SigIQ offers and builds reliable & trustworthy GenAI for lowering the cost of personalized learning to the cost of computation.
Ropes is a technology company that specializes in candidate screening and assessment. It provides a software platform that evaluates job applicants' technical skills through custom coding challenges, dynamic tests, and in-depth analysis, ensuring a fair and accurate assessment of their abilities.
Amigo AI
Seed Round in 2024
AI as diverse as you. Amigo’s cloning platform enables any professional to scale their expertise, preserving your uniqueness. Increase your revenue, not your hours.
Leland is a coaching marketplace that connects individuals with professional coaches, curated content, and courses to support educational and career objectives. The platform focuses on helping users prepare for standardized tests such as the SAT, ACT, GMAT, and GRE, as well as facilitating transitions into fields like private equity, product management, investment banking, and technology. Clients can find mentors tailored to their budget, background, and goals, and receive personalized guidance to develop the skills needed for success. Leland operates on a transaction‑fee model based on the fees paid by clients to coaches.
Edu AI Last
Seed Round in 2024
With a passion for innovation and a commitment to excellence, Edu AI Last specializes in delivering AI-powered solutions that redefine corporate training. Our mission is to help businesses unlock their full potential through intelligent, adaptive learning technologies.
Physics Wallah
Series B in 2024
Physics Wallah is an online education platform offering live classes, video lectures, test series, and interactive exercises for JEE, NEET entrance exams, and CBSE boards. Its mission is to provide accessible and affordable quality education to students across India.
Uplimit is an education technology company dedicated to transforming how professionals and organizations develop skills for the future. Through its AI-powered platform, Uplimit offers innovative learning solutions that facilitate scalable skill development tailored to the demands of the modern workforce. The platform features live, small-group courses in machine learning and data science, delivered by top industry experts, allowing both employees and students to enhance their competencies. By fostering a supportive community and emphasizing accountability, Uplimit aims to accelerate career growth and ensure that individuals and organizations adapt effectively to an ever-evolving professional landscape.
Ednition
Seed Round in 2024
Ednition is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company specializing in providing a rostering infrastructure and automation platform tailored for the edtech industry. Their platform offers real-time security posture monitoring, ensuring compliance with SOC2 reports and attestations. Key features include rostering, data integration, interoperability, and the creation of enterprise data pipelines, enabling edtech developers to build and scale their applications efficiently.
UpSmith
Seed Round in 2024
UpSmith is a company focused on improving the lives of individuals by providing access to training in practical skills and sustainable career paths. It has developed a vertical software as a service (SaaS) platform aimed at assisting skilled trades businesses in their growth while supporting skilled workers in their career development. The technology offered by UpSmith is designed to enhance workforce productivity, incorporating gamification elements that incentivize frontline workers to engage in value-creating behaviors. By utilizing this innovative approach, UpSmith enables its clients to increase revenue, boost output, and reduce costs, ultimately fostering a more efficient and effective skilled trades sector.
Kyron Learning
Series A in 2023
Kyron Learning is an educational technology company that aims to provide equitable access to one-on-one education. It develops a platform to accelerate the creation of interactive courses, featuring AI-driven course generation tools, customizable content, and actionable learner insights to help educators design engaging and efficient learning experiences with minimal effort.
MagicSchool
Pre Seed Round in 2023
MagicSchool is a technology company that specializes in providing artificial intelligence-driven tools to support educators. Its comprehensive platform offers over 60 AI tools designed to assist teachers in various aspects of their profession, including lesson planning, assessment creation, differentiation, and communication. By generating original, tailored educational content, feedback, and recommendations, MagicSchool aims to enhance educators' productivity and effectiveness.
mattilda.
Series A in 2023
Mattilda is a Mexican company focused on addressing financial challenges faced by schools in Mexico and Latin America. It offers a finance management platform that streamlines financial processes for parents and private educational institutions. The platform enables schools to advance tuition fees, ensuring a predictable cash flow and minimizing delays in payment. Additionally, it provides various flexible payment options for parents, allowing them to manage their finances more effectively. By offering automated collection management products and medium to long-term credit solutions, Mattilda supports schools in prioritizing their educational mission while enhancing their financial stability.
Maximal Learning
Seed Round in 2023
Maximal Learning operates an educational platform that employs artificial intelligence to tailor learning experiences for students of all ages. Its goal is to help each student reach their full potential by planning and tracking assignments and activities.
AdmitKard
Seed Round in 2023
Founded in Noida, India in 2016, AdmitKard aims to make global education accessible by leveraging digital data and analytics. Its platform recommends courses from universities worldwide, employs near-peer mentoring, and uses AI/ML algorithms to assist students in decision-making regarding higher education.
AdmitKard
Series A in 2023
Founded in Noida, India in 2016, AdmitKard aims to make global education accessible by leveraging digital data and analytics. Its platform recommends courses from universities worldwide, employs near-peer mentoring, and uses AI/ML algorithms to assist students in decision-making regarding higher education.
