Portfolio / Haystack News
STREAMING / MEDIA TECH / NEWS
Haystack News
Free, ad-supported (AVOD) streaming news service that aggregates and personalizes, with artificial intelligence, content from more than 400 local and international channels.
● ACTIVE
SVLA INVESTMENT
2017
STAGE
Seed / Early Stage
STATUS
Active
FOUNDERS
Daniel Barreto & Ish Harshawat
Daniel Barreto, CEO
THE COMPANY
What Haystack News does
Haystack News is a free, ad-supported (AVOD) streaming news service. It brings together content from more than 400 local, national and international news channels and uses artificial intelligence to build a personalized lineup based on each user's location and interests. It also offers live news channels.
TRACK RECORD
Company and market
It was founded by Daniel Barreto and Ish Harshawat and started as Haystack TV before adopting its current name. It is available on smart TVs from brands such as Samsung, LG and Vizio, on platforms such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV, and on mobile devices. In 2017 it won the Google Play Award for Best TV Experience.
SVLA'S INVESTMENT
Why we invested
SV Links Angels invested in Haystack News in 2017, at the Seed / Early Stage. The decision was based on the highly qualified profile of its founder, Daniel Barreto, a Stanford PhD with more than 50 patents; on the company's strong early traction; on the awards earned for its user experience; and on its position in the news advertising market.