Committed to editorial freedom
Investing in diverse media
From digital startups to national multi-platform broadcasters, we work with a multitude of leading independent media across a wide range of locations, mediums, sizes and stages of development. We don’t interfere in clients’ editorial: we help them develop strong businesses so they can safeguard their independence.
Since 1996, we have provided financing to 153 companies in 48 countries.
61
media companies
currently invested in
32
countries currently worked in
Award-winning quality
We invest in a wide range of media, all of whom share a commitment to quality news, information and debate in the public interest. Their dedication to high standards and innovation drives meaningful change and has earned them journalism and business recognition.
70%
of clients recognised with awards in 2023
516
awards won in the last 5 years
127
awards and honours received in 2023
A selection of clients
Country: Poland
Type: Digital, Print & Radio
Agora SA is a Polish media company that operates a range of products and services including newspapers, online and radio operations, TV, magazines, and outdoor advertising, notably the iconic daily Gazeta Wyborcza.
Country: India
Type: Digital & Audio
Arré is an Indian OTT platform based in Mumbai and founded in 2015. It produces and publishes videos, audio series, web series, documentaries, text and doodles through its online channel.
Country: India
Type: Digital
Asiaville is a Media-Tech company focused on the vernacular languages. Their creator-focused app is a full stack solution for creators to help them build meaningful connections with their audience.
Country: Brazil
Type: Digital
Colab.re is a Brazilian citizen-to-government engagement platform enabling greater collaboration and information-sharing between local authorities and municipal citizens.
Country: South Africa
Type: Digital & Print
Daily Maverick is a South African online outlet recognized for its investigative journalism and innovative membership, which also publishes a weekly newspaper.
Country: Nigeria
Type: Digital
Dataphyte is a media and data analytics company that provides knowledge products and services, databases and analysis, helping organizations,
entrepreneurs and governments to generate value from data and socio-economic insights.
Country: Colombia
Type: Digital
Datasketch allows small organizations and individuals to have access to data visualization tools and facilitates knowledge-sharing to promote informed debates over public issues.
Country: Peru
Type: Digital
Based in Peru’s second city of Arequipa, El Buho is a digital news outlet known for its uncompromising environmental coverage in an area dominated by mining interests and has an expanding national footprint.
Country: El Salvador
Type: Digital
El Faro is a pioneering digital news organization and a regional stalwart of independent journalism, covering corruption, organized crime, migration, culture, inequality, impunity and human rights.
Country: Guatemala
Type: Print & Digital
elPeriódico was a newspaper that aggressively exposed corruption in Guatemala, for which it faced nearly two decades of harassment. It was forced to close in 2023 after sustained persecution by the authorities.
Country: South Africa
Type: Digital
Food for Mzansi is a digital news start-up that covers the agriculture sector in South Africa, with a focus on uncovering stories about people of colour in farming communities.
Country: Ecuador
Type: Digital
GK is a digital magazine focusing on producing long-form journalism and multimedia. With a fast-growing audience, it seeks to disrupt Ecuador’s elite-held media sector and become the country’s leading independent digital outlet.
Country: India
Type: Digital
Gram Vaani builds participatory media networks that empower communities. Its leading product is a voice-based social media platform for India’s rural poor.
Country: Poland
Type: Digital & Print
Gremi Media is a multi-media publisher. Its portfolio includes Rzeczpospolita, one of Poland’s most influential dailies, and the economic and business-focused Parkiet, as well as their dedicated websites, rp.pl and parkiet.com.
Country: Indonesia
Type: Digital
Hukumonline is one of the most comprehensive sources of publicly available legal information in Indonesia, much of it free of charge.
Country: Serbia
Type: Digital & TV
Insajder is a pioneering Serbian investigative journalism outlet, renowned for disclosing evidence of war crimes, corruption and political extremism.
Country: India
Type: Digital
Josh Talks is a media platform that showcases ideas and stories from across India through short, high-impact talks in 10 languages.
Country: North Macedonia
Type: Radio & Digital
Founded in 1991 as a local station, Kanal77 frequencies now cover all four regions of Macedonia, providing listeners with valuable independent news and information.
Country: Indonesia
Type: Digital
Katadata is the go-to source of news, analysis and data on Indonesian business and economic affairs. Katadata makes complex subjects quickly comprehensible for time-pressed users.
Country: Ukraine
Type: Digital
Liga.net is an online outlet known for its high-quality news, business and economics coverage, and widely recognized as one of the country’s most professional and successful digital news companies.