Dreamscape Learn
Series A in 2023
Dreamscape Learn is an edtech company focusing on cinematic story-telling, cutting-edge immersive technologies, and advanced pedagogy. They believe that the best educational designs combine multiple pedagogical modalities. Students study; they apply knowledge and concepts; they learn by doing and do in order to learn; they learn through text, lecture, visual and audio media, hands-on experience, and from one another. They create programs and products that connect all of these modes of engagement.
Openhouse
Series A in 2022
Openhouse is a community learning center that emphasizes active and holistic learning both inside and outside the traditional classroom environment. Founded by graduates from Stanford and headquartered in Bangalore, the company aims to create an immersive and social educational experience, contrasting with conventional online learning platforms that focus primarily on content delivery. Openhouse provides a physical space where teachers and students from diverse backgrounds can come together to share skills, ideas, and knowledge, fostering an environment that encourages collaboration and engagement. By prioritizing social interaction in education, Openhouse seeks to redefine the learning experience, helping students develop into thoughtful leaders. The organization is built on a culture of continuous learning, where every team member contributes to a supportive community, and all are encouraged to embrace challenges and learn from failures.
Simplilearn
Series E in 2022
Simplilearn is a global online learning platform offering professional certification courses. With over 200 courses in areas such as project management, IT service management, and digital marketing, Simplilearn caters to working professionals seeking career advancement. Recognized by industry bodies like PMI and APMG, the company has trained over 400,000 professionals across 150 countries.
mattilda.
Seed Round in 2022
Mattilda is a Mexican company focused on addressing financial challenges faced by schools in Mexico and Latin America. It offers a finance management platform that streamlines financial processes for parents and private educational institutions. The platform enables schools to advance tuition fees, ensuring a predictable cash flow and minimizing delays in payment. Additionally, it provides various flexible payment options for parents, allowing them to manage their finances more effectively. By offering automated collection management products and medium to long-term credit solutions, Mattilda supports schools in prioritizing their educational mission while enhancing their financial stability.
UpSmith
Pre Seed Round in 2022
UpSmith is a company focused on improving the lives of individuals by providing access to training in practical skills and sustainable career paths. It has developed a vertical software as a service (SaaS) platform aimed at assisting skilled trades businesses in their growth while supporting skilled workers in their career development. The technology offered by UpSmith is designed to enhance workforce productivity, incorporating gamification elements that incentivize frontline workers to engage in value-creating behaviors. By utilizing this innovative approach, UpSmith enables its clients to increase revenue, boost output, and reduce costs, ultimately fostering a more efficient and effective skilled trades sector.
Uplimit
Seed Round in 2022
Uplimit is an education technology company dedicated to transforming how professionals and organizations develop skills for the future. Through its AI-powered platform, Uplimit offers innovative learning solutions that facilitate scalable skill development tailored to the demands of the modern workforce. The platform features live, small-group courses in machine learning and data science, delivered by top industry experts, allowing both employees and students to enhance their competencies. By fostering a supportive community and emphasizing accountability, Uplimit aims to accelerate career growth and ensure that individuals and organizations adapt effectively to an ever-evolving professional landscape.
uDocz is the largest learning platform in Latin America, catering specifically to university and college students. It offers a document-sharing platform that enables users to share class notes, presentations, and study guides. This collaborative environment allows students and professionals to learn together while effectively searching for a diverse array of study materials, including books, theses, publications, and other academic documents. By fostering a community focused on educational resource sharing, uDocz enhances the learning experience for its users.
AntWalk is an innovative e-learning platform based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, founded in 2019. It focuses on equipping professionals with essential skills through a variety of up-skilling programs delivered by top industry leaders. The platform connects users with over 3,000 experts from more than 500 global brands, offering a range of learning formats, including Short Knowledge Bytes, Live Group Classes, and personalized 1:1 interactions with experts. This approach allows professionals to learn in the flow of work, fostering a growth mindset and enhancing their career trajectories. AntWalk aims to create a social learning ecosystem that not only aids professionals in career development but also provides students with valuable knowledge beyond traditional classroom settings.
Tango is a browser-based enablement and automation platform that helps organizations streamline and standardize sales workflows by automating tasks within existing tools. It provides UI-driven agents to perform routine actions, reduce manual work, and improve data accuracy, accelerating deal progression. The platform can also capture workflows and automatically generate step-by-step guides with screenshots and descriptions, supporting easy training and process documentation.
Physics Wallah
Series A in 2022
Physics Wallah is an online education platform offering live classes, video lectures, test series, and interactive exercises for JEE, NEET entrance exams, and CBSE boards. Its mission is to provide accessible and affordable quality education to students across India.
