RocaNews combines a fast-growing online news platform with AI and Web3 technology to deliver concise, non‑partisan, gamified news experiences. The company publishes primarily via Instagram and email and emphasizes high user engagement and open dialogue with readers. Roca aims to disaggregate the editorial process to reduce ideological skew and increase transparency and accuracy. With the acquisition of River, Roca gains proprietary algorithms for aggregating, searching, and filtering digital news. The funding and acquisition will be used to hire writers and developers and to build a social news platform and associated revenue streams that do not rely on clickbait. Roca launched in Washington, DC in August 2020 and grew rapidly, gaining 1.2 million active readers in less than a year and claiming the highest user engagement of any news platform on social media (4x Barstool and Morning Brew, 8x ViceNews, 10x CNN).

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jan 2022