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lupasystems.com

Investments

26

Portfolio Exits

4

About Lupa Systems

Lupa Systems is a private investment company founded in 2019 by James Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch, as an investment vehicle to assemble a new portfolio of media companies. It was funded, in part, by the $2B in proceeds James Murdoch received from the $71bn sale of most of the Murdoch family's 21st Century Fox empire to Disney.

Headquarters Location

New York, New York,

United States

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Latest Lupa Systems News

India tax officials search edtech UpGrad offices

Jul 19, 2023

Officials from India’s GST tax department are searching the offices of UpGrad, an edtech unicorn that counts Temasek, James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems and World Bank’s International Finance Corporation among its backers, the startup said Wednesday. “It’s a routine survey and we are fully compliant and cooperating with the department,” UpGrad said. The startup, founded by Ronnie Screwvala (pictured above), has raised $600 million altogether and was valued at $2.25 billion last year. Reuters first reported about the searches. Eight-year-old UpGrad specializes in higher education and upskilling courses. It offers students over 100 courses in data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, finance, programming and law in collaboration with universities such as Michigan State University, the IIT Madras and IIT Delhi, and Swiss School of Business Management, Geneva.

Lupa Systems Investments

26 Investments

Lupa Systems has made 26 investments. Their latest investment was in upGrad as part of their Private Equity - II on June 6, 2022.

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Lupa Systems Investments Activity

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Date

Round

Company

Amount

New?

Co-Investors

Sources

6/15/2022

Private Equity - II

upGrad

$225M

Yes

6

4/26/2022

Seed VC

Ink

$1.5M

Yes

Betaworks Ventures, Lupa Systems, Mark Cuban, Sound Ventures, and Undisclosed Angel Investors

1

3/15/2022

Series A

Synthetaic

$13M

No

11

9/16/2021

Series B

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$99M

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10

8/31/2021

Private Equity - II

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$99M

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10

Date

6/15/2022

4/26/2022

3/15/2022

9/16/2021

8/31/2021

Round

Private Equity - II

Seed VC

Series A

Series B

Private Equity - II

Company

upGrad

Ink

Synthetaic

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Amount

$225M

$1.5M

$13M

$99M

$99M

New?

Yes

Yes

No

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Co-Investors

Betaworks Ventures, Lupa Systems, Mark Cuban, Sound Ventures, and Undisclosed Angel Investors

Sources

6

1

11

10

10

Lupa Systems Portfolio Exits

4 Portfolio Exits

Lupa Systems has 4 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Vice Media on June 22, 2023.

Date

Exit

Companies

Valuation
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Acquirer

Sources

6/22/2023

Asset Sale

$99M

4

7/22/2022

Acquired

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$99M

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10

2/3/2022

Reverse Merger

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$99M

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10

2/1/2021

Reverse Merger

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$99M

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10

Date

6/22/2023

7/22/2022

2/3/2022

2/1/2021

Exit

Asset Sale

Acquired

Reverse Merger

Reverse Merger

Companies

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Valuation

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

Acquirer

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Sources

4

10

10

10

Lupa Systems Acquisitions

1 Acquisition

Lupa Systems acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was Tribeca Enterprises on August 05, 2019.

Date

Investment Stage

Companies

Valuation
Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model.

Total Funding

Note

Sources

8/5/2019

Other

$99M

$22.5M

Acq - Fin

5

Date

8/5/2019

Investment Stage

Other

Companies

Valuation

$99M

Total Funding

$22.5M

Note

Acq - Fin

Sources

5

Lupa Systems Team

1 Team Member

Lupa Systems has 1 team member, including current Chief Executive Officer, James Murdoch.

Name

Work History

Title

Status

James Murdoch

Chief Executive Officer

Current

Name

James Murdoch

Work History

Title

Chief Executive Officer

Status

Current

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