Country: South Africa
Type: Digital & Print
Mail & Guardian is South Africa’s leading investigative weekly and digital news site. It has won numerous awards and is one of the most widely-read news sites on the continent.
Country: Malaysia
Type: Digital & TV
Malaysiakini is the leading political news site in Malaysia. For more than 20 years its independent coverage has played a vital role in Malaysia’s political life.
Country: Ukraine
Type: Digital & Print
Melitopolskie Vedomosti ceased operations in spring 2022 when Melitopol was occupied by the Russian army. However, as of June 2023, the team again began providing local news online.
Country: Chile
Type: Digital & Print
Mi Voz is a community news network of 15 media outlets spread across 14 Chilean regions, focused on citizen journalism and regional coverage.
Country: Brazil
Type: Digital
Based in Sao Paulo, MyNews is an independent journalism channel that provides information on the economy, politics, sports and other topics.
Country: Serbia
Type: Radio
OK Radio is the most listened-to radio station in the region. It has a strong record of holding local leaders to account and investigating corruption.
Country: Slovakia
Type: Digital & Print
Petit Press is Slovakia’s second-largest publisher with a wide portfolio of printed and digital products. It publishes more than 35 regional titles, including the SME and Korzár dailies.
Country: Indonesia
Type: Digital
PT Info Media Digital is a company running Tempo.co, an online news site of a leading publisher in the country with multiple weekly and daily magazines.
Country: The Philippines
Type: Audio
PumaPodcast is a podcast and audio production company. Streaming content since 2019, its podcasts range from insightful news and deep-dive documentaries to fun lifestyle topics.
Country: Somalia
Type: Radio
Radio Daljir operates seven stations in the semi-autonomous northern Somalian province of Puntland, providing credible local and international news.
Country: Kosovo
Type: Radio, TV & Digital
RTV21 is Kosovo’s leading independent broadcaster, with 24-hour radio and TV channels, broadcast on terrestrial, satellite and IPTV.
Country: Philippines
Type: Digital
Rappler is the Philippines’ leading online outlet known for its investigative journalism and independent reporting. Its founder and CEO Maria Ressa received the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
Country: Argentina
Type: Digital
RED/ACCIÓN is a digital media outlet providing information and analysis, with a focus on solutions journalism and collaborative, experimental and deep reporting.
Country: India
Type: Digital
Scroll is a digital magazine focused on in-depth political and cultural commentary, whose lively, independent coverage adds perspective to the public debate.
Country: South Africa
Type: Digital
Scrolla is a mobile-first publisher, offering news and investigations in a series of short updates in both English and isiZulu for mobile users.
Country: South Africa
Type: Digital
SEEN seeks to create a more empathetic and understanding world by helping people share their experiences, using augmented reality toolkits to guide people through the storytelling process on their phones or wearable camera glasses.
Country: Jordan
Type: Audio
Sowt is a podcasting platform which produces and distributes high-quality audio programs in Arabic.
Country: Indonesia
Type: Digital
Suara is a news portal targeting millennials. Its primary focus is political news, in particular local issues that would otherwise get little attention from national media.
Country: Croatia
Type: Digital
Telegram Media Grupa d.o.o. publishes the leading news website Telegram, with additional media brands including Telesport, Super1, PitanjeZdravlja and Openspace, which attract more than 1.3 million unique users per month.
Country: Pakistan
Type: Digital
The Current is a Pakistani general news site that covers everything from politicians to celebrities, often taking a lifestyle approach when covering politics.
Country: India
Type: Digital
The Morning Context is a research and media company that provides original, deeply researched and analytical long-form stories and curated newsletters.
Country: Nigeria
Type: Digital & Print
The Republic is a magazine and platform centering on Nigeria and Africa and the world’s most critical social, political and economic issues.
Country: Moldova
Type: Digital & TV
Media Alternativa runs TV-8, a national TV channel broadcasting in Romanian and Russian, known as a trustworthy source for political information.
Country: Montenegro
Type: TV
TV Vijesti is the most popular and most trusted TV station in the country. Like its sister newspaper, the daily Vijesti, its quality sets it apart from its competitors
Country: Montenegro
Type: Digital & Print
Vijesti is the only independent daily in Montenegro and is the country’s most trusted source of news. Its main focus is political coverage and government abuse of power.
Country: Mozambique
Type: Digital
Zitamar News is an investigative news website and newsletter focused on Mozambique. It has become a vital and well-respected part of the Mozambican news scene.
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