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NewCo Shift: A Cross-platform Publication
NewCo Shift illuminates the companies, leaders, and issues driving the transition to a sustainable, positive-impact business ecosystem.
In addition to the festivals, NewCo produces Shift Forum, an executive leadership conference which brings together founders, innovators, and CEOs from fast-growth start-ups and Fortune 500 leaders with an array of experts from the policy and regulation fields to discuss how business can navigate the shifting landscape of rapid technological change and regulatory uncertainty.
We expand upon the conversations started at our live events through NewCo Shift, our multi-platform publication which illuminates the companies, leaders, and issues driving the transition to a sustainable, positive-impact business ecosystem. The brainchild of six-time media and tech entrepreneur John Battelle, NewCo Shift is defining a new approach to business journalism through editorial features, profiles, video, and more. It features content from notable writers and thinkers on a range of topics impacting global business today.
NewCo Shift illuminates the companies, leaders, and issues driving the transition to a sustainable, positive-impact business ecosystem.
In addition to the festivals, NewCo produces Shift Forum, an executive leadership conference which brings together founders, innovators, and CEOs from fast-growth start-ups and Fortune 500 leaders with an array of experts from the policy and regulation fields to discuss how business can navigate the shifting landscape of rapid technological change and regulatory uncertainty.
We expand upon the conversations started at our live events through NewCo Shift, our multi-platform publication which illuminates the companies, leaders, and issues driving the transition to a sustainable, positive-impact business ecosystem. The brainchild of six-time media and tech entrepreneur John Battelle, NewCo Shift is defining a new approach to business journalism through editorial features, profiles, video, and more. It features content from notable writers and thinkers on a range of topics impacting global business today.
Overview
Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Employees
51-200
Total raised
$1.7M
Founded date
2012
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 17
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| Apr 2, 2018 | BostInno Approved: April’s Top Tech & Startup Events in Boston | Although it's spring, winter hasn't seemed to get the hint to leave us alone yet. So while you hold off on buying Red Sox tickets till the temperature rises, here are some great indoor tech and startup events to check out. Week 1 Monday Apr... |
| Jul 19, 2016 | NewCo Conference Returns to Austin to Showcase the City’s Tech Industry | |
| Mar 10, 2016 | The All You Can Eat 24-Hour Buffet: SXSW Interactive Kicks off | BY LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News |
| Mar 9, 2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 9, 2016 | Catalyst DevWorks raised $11.5M; Omnes led investment in Intersec; Drive Spotter secured $750k Drive Spotter, a video analytics platform for commercial fleets, secured $750,000 in seed financing led by Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company wi... |
| Mar 9, 2016 | NewCo raises new funding led by True Ventures | NewCo, a San Francisco-based company that produces city-like festivals that acquaint attendees with local businesses, has raised roughly $4.3 million in fresh funding, shows a new SEC filing that states the outfit has raised just north of $... |
| Jan 18, 2016 | John Battelle's Tech 'Festival' Is Coming to Boston | Magazine entrepreneur and event impresario John Battelle has been working on an event series called NewCo, launched last February. In its second year, it's coming to Boston. NewCo calls its events "festivals": Each event is a seri... |
| May 21, 2015 | Obvious Ventures raises $123,456,789 for its first fund | The firm has made 11 investments, and looks for companies that offer positive social benefits If there's one thing that will always be true about life it's that it's never a bad thing to have a sense of humor. In this world of deal-making a... |
| Apr 23, 2015 | NewCo tour to offer peeks inside Brooklyn tech companies | Local tech companies are having open houses and sharing talks on important innovation-related topics, courtesy of NewCo, which describes itself as “a mashup of an open studio tour and a business conference, with the vibe of a music festival... |
| Feb 22, 2015 | NewCo. Raises $1.7M in Seed Funding | NewCo, a Petaluma, CA-based event startup, raised $1.7m in seed funding. Backers included institutional investors Obvious Ventures, True Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Transmedia Capital, Freestyle Capital, and Foundry Fund, as well as angels Ch... |
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FAQ about NewCo
When was NewCo founded?
NewCo was founded in 2012.
How much funding has NewCo raised?
NewCo has raised $1.7M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about NewCo?
Parsers VC has collected 17 articles mentioning NewCo, among them “BostInno Approved: April’s Top Tech & Startup Events in Boston” (Apr 2, 2018) and “NewCo Conference Returns to Austin to Showcase the City’s Tech Industry” (Jul 19, 2016).
Is NewCo still active?
Yes, NewCo is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 23, 2020.