Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed infrastructure and SME investment manager, has made a GBP4 million investment in Newsflare Limited (Newsflare) from its VCT funds, together with an additional GBP1 million investment from existing investor, Edge Investments.
Newsflare is a marketplace for the monetisation of user generated video (“UGV”) and has one of the largest fully-rights cleared video libraries in the world, with over 244,000 licensable videos currently on its platform.
This funding round will enable Newsflare to grow the number of fully licensed UGV clips on its platform and accelerate growth. The business’ proprietary technology and Trust Algorithm authenticates IP ownership and allows customers – including the world’s leading media companies, brands, agencies and social media platforms – to discover and license UGV content quickly and safely.