Yesterday, New Media Ventures announced the 13 organizations that it has selected to share $1.2 million in seed funding for the seventh round of its Innovation Fund. These thirteen startups made it through a very competitive pool of nearly 740 applicants—a 50% jump over the number who applied in 2017--and the results have been much anticipated.In its seven years of operation, NMV has grown substantially and now plays a very important role in the civic tech and political tech ecosystem. It backs innovative tools, media, advocacy, digital organizing, civic engagement and efforts centered on voting and elections. It raises money to give away to promising start-ups focused on those areas, ranging from nonprofits to mission-driven for-profits. Money from NMV usually...
