HearstLab is a corporate venture fund built inside Hearst that gives founders direct access to 360+ operating businesses as distribution and customer channels, while using a global network of 220+ women executives from Hearst's own businesses as Scouts who sit in on diligence and act as operating advisors. The fund operates with an explicit three-pillar mission to create financial value, bring visibility to women at Hearst and beyond, and drive digital transformation for the parent company—functioning simultaneously as an investor, internal women's leadership accelerator, and talent-retention mechanism.