Ender is a venture-backed startup based in Austin, Texas, focused on enhancing employability for children before they reach adulthood. The company has developed a competition platform that incentivizes kids to build apps, games, websites, and other real-world projects by offering cash prizes. This innovative learn-to-earn model allows children to create a portfolio while earning money, fostering both skill development and financial literacy. With a team of dedicated professionals from the fields of game development, education, engineering, and design, Ender aims to empower the next generation through practical experience and competitive engagement.
Learn In offers a comprehensive employee upskilling platform. It enables companies to provide low-cost online training programs and traditional degrees, focusing on digital skills like data science and software engineering.
Filo is an educational technology company that offers a tutoring platform designed for immediate, one-on-one support. The platform enables students to connect with online tutors in less than 60 seconds, allowing them to receive timely assistance with their academic questions and challenges. By facilitating instant access to knowledgeable tutors, Filo aims to enhance students' understanding of concepts and improve their performance in exams. The service focuses on providing personalized guidance, ensuring that learners can address their doubts efficiently and effectively.
Disco is a platform that enables creators to develop and expand their educational offerings efficiently. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools that allows users to launch and monetize live classes or courses under their own branding. By facilitating the hosting of streaming classes for multiple participants, Disco empowers educators to create cohort-based learning experiences. The platform aims to support a vision of lifelong learning that is interactive and accessible from anywhere, moving away from traditional educational models.
Tutored by Teachers
Series A in 2022
Tutored by Teachers is an e-learning platform that connects students with certified teachers to provide personalized online education. The company focuses on addressing educational disparities by offering teacher-led virtual learning tailored to the needs of high-need, underserved students. Through its platform, Tutored by Teachers aims to enhance academic outcomes while ensuring that teachers receive fair compensation and opportunities for professional growth within the education sector. By partnering directly with schools, the company seeks to close the achievement gap and promote equity in education, thereby improving access to quality learning experiences for disadvantaged communities.
Domestika
Series D in 2022
Domestika is an online platform that provides professionally produced courses across various creative fields such as illustration, photography, 3D animation, marketing, craft, calligraphy, typography, and design. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, Domestika began as an online forum for creative professionals to connect and learn from each other. The platform has since grown into a global community of millions, offering high-quality video-based lectures and discussions led by expert instructors. Domestika curates its teacher roster carefully and produces all courses in-house to ensure a premium learning experience.
LEAD School, founded in 2012 and based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, provides comprehensive educational services through an integrated Edtech platform. The company aims to enhance learning for every child by leveraging technology to empower teachers. Its platform offers detailed lesson plans, audio-visual resources, and curriculum materials, facilitating collaboration among teachers, parents, and schools to achieve educational excellence. Additionally, LEAD School provides teacher training programs and a school management system, which collectively improve learning efficiency and promote standardized curricula, contributing to professional development in the education sector.
Course Hero
Series C in 2021
Course Hero operates as an online learning platform dedicated to providing study resources for students and educators. Founded in 2006 and based in Redwood City, California, the company offers a range of materials including lecture notes, study guides, textbook help, practice problems, exams, and video lectures from universities across the United States and internationally. Course Hero's platform is subscription-based and includes an educator platform for distributing materials and publishing content. Additionally, it features a flashcards application and access to expert tutors who assist students with their queries. The company was previously known as TheCollegeFreeway.
Clasp, known as Stride Funding, is a company dedicated to providing innovative financial solutions for students seeking educational funding. It offers flexible income sharing agreements that allow students to pay a percentage of their future earnings rather than adhering to a fixed repayment schedule associated with traditional student loans. This structure ensures that repayments remain affordable and directly aligned with the student's income, promoting financial wellness. Clasp aims to protect students from financial strain during periods of adverse career outcomes while also capping total repayments to support their long-term financial security. The company has garnered recognition as a leading venture in the fintech space, receiving endorsements from institutions like Harvard and MIT, and has attracted investments from notable venture firms. Clasp was founded with the mission of transforming the student funding landscape, focusing on both financial support and career development.
KaiPod Learning
Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2021, KaiPod Learning provides in-person learning pods for online learners and homeschoolers. These pods offer enrichment activities, academic support, and socialization opportunities, guided by experienced coaches.
Abwaab Technologies
Series A in 2021
Abwaab Technologies operates an online learning platform for secondary school students, offering short, concept-based video lessons, visualized learning journeys, continuous assessment, and performance analytics across subjects such as math, physics, chemistry, and biology. The platform supports self-paced study, access to expert tutors, and ongoing progress tracking, enabling students to learn anytime and anywhere. Founded in 2019 and based in Amman, Jordan, Abwaab focuses on making the learning experience engaging through technology and curated content.
BrightChamps
Venture Round in 2021
BrightChamps is a company that develops an online educational platform focused on fostering skill development among children. The platform offers interactive learning modules across diverse subjects, integrates simulation-based tools for practical understanding, and provides access to global competitions.
FrontRow is an online learning platform established in 2020 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India. The company focuses on creative arts, hobbies, and sports, providing a space for individuals to pursue their passions. Its platform offers a variety of courses in areas such as cricket, music, and comedy, taught by industry celebrities. By facilitating regular activities, competitions, and peer engagement, FrontRow enables learners to practice and showcase their talents, fostering a vibrant community of creative enthusiasts.
