Hearst Interactive Media, a division of publishing group Hearst, has joined Google Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of search group Google, in backing Miso Media, a US-based company for helping people play the guitar.
Google Ventures led the $1.5m series A round for Miso, having the month before invested in the portfolio company’s $600,000 seed round.
Joe Kraus, partner at Google Ventures, and Scott Wolfgang, director at Hearst, will also join Miso’s board.