Sujay Jaswa	—	Series C
WndrCo	—	Series C
Headline	—	Series B
Atlantic Media	—	Series A
David G. Bradley	—	Series A
Emerson Collective	—	Series A