Founded in 2019, Apna is India's largest professional networking platform dedicated to helping the country's workforce unlock unique networking and skilling opportunities. With over 35 million users across 75 cities and more than two million employers on its platform, Apna connects job seekers with relevant opportunities while enabling employers to hire talent cost-effectively.
Ednition
Funding Round in 2021
Ednition is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company specializing in providing a rostering infrastructure and automation platform tailored for the edtech industry. Their platform offers real-time security posture monitoring, ensuring compliance with SOC2 reports and attestations. Key features include rostering, data integration, interoperability, and the creation of enterprise data pipelines, enabling edtech developers to build and scale their applications efficiently.
Tango is a browser-based enablement and automation platform that helps organizations streamline and standardize sales workflows by automating tasks within existing tools. It provides UI-driven agents to perform routine actions, reduce manual work, and improve data accuracy, accelerating deal progression. The platform can also capture workflows and automatically generate step-by-step guides with screenshots and descriptions, supporting easy training and process documentation.
Eruditus Executive Education
Series E in 2021
Eruditus Executive Education designs and delivers executive education programs for mid-career professionals through partnerships with leading universities worldwide. It offers customized and open programs, including short workshops, online formats, and modular sessions, in collaboration with more than 30 global institutions, delivering more than 100 courses to learners across more than 80 countries and in multiple languages. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Singapore, the company maintains a substantial global presence with offices across several countries and a large team, enabling accessible executive education on a global scale.
Founded in 2019, Ethena is a software company specializing in modern compliance training. It offers bite-sized, personalized online courses focused on harassment prevention, delivered monthly to employees of innovative companies such as Netflix and Zendesk.
Quizizz Inc. is an educational technology company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2015. It offers a mobile application that enables users to create, generate, and assess quizzes, fostering an interactive learning environment. The platform is designed for teachers, students, and parents, allowing them to engage in multiplayer classroom activities and assessments. Quizizz provides gamified quizzes and interactive lessons that can be utilized on any device, either in-person or remotely. The application facilitates quick assessments across various topics, eliminating the need for manual grading and delivering instant analytics. With over 20 million users monthly, Quizizz supports learning in schools, homes, and workplaces worldwide.
Classplus
Series C in 2021
Classplus is a mobile-first platform for private coaching institutes that consolidates video distribution, payments, communication, and online assessments in a single interface. It provides analytics on student performance and supports iOS and Android devices. Founded in 2015 and based in Delhi, India, the company helps educators build, monetize, and market their online coaching businesses by creating branded content and applications.
Founded in 2020, BookClub operates an author-led virtual book club platform, BookClub.com. It facilitates meaningful connections between readers and authors through exclusive video content and live-audio discussions.
Guild Education
Series E in 2021
Guild Education provides a technology platform that connects working adults with online classes, programs, and degree options, offering personalized advising and retention coaching. The service enables employers to give employees education benefits and tuition reimbursement, helping them advance their careers while the platform supports discovery, learning, and organization of the experience. It bridges the gap between education and employment, delivering a comprehensive learning journey from start to finish.
Tekie is a live coding platform that uses animated storytelling to engage young learners in coding education. Its cinematic approach guides students through problem-solving exercises using coding concepts like variables, loops, and data structures.
Toucan is a company based in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2019, that focuses on language learning through a browser extension. This extension allows users to translate words and phrases into various languages while they browse the web, facilitating language acquisition in a natural context. By integrating translations into everyday online activities, Toucan helps users expand their vocabulary without the need for traditional methods such as flashcards or formal classes. The company employs specialists in habit formation, learning, and human behavior to optimize the learning experience, making it more accessible and engaging for users.
OpenClassrooms
Series C in 2021
OpenClassrooms, founded in 2007 and based in Paris, France, is an online education platform that has emerged as one of Europe’s leading education-to-employment services. With 355,000 students in over 140 countries, it offers a wide range of vocational training programs through more than 600 online courses and 55 curricula in high-demand fields such as coding, IT, product management, and UX design. The institution is accredited by the French state and provides Associate, Bachelor’s, and Master’s level diplomas recognized by the Board of Education in Paris. OpenClassrooms employs a competency-based educational model that combines high-quality online coursework with personalized mentorship, project-based learning, and career coaching. Additionally, the company collaborates with numerous corporate clients to enhance their training offerings, ensuring that students are well-prepared for the job market with a job guarantee upon completion of their programs.
LEAD School, founded in 2012 and based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, provides comprehensive educational services through an integrated Edtech platform. The company aims to enhance learning for every child by leveraging technology to empower teachers. Its platform offers detailed lesson plans, audio-visual resources, and curriculum materials, facilitating collaboration among teachers, parents, and schools to achieve educational excellence. Additionally, LEAD School provides teacher training programs and a school management system, which collectively improve learning efficiency and promote standardized curricula, contributing to professional development in the education sector.
