Turner has led a $45 million round of funding for Refinery29, a digital media company focused on women.  

The round, which includes additional participation from legacy investor Scripps Networks Interactive, follows earlier investments from a group that also includes WPP, Stripes Group, Floodgate, Lead Edge Capital, First Round Capital, Lerer Ventures and Hearst Corporation.

Turner did not disclose the amount of its equity investment, but did note that it and Refinery29 will collaborate on content creation and development tied to programming that appeals to Refinery29’s core audience of millennial women.  Additionally, they’ll work together on cross-platform ad sales partnerships. Christina, president and manager of Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang, will join Refinery29’s board.

Refinery29 said it will use the new influx of funds to “supercharge” its video production business across a variety of new formats and channels, and also to accelerate its international growth initiatives (it opened offices in Germany and the U.K. last year).  Of recent note, Refinery29 has launched thematic channels such as Brawlers (sports), Short Cuts (beauty) and RIOT (comedy), and its first first podcast and app.

Refinery29 said it hosts more than 27 million unique visitors on its website and touts a reach of more than 225 million users across all of its platforms.  It also claimed that video views have jumped 19 times across platforms since launching its R29 Originals unit in April 2015.

"In order to achieve success in today's quickly evolving digital environment, we believe in partnering with brands that have distinct voices and loyal, engaged audiences,"  David Levy, president of Turner, said in a statement."Refinery29 certainly fits the bill, bringing with it a highly coveted following of millennial-minded women, strong capabilities in digital products, event marketing and content creation, as well as an attractive advertiser base.”

Turner’s investment is the latest in its efforts to shore up its digital-facing efforts, and follows a similar, recent investment in Mashable and its 2015 acquisition of iStreamPlanet.

Turner said it will soon launch additional network apps for several platforms, including Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and the Google Chromecast. 

Sky has invested $300,000, in the form of a convertible debt security, in Los Angeles-based TV4 Entertainment, a maker of special-interest television channels.

Those channels, aimed at audiences that are “typically underserved by traditional TV companies,” are offered on platforms such as Hulu, Amazon, Sony, Vimeo, YouTube, and Roku. 

TV4’s current portfolio includes  DocComTV; All Warrior Network; Motorland; the Ultimate Champion Network, and The Clarity Project. It claims to have north of 30 channels in development, and has already licensed more than 5,000 feature-length and short form videos as well as TV and Web-centric series.

“This exciting investment will help us develop our understanding of niche content genres and what audiences are most passionate about,” Emma Lloyd, director, corporate business development at Sky, said in a statement. “We are committed to developing partnerships right across our business that support and extend our leadership position in content and innovation. We look forward to working with the team at TV4 Entertainment as they continue to grow.”

Sky, which is based in the U.K. with a presence in Silicon Valley, has also invested in other online video startups and projects, including Whistle Sports, Pluto TV, ad tech firm Sharethrough, Roku, virtual reality content startup Jaunt, and OTT specialist  1Mainstream, which was recently acquired by Cisco Systems.