Everything you need to grow your news startup.
Indiegraf provides tools, direct support and capital to grow your audience and drive multiple revenue streams – all in one place. Save time and money so you can focus on what’s important: serving your community with quality journalism.
We’re on a mission to make news entrepreneurship a great career and life choice for journalists everywhere.
You shouldn’t need a pile of seed capital to join the growing movement of journalist-entrepreneurs building their own news outlets. Indiegraf lowers the bar to entry to media ownership – because not only affluent communities deserve quality local news.
publishers have used Indiegraf to grow
people now have access to quality news
in Indie Capital deployed to independent publishers
Accelerate your growth.
Building your audience and revenue while trying to produce great journalism is exhausting. Let Indiegraf help. Plug into a comprehensive tech and business engine designed to drive growth for small media.
All-in-one Platform
Manage content and drive audience and multiple revenue streams with beautiful, fast, secure tools – for cheap.
Audience Growth
Access tools, expertise and added capacity to grow your audience – without the cost of a new employee.
Revenue
Access everything you need to convert readers, sponsors, advertisers and donors – all in one place.
Indie Capital
Access painless funding to fuel each stage of your growth, without giving up independence or ownership.
We are the publishers we were built to serve.
We are a team of expert journalists, editors, marketers and developers with a shared passion: supporting indie news entrepreneurs. We bring experience from impact-driven outlets like The Discourse, Cold Tea Collective, Black Press Media, Aos Fatos, Community Impact Newspaper and more.
Learn more about us and our team here.
Erin Millar
Caitlin Havlak
Carsen Cassell
Rachel Chen
Joe Lanane
Carol Cavaleiro
Allison McIlmoyl
Elizabeth Hambuchen
Amy Van Es
We helped The Kansas City Defender grow their email list, hire new freelance writers and secure sponsorship.
“Indiegraf has truly been such an instrumental partner in our organization's growth and journey. I have been beyond impressed with the support they have provided The Defender in every aspect.”
Ryan Sorrell — The Kansas City Defender
We helped The Palm Springs Post raise $36K from readers, 121% of their goal.
“What started as a goal to raise $15,000 quickly doubled when it became clear just how much community interest there is for this local daily news outlet. By the end of the Founding Members campaign, reader support exceeded our stretch $30,000 goal, helping The Palm Springs Post down a path of long-term sustainability.”
Mark Talkington — The Palm Springs Post
We support Shasta Scout, an innovative, women-led outlet that is breaking barriers in the news industry.
“My experiences with the Indiegraf team over the last year and a half have been overwhelmingly positive. Indiegraf has been extremely responsive to time-sensitive needs with IT and membership and has been consistently available, encouraging and supportive throughout my learning and growth process as a publisher. Other media startups in the Indiegraf network are doing some of the best equity work I've seen in the industry and I'm grateful to be a part of the community.”
Annelise Pierce — Shasta Scout