Outlier is an online education platform that offers intro-level college courses online at a relatively affordable price. Their courses employ engaging content and cutting-edge educational technology to create an immersive, student-friendly learning experience. Outlier is reimagining higher education as a resource that is accessible, equitable, and affordable for everyone.
Degreed provides a lifelong learning platform that enables organizations to build teams' skills and promote career mobility. It integrates various learning resources like courses, videos, articles, books, podcasts, and experts, allowing employees to track their learning progress and connect with opportunities.
Abwaab Technologies
Seed Round in 2021
Abwaab Technologies operates an online learning platform for secondary school students, offering short, concept-based video lessons, visualized learning journeys, continuous assessment, and performance analytics across subjects such as math, physics, chemistry, and biology. The platform supports self-paced study, access to expert tutors, and ongoing progress tracking, enabling students to learn anytime and anywhere. Founded in 2019 and based in Amman, Jordan, Abwaab focuses on making the learning experience engaging through technology and curated content.
Section4, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in New York, offers a platform for business education that aims to democratize access to knowledge in the field. The company provides innovative and engaging educational experiences through short, intensive programs known as sprints, each lasting 2 to 3 weeks. By focusing on practical learning and real-world applications, Section4 seeks to equip individuals with essential business skills and insights, fostering a more inclusive environment for professional development.
Quizizz Inc. is an educational technology company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2015. It offers a mobile application that enables users to create, generate, and assess quizzes, fostering an interactive learning environment. The platform is designed for teachers, students, and parents, allowing them to engage in multiplayer classroom activities and assessments. Quizizz provides gamified quizzes and interactive lessons that can be utilized on any device, either in-person or remotely. The application facilitates quick assessments across various topics, eliminating the need for manual grading and delivering instant analytics. With over 20 million users monthly, Quizizz supports learning in schools, homes, and workplaces worldwide.
Photomath
Series B in 2021
Photomath is a math learning application for smartphones and tablets that allows users to scan and solve math problems using their device's camera. Founded in 2014 and based in San Mateo, California, Photomath uses advanced AI technology to provide instant solutions and step-by-step explanations for a wide range of mathematical problems, from arithmetic to calculus. With over 300 million learners globally, the app aims to transform learning and help students succeed by promoting comprehension of fundamental math concepts.
Hellosaurus
Seed Round in 2020
Hellosaurus develops an interactive learning platform for children that combines video classes, creative programs, and engaging activities. The platform supports content creators by providing tools to produce and publish shows, enabling kids to learn through interactive experiences. Founded in 2019 and based in New York, the company focuses on child-friendly online education delivered through its interactive video experiences and content from various creators.
Ethena
Funding Round in 2020
Founded in 2019, Ethena is a software company specializing in modern compliance training. It offers bite-sized, personalized online courses focused on harassment prevention, delivered monthly to employees of innovative companies such as Netflix and Zendesk.
Tract is an online education platform for children that combines a library of unlimited on-demand courses with weekly live events, taught by a community of creators and mentors. It supports student-directed learning by enabling kids to explore topics at their own pace and engage in real-world, project-based lessons. Courses cover a range of interests from technology and game development to writing and sports, helping young learners discover passions, build confidence, and develop 21st-century skills. The company emphasizes the TRICK philosophy - Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness - as a framework for learning and collaboration. Tract targets children aged eight and older and aims to foster curiosity, creativity, and global awareness through an engaging, supportive online community.
Tango is a browser-based enablement and automation platform that helps organizations streamline and standardize sales workflows by automating tasks within existing tools. It provides UI-driven agents to perform routine actions, reduce manual work, and improve data accuracy, accelerating deal progression. The platform can also capture workflows and automatically generate step-by-step guides with screenshots and descriptions, supporting easy training and process documentation.
BookClub
Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2020, BookClub operates an author-led virtual book club platform, BookClub.com. It facilitates meaningful connections between readers and authors through exclusive video content and live-audio discussions.
Class Technologies
Seed Round in 2020
Class Technologies specializes in online learning solutions, focusing on enhancing the educational experience through its software. The company offers a virtual classroom platform that integrates with Zoom, allowing educators to manage attendance, distribute assignments, conduct assessments, and engage in individual student interactions. Key features of the software include a seating chart, ID verification, proctored exams, and participation tracking, which help optimize teaching effectiveness and student performance management. Additionally, Class provides courses in core subjects, electives, and skills development, along with program implementation services to support educational institutions in delivering effective remote education.
Valenture Institute
Venture Round in 2020
Valenture Institute is a private online high school founded in 2019 and based in London, United Kingdom. It offers a globally recognized curriculum designed to meet the standards of leading universities. The institution provides live, interactive classes supported by mentors, ensuring a personalized learning experience. In addition to its online offerings, Valenture Institute features boutique campuses that facilitate a blend of virtual learning and in-person engagement. This approach aims to equip students with essential skills and confidence, preparing them for future career advancements.
