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New Rising Ventures
New Rising Ventures invests in media, creators, and Responsible AI, focusing on addressing significant global challenges through civic engagement and community empowerment.
Overview
What New Rising Ventures does
What New Rising Ventures is
New Rising Ventures invests in media, creators, and Responsible AI, focusing on addressing significant global challenges through civic engagement and community empowerment.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports grantor capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Grant Maker
- Structured capabilities
- Grantor
- Last reviewed
- April 8, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
New Rising Ventures as a grantor
Grant thesis
New Rising Ventures supports early-stage, nonpartisan entrepreneurs and activists focused on transforming democracy through innovation, particularly those facing unique barriers to funding.
Focus narrative
New Rising Ventures invests in social impact entrepreneurs developing organizations that serve the public interest. They emphasize support for mission-oriented projects, particularly those working on AI-driven solutions that promote equity and protect communities. Their investment strategy is anchored in catalyzing inflection points, radical reconstruction of inequitable systems, and amplifying ownership.
Value and support
Beyond funding, New Rising Ventures provides strategic support and resources to help organizations scale their impact and navigate challenges in the social impact sector.
Grant economics
- Dilutive
- No
- Nonprofit only
- No
Availability
- Application state
- Accepting
- Application cycle
- annual
- Next deadline
- June 13, 2025
Eligibility and fit
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Audience
- Founders
- Inclusion focus
- women-founded, minority-founded, and disabled
- Regions
- United States
Process and recipient context
Application process
The application process involves submitting proposals through designated intake forms for both non-profit and for-profit organizations. The Rising Fund, a multi-year initiative, has specific submission dates for its Responsible AI Funding Cycle, with submissions opening on March 26, 2025, and closing on June 13, 2025.
Recipient context
Notable portfolio companies include Data Nutrition Project, which improves AI outcomes; Chorus AI, which centralizes data for nonprofits; and Kinfolk Tech Foundation, which empowers marginalized communities through technology. Other notable grantees include AI4Abolition, Social Currant, and Good Call Technologies.
Common questions
What to know about New Rising Ventures
Upseed classifies New Rising Ventures under the Grant Maker organization type. Its current public profile includes grantor capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
April 8, 2026
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