Axios is a media company that delivers vital, trustworthy news, and analysis.
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.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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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 |
Date
Company Name
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Round | Money Raised | Industry | Lead Investor |
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Jun 30, 2014
Wefunder
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Convertable Note | — | Crowdfunding | — |
Apr 15, 2014
Wefunder
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Seed | — | Crowdfunding | — |
Mar 6, 2014
Splash
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Seed | $1.50M | Event Management | — |
Mar 26, 2013
Wefunder
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Seed | $530K | Crowdfunding | — |
May 29, 2012
Splash
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Seed | — | Event Management | — |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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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 |
Axios Media has acquired 2 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Sports Internet on Jan 4, 2019. They acquired Sports Internet for 0.
Date
Company Name
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Industry | Acquisition Type | Price | |
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Jan 4, 2019
Sports Internet
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News | acquisition | — | Detail |
Dec 17, 2020
Axios Charlotte
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Digital Media | acquisition | $ 5M | Detail |