Toucan is a company based in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2019, that focuses on language learning through a browser extension. This extension allows users to translate words and phrases into various languages while they browse the web, facilitating language acquisition in a natural context. By integrating translations into everyday online activities, Toucan helps users expand their vocabulary without the need for traditional methods such as flashcards or formal classes. The company employs specialists in habit formation, learning, and human behavior to optimize the learning experience, making it more accessible and engaging for users.
Mighty Labs
Seed Round in 2020
Mighty Labs is a developer of an enterprise software platform that aims to enhance team alignment and productivity with minimal meetings and manual effort. The platform translates detailed individual workflows from various collaboration tools such as Jira, Asana, and Slack into automated, dynamic team timelines. This functionality allows teams to clearly see their focus areas, while also enabling managers to maintain alignment, keep leadership informed, and identify opportunities for recognition and coaching. By providing self-serve visibility for executives, Mighty Labs supports optimal leadership of remote and cross-functional teams, streamlining communication and improving organizational efficiency.
Abwaab Technologies
Seed Round in 2020
Abwaab Technologies operates an online learning platform for secondary school students, offering short, concept-based video lessons, visualized learning journeys, continuous assessment, and performance analytics across subjects such as math, physics, chemistry, and biology. The platform supports self-paced study, access to expert tutors, and ongoing progress tracking, enabling students to learn anytime and anywhere. Founded in 2019 and based in Amman, Jordan, Abwaab focuses on making the learning experience engaging through technology and curated content.
LOOM is a wellbeing platform dedicated to empowering women through comprehensive education on reproductive and sexual health. Founded in 2016 by Erica Chidi and Quinn Lundberg, and based in Los Angeles, LOOM offers classes and events that cover a wide range of topics, from menstruation to parenting. The platform aims to provide women with the necessary knowledge and resources to thrive in their bodies at every stage of life, fostering an environment of inclusivity, empathy, and scientific understanding. By focusing on these critical areas, LOOM seeks to enhance the health education landscape for women, guiding them through the complexities of their reproductive journeys.
Create & Learn
Seed Round in 2020
Create & Learn Inc. is an online education platform based in Los Altos, California, that specializes in providing innovative learning programs focused on computer technologies for children in grades K-9. Incorporated in 2017, the company offers a diverse range of courses, including Scratch Ninja, AI Explorers, Data Superpower, and Python for AI, among others. By employing a whole-brain approach to STEAM education, Create & Learn aims to enhance children's creativity and critical thinking skills through hands-on experiences with cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and coding. The company's emphasis on small class sizes ensures personalized attention and increased interaction between students and instructors, fostering an engaging learning environment.
Intellispark
Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2017, Intellispark develops a SaaS platform that integrates student performance data with research-based content for educators. Its holistic approach helps schools understand students' needs and improve their success skills, career readiness, engagement, and connections.
Founded in 2019, Ethena is a software company specializing in modern compliance training. It offers bite-sized, personalized online courses focused on harassment prevention, delivered monthly to employees of innovative companies such as Netflix and Zendesk.
QuillBot
Seed Round in 2020
QuillBot, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing an AI writing collaborator designed to enhance and refine written content. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in Jaipur, India, QuillBot employs advanced artificial intelligence and natural language understanding (NLU) to automatically rewrite full paragraphs and improve clarity by fine-tuning language and introducing varied vocabulary. The platform is widely used, with over a million users globally, who rely on its sophisticated paraphrasing technology to create compelling messages while maintaining the original meaning of their content. QuillBot offers integrations and add-ins that allow users to incorporate its solutions seamlessly into their writing workflows.
Learn In
Seed Round in 2020
Learn In offers a comprehensive employee upskilling platform. It enables companies to provide low-cost online training programs and traditional degrees, focusing on digital skills like data science and software engineering.
Photomath
Series A in 2020
Photomath is a math learning application for smartphones and tablets that allows users to scan and solve math problems using their device's camera. Founded in 2014 and based in San Mateo, California, Photomath uses advanced AI technology to provide instant solutions and step-by-step explanations for a wide range of mathematical problems, from arithmetic to calculus. With over 300 million learners globally, the app aims to transform learning and help students succeed by promoting comprehension of fundamental math concepts.
Outlier is an online education platform that offers intro-level college courses online at a relatively affordable price. Their courses employ engaging content and cutting-edge educational technology to create an immersive, student-friendly learning experience. Outlier is reimagining higher education as a resource that is accessible, equitable, and affordable for everyone.
Battlecard
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Battlecard operates as a platform that enables businesses to organize and document their sales playbooks. It simulates customer voices for fast and straightforward training and can also automate the roleplaying process for effective training.
