Existing investor Associated Press has returned to back news analytics platform NewsWhip's series A round, which added Asahi Shimbun to the company's shareholders.

US-based news analytics platform NewsWhip raised $6.4m yesterday in a series A round backed by a consortium featuring media organisation Associated Press (AP) and publisher Asahi Shimbun.

Venture capital fund Tribal Ventures led the round, which included enterprise support agency Enterprise Ireland, Matter VC, Social Starts, unnamed clients of investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and AIB Seed Capital Fund, which was established by financial services firm Allied Irish Banks and Enterprise Ireland.

Founded in 2011, NewsWhip operates an analytics platform that scours…