Media Development Investment Fund, INC.
mdif.org Direct investor
MDIF is a not-for-profit investment fund that provides debt and equity financing and strategic advice to independent media and information ventures globally. It manages a range of funds and also accepts investments from impact investors and donors.
Media Development Investment Fund, INC. is an investor headquartered in New York, United States, founded in 1995. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in independent media and information ventures. $109.6 million under management and 161 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“MDIF invests in independent media around the world that provide diverse news and facilitates the exchange of information and views people need to build free, thriving societies.”
— Media Development Investment Fund, INC., own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Other
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Invests in
- global
- Sectors
- independent media, information ventures
- Founded
- 1995
- Assets under management
- $109.6 million
- Portfolio
- 161 companies
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 14 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Blue Forest Asset Management 2 shared companies: candid.org, impactassets.org
- Agence Française de Développement (AFD) 1 shared company: sida.se
- DOEN Participaties 1 shared company: doen.nl
- Hanaco Ventures 1 shared company: candid.org
- Verissimo Ventures 1 shared company: candid.org
- Catalyst Fund 1 shared company: impactassets.org
- Cauris Investment Management, LLC 1 shared company: impactassets.org
- Circulate Capital 1 shared company: impactassets.org
- DBL Partners 1 shared company: impactassets.org
- HCAP Partners 1 shared company: impactassets.org
and 4 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Media Development Investment Fund, INC. publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.mdif.org/name, is_investor, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, aum, portfolio_count, status, layer
- https://www.mdif.org/our-work/funds/layer, stage_min, stage_max
- https://www.mdif.org/about/our-story/founded
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Record 3112 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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