Guild Education
Series D in 2019
Guild Education provides a technology platform that connects working adults with online classes, programs, and degree options, offering personalized advising and retention coaching. The service enables employers to give employees education benefits and tuition reimbursement, helping them advance their careers while the platform supports discovery, learning, and organization of the experience. It bridges the gap between education and employment, delivering a comprehensive learning journey from start to finish.
Clasp, known as Stride Funding, is a company dedicated to providing innovative financial solutions for students seeking educational funding. It offers flexible income sharing agreements that allow students to pay a percentage of their future earnings rather than adhering to a fixed repayment schedule associated with traditional student loans. This structure ensures that repayments remain affordable and directly aligned with the student's income, promoting financial wellness. Clasp aims to protect students from financial strain during periods of adverse career outcomes while also capping total repayments to support their long-term financial security. The company has garnered recognition as a leading venture in the fintech space, receiving endorsements from institutions like Harvard and MIT, and has attracted investments from notable venture firms. Clasp was founded with the mission of transforming the student funding landscape, focusing on both financial support and career development.
Verto Education
Seed Round in 2019
Verto Education, Inc. is a higher education institution founded in 2017 and based in Portland, Oregon. It specializes in providing innovative semester travel programs that enable students to earn college credits while studying abroad. The company offers programs in various regions, including Central America, the South Pacific, and Southeast Asia, covering subjects such as environmental science, public health, business, and finance. In addition to its international offerings, Verto provides on-campus programs in countries like Ireland, England, and New Zealand. By partnering with colleges, Verto Education ensures that students receive accredited first-year education, allowing them to achieve their degree goals while also exploring their purpose and direction through experiential learning and travel.
Amira Learning
Series A in 2019
Amira Learning is a provider of artificial intelligence powered reading assistance software that acts as an intelligent reading coach for students. The platform listens to students as they read aloud, assesses oral reading fluency, identifies errors, and offers targeted tutoring and story recommendations to build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. It generates diagnostic reports after each reading session to inform teachers and parents, enabling more efficient instruction and personalized practice. The system automates curriculum-based measurement assessments and continuously tracks progress, delivering data-driven instructional recommendations to guide individual or small-group tutoring. Based in San Francisco, it serves educators and caregivers seeking data-driven support for developing young readers.
Path (fka ScholarMe)
Seed Round in 2019
ScholarMe Co. is an online financing platform based in New York that simplifies the process of securing college funding for students. Established in 2018, the platform allows high school and college students to apply for various financial aid options, including scholarships, student loans, and income share agreements, through a single application. By connecting students with lenders and providing comprehensive resources, ScholarMe aims to help users effectively manage their education financing needs, ensuring they can cover tuition and related costs in a cost-effective manner.
CLI Studios
Venture Round in 2019
CLI Studios operates an online dance education platform that connects students with world‑renowned choreographers, offering on‑demand classes and training. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Los Angeles, the company serves schools, studios, and individual learners seeking structured instruction across diverse dance styles.
Degreed provides a lifelong learning platform that enables organizations to build teams' skills and promote career mobility. It integrates various learning resources like courses, videos, articles, books, podcasts, and experts, allowing employees to track their learning progress and connect with opportunities.
Intellispark
Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2017, Intellispark develops a SaaS platform that integrates student performance data with research-based content for educators. Its holistic approach helps schools understand students' needs and improve their success skills, career readiness, engagement, and connections.
PeopleGrove
Series A in 2019
PeopleGrove Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2014. It develops an educational platform that supports the entire student lifecycle in higher education institutions, serving over 650 institutions globally. The platform enhances engagement from prospective students to alumni by providing access to mentorship, career support services, and college navigation. It aims to improve student career readiness and confidence through personalized assistance powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning. PeopleGrove's comprehensive solutions facilitate admissions and enrollment, student services, and alumni engagement, while also promoting experiential and project-based learning through industry partnerships. The company's mission is to ensure that every learner can access the necessary networks and resources to succeed, aiding them in navigating their academic and professional journeys effectively.
College Pulse
Seed Round in 2019
College Pulse operates a student-centric platform that facilitates polling within college communities. It aggregates and shares student opinions on various issues, serving as the largest and most reliable source of college student opinion.
Fairygodboss
Series A in 2019
Fairygodboss, Inc. is a New York-based online platform that serves as a social network for career-oriented women. Founded in 2015, the company provides valuable resources such as information on pay, corporate culture, benefits, and work flexibility. Its offerings include company ratings, job listings, discussion boards, and career advice, focusing on aspects like maternity and paternity leave and work-life balance. By facilitating anonymous job reviews and sharing insights on interview processes and maternity leave policies, Fairygodboss helps women gain access to essential information about potential employers, enabling them to identify organizations that prioritize gender equality and support female employees in their careers.
ClassDojo
Series C in 2019
ClassDojo, Inc. is an online school communication platform founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, California. The platform connects teachers, students, and families, fostering close-knit communities that enhance the educational experience. It allows educators to share classroom activities, including photos and videos, and facilitates communication through features like Class Story and private messaging with parents. ClassDojo aims to engage students and their families by providing a space where learning can be shared and celebrated, ultimately enriching the educational environment and promoting collaboration both in and out of the classroom. The company, previously known as Class Twist, Inc., rebranded to ClassDojo, Inc. in December 2017.
