SmartNews - About the company
SmartNews is a series F company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2012 by Ken Suzuki. It operates as a Personalized news discovery platform. SmartNews has raised $410M in funding from investors like Atomico, SMBC Venture Capital and Development Bank of Japan, with a current valuation of $2B. The company has 2866 active competitors, including 63 funded and 61 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like VerSe, News Break and Onet.
Sectors and market segments that SmartNews operate in
SmartNews serves in the Media & Entertainment market segments.The primary business model of SmartNews is:Company Details
Personalized news discovery platform. It uses machine learning to help users to discover the most interesting and important stories that matter right now. Its algorithm evaluate millions of articles, behaviors, and social interactions to deliver stories on a global scale. Its mobile app is available for both the Android and iOS platforms.
- Website
- www.smartnews.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@smartnews.com
- Phone Number
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
2012
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series F
Total Funding
$410M in 8 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$2B as on Sep 15, 2021
Ranked
4th among 2866 active competitors
Employee Count
499 as on Jun 30, 2026
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SmartNews's funding and investors
SmartNews has raised a total funding of $410M over 8 rounds. Its first funding round was on Aug 14, 2013. Its latest funding round was a Venture Debt round on Jan 09, 2024 for $69.3M. 1 investor participated in its latest round. SmartNews has 20 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of SmartNews:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jan 09, 2024 | $69.3M | Venture Debt | - | - | - | |
Sep 15, 2021 | $230M | Series F | $2B | - | ||
Nov 18, 2019 | $92M | Series E | $1.2B | - |
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SmartNews' founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of SmartNews is Ken Suzuki.
Here are the details of SmartNews' key team members:
- Ken Suzuki: Co-Founder of SmartNews. Contact Info: 1 email address
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SmartNews' employee count trend
SmartNews has 499 employees as of Jun 26. Here is SmartNews's employee count trend over the years:
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SmartNews's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of SmartNews include VerSe, News Break and Onet. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of SmartNews, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Developer of a short-video platform and technology infrastructure | $1.9B | 80/100 | ||
2nd | News Break 2015, Mountain View (United States), Series C | Online platform aggregating multi category news | $176M | 72/100 | |
3rd | Online news portal targeting polish readers | - | 71/100 | ||
4th | SmartNews 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series F | Personalized news discovery platform | $410M | 70/100 | |
5th | Yahoo Japan 1996, Chiyoda City (Japan), Public | Online media portal | - | 66/100 | |
6th | Upworthy 2012, New York City (United States), Acquired | Online platform for sharing photos and videos | $12M | 64/100 | |
7th | Personalized news aggregator app | $3.1B | 64/100 | ||
8th | Gunosy is a Japanese-based social media news aggregator | $24.1M | 60/100 | ||
9th | Provider of summarized news articles across various categories and sources | $35.6M | 60/100 | ||
10th | Provider of news, business, economics, career, technology and lifestyle content | - | - | 59/100 |
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SmartNews's Investments and acquisitions
SmartNews has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to SmartNews
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News related to SmartNews
Filter this listMedia has covered SmartNews for 1 event in last 1 year, It was about company updates.
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SmartNews Singapore and PrimeTime Forge Strategic Partnership to Empower Women and Expand Local FootprintBusinessFortNight•Nov 15, 2023•SmartNews, Primetime
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SmartNews Selects Magnite as Preferred SSP in the US and Implements Demand Manager MobileGlobeNewswire•Dec 15, 2022•SmartNews, Magnite
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SmartNews App has raised $230 mn now valuing $2 bn is considering an IPO.TechStory•Sep 16, 2021•SmartNews, Princeville Capital, Woodline Partners, JIC Venture Growth Investments and 5 others
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SmartNews launches COVID-19 vaccine tracker in United States and JapanPR Newswire•Feb 24, 2021•SmartNews
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SmartNews’ U.S. app unveils new features for the elections, COVID-19 and local weatherTechCrunch+•Sep 17, 2020•SmartNews
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