Ansaro is a company that enhances the hiring process for organizations by leveraging machine learning technology to analyze workforce data. The platform aims to counteract biases in recruitment and promote diversity by identifying new patterns in applicant data that companies typically overlook. By analyzing resumes and work samples, Ansaro's customized algorithms assist employers in selecting the most suitable candidates more efficiently. This approach not only helps organizations find top performers and reduce employee turnover but also streamlines the overall hiring process, resulting in significant cost savings for large-scale recruitment efforts.
Gradescope
Venture Round in 2018
Gradescope, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing a grading platform aimed at improving the efficiency of the grading process for educators. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, the company offers software that allows instructors to grade paper-based assignments and exams online, significantly reducing the time required for grading. Gradescope's platform also provides detailed analytics on assignments and questions, enabling data-driven educational insights for teachers and students. The application employs artificial intelligence to support the grading of various types of assignments, including online homework and programming projects, while ensuring compatibility with traditional paper formats. As of October 2018, Gradescope operates as a subsidiary of Turnitin, LLC, and its tools have already been utilized to grade over 3 million pages of work for more than 30,000 students across 100 educational institutions.
Glimpsek12
Seed Round in 2018
Glimpse12 captures everything you're doing to impact student outcomes and evaluates these activities in the context of student achievement.
Traditionally, eROI is virtually impossible to track and manage. The company's approach maximizes district's education return on investment (eROI) by providing answers to critical questions essential to ensure your time and money are aligned with the unique needs of your students.
Fairygodboss
Seed Round in 2018
Fairygodboss, Inc. is a New York-based online platform that serves as a social network for career-oriented women. Founded in 2015, the company provides valuable resources such as information on pay, corporate culture, benefits, and work flexibility. Its offerings include company ratings, job listings, discussion boards, and career advice, focusing on aspects like maternity and paternity leave and work-life balance. By facilitating anonymous job reviews and sharing insights on interview processes and maternity leave policies, Fairygodboss helps women gain access to essential information about potential employers, enabling them to identify organizations that prioritize gender equality and support female employees in their careers.
Tara AI
Seed Round in 2018
Tara AI is a San Jose, California-based company founded in 2016, specializing in a platform that connects projects with freelance programmers. The company focuses on simplifying software for product development, addressing the complexities that modern, cross-functional teams face. By designing intuitive and efficient tools, Tara AI aims to enhance collaboration and productivity among engineers and teams, enabling them to meet planned releases with greater predictability. The platform was launched in public beta in April 2020 and has since assisted thousands of users in streamlining their development processes.
ThinkCERCA
Series B in 2017
ThinkCERCA is an educational technology company that offers a personalized literacy platform aimed at enhancing students' reading, writing, and critical thinking skills through argumentative writing. The platform enables educators to design, share, deliver, and assess lessons while tracking real-time progress in reading and writing. It fosters collaborative discussions and debates in classrooms, allowing students to engage with various subjects through the process of argumentation. With a presence in all 50 states and 130 countries, ThinkCERCA has partnered with notable education leaders and has received recognition for its innovative approach, including being a finalist for the SIAA CODiE Awards and being featured by The Atlantic and EdSurge. The company has also been acknowledged by Common Sense’s Graphite as one of the best tools in educational technology.
Lightneer
Seed Round in 2017
Founded in Helsinki, Finland in 2015, Lightneer is a mobile game studio specializing in hyper-casual games for Windows and Android devices. The company rapidly develops and publishes original games with high market potential and player engagement.
Hustle, Inc. is a technology company that operates an online peer-to-peer text messaging platform designed to enhance communication for organizations. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Hustle provides a software-as-a-service solution that enables users to send personalized text messages for various purposes, including event attendance, fundraising, admissions, recruiting, advocacy, and sales and marketing. The platform facilitates two-way conversations, allowing organizations to engage in authentic dialogues with large audiences, thereby fostering genuine connections with supporters and customers. Hustle’s tools also support goal tracking, contact management, and conversation history viewing, empowering clients to strengthen relationships and broaden their outreach efforts effectively.
PeopleGrove
Seed Round in 2017
PeopleGrove Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2014. It develops an educational platform that supports the entire student lifecycle in higher education institutions, serving over 650 institutions globally. The platform enhances engagement from prospective students to alumni by providing access to mentorship, career support services, and college navigation. It aims to improve student career readiness and confidence through personalized assistance powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning. PeopleGrove's comprehensive solutions facilitate admissions and enrollment, student services, and alumni engagement, while also promoting experiential and project-based learning through industry partnerships. The company's mission is to ensure that every learner can access the necessary networks and resources to succeed, aiding them in navigating their academic and professional journeys effectively.