GSV SL

GSV SL is a buyout fund managed by GSV Ventures, which is based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2016, GSV Ventures focuses on the digital education market, investing in companies that span the educational spectrum from Pre-K to adult learners. The firm is dedicated to supporting early and late-stage entrepreneurs who are reshaping the $7 trillion digital education and future of work sectors. Notable investments include companies such as Coursera, ClassDojo, Degreed, and Guild Education. In addition to its investment activities, GSV Ventures organizes the ASU+GSV Summit, a prominent event that attracts thousands of founders, investors, educators, and policymakers from around the globe.

Michael Moe

Partner

Deborah Quazzo

Managing Partner & Investment Committee Member

Julia Stiglitz

Partner

Past deals in E-Learning

Learn In

Series A in 2022
Learn In is a provider of an upskilling platform designed to help companies develop talent academies that cultivate a skilled workforce. The platform allows organizations to offer employees the opportunity for learning sabbaticals, during which they can acquire essential new skills needed in today’s evolving job market. Learn In facilitates access to online, cost-effective training programs alongside traditional degree options, with a particular emphasis on digital skills and challenging-to-fill positions, such as data science and software engineering. By enabling organizations to invest in their employees' development, Learn In supports client efforts to engage and retain talent through effective upskilling initiatives.

Filo

Series A in 2022
Filo, Edtech, transactional learning model by online tutors available for students in less than 60 seconds. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.filo.student&hl=en&gl=US

Disco

Series A in 2022
Disco is a platform for creators to build and scale their learning empire easily in one place. Our vision for learning leaves the industrial age behind and looks to a world of lifelong learning, that's live, with peers, led by creators we trust and accessible from anywhere.

CoLearn

Series A in 2022
CoLearn develops an edtech platform that enables tuition centers and tutors to create online learning classes for their students. It provides online classes and livestreamed homework and exam assistance. It also features a practice platform that allows students to learn independently and at their own pace, with the help of hints and solutions to each problem. CoLearn was founded in 2020 and is based in Kebayoran Baru, Indonesia.

LEAD

Series E in 2022
LEAD School, founded in 2012 and based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, provides educational services aimed at enhancing the learning experience for children through technology. The organization empowers teachers by offering an app that includes detailed lesson plans and audio-visual resources, facilitating a more effective teaching process. Additionally, LEAD School fosters collaboration among teachers, parents, and educational institutions to achieve a common goal of academic excellence. By integrating various educational tools and resources, LEAD School strives to ensure that every child has access to quality education.

KaiPod Learning

Seed Round in 2021
KaiPod Learning delivers a deeply personal education for each child with an experiential curriculum tailored to their interests, a learning platform that allows them to move at their own pace, and 1:1 support from an on-site Coach.

Abwaab

Series A in 2021
Abwaab is an online learning platform that allows secondary-school students in MENA to learn at their own pace, test themselves and get ahead with our expert tutors anytime and anywhere. By offering short, engaging video lessons, visualized learning journeys, continuous assessment and performance analytics, we are changing the way students learn outside the classroom.

Classplus

Series C in 2021
Classplus is a mobile first SaaS platform that enables private coaching institutes to streamline their video distribution, payments, communication and online assessments through a single platform.

Guild

Series E in 2021
Guild Education's lifelong learning platform offers classes, programs and degrees for working adults, with a path for them to move forward in their education and career. Guild offers these adults support from start to finish, with their technology platform for discovery, learning, and organizing the experience, and extra support with their tech-enabled student advising model. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, United States.

OpenClassrooms

Series C in 2021
OpenClassrooms is an online education platform based in Paris, France, founded in 2007. It offers a diverse catalog of over 1,000 courses, with a strong emphasis on career-oriented and certified programs. The platform attracts around 3 million users monthly, fostering a community of over 1 million members. OpenClassrooms is recognized for its pedagogical quality and innovative features, including on-demand course access, personalized mentoring, and the flexibility to learn at one's own pace. Additionally, the platform provides supplementary resources, such as eBooks and video downloads. OpenClassrooms also operates a Premium subscription model that grants unlimited access to courses for a monthly fee, enhancing the learning experience for its users.

LEAD

Series D in 2021
LEAD School, founded in 2012 and based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, provides educational services aimed at enhancing the learning experience for children through technology. The organization empowers teachers by offering an app that includes detailed lesson plans and audio-visual resources, facilitating a more effective teaching process. Additionally, LEAD School fosters collaboration among teachers, parents, and educational institutions to achieve a common goal of academic excellence. By integrating various educational tools and resources, LEAD School strives to ensure that every child has access to quality education.

CoLearn

Series A in 2021
CoLearn develops an edtech platform that enables tuition centers and tutors to create online learning classes for their students. It provides online classes and livestreamed homework and exam assistance. It also features a practice platform that allows students to learn independently and at their own pace, with the help of hints and solutions to each problem. CoLearn was founded in 2020 and is based in Kebayoran Baru, Indonesia.

Abwaab

Seed Round in 2021
Abwaab is an online learning platform that allows secondary-school students in MENA to learn at their own pace, test themselves and get ahead with our expert tutors anytime and anywhere. By offering short, engaging video lessons, visualized learning journeys, continuous assessment and performance analytics, we are changing the way students learn outside the classroom.

Hellosaurus

Seed Round in 2020
Hellosaurus is an e-learning platform that offers creative programs, fun activities, and video classes for kids. It offers an interactive video platform for children and specializes in the fields of online portals and the internet.

Class.com

Seed Round in 2020
Class.com specializes in online learning solutions, offering a range of courses that include core subjects, electives, and skills development. The company also provides program implementation services to enhance the educational experience. A key feature of Class.com is its integration with Zoom, allowing educators to utilize Class software within the Zoom Meetings platform. This integration facilitates various educational activities such as taking attendance, distributing assignments, administering quizzes or tests, grading, proctoring exams, and engaging in one-on-one discussions with students. Through these offerings, Class.com aims to support and improve the online teaching and learning process.

Abwaab

Seed Round in 2020
Abwaab is an online learning platform that allows secondary-school students in MENA to learn at their own pace, test themselves and get ahead with our expert tutors anytime and anywhere. By offering short, engaging video lessons, visualized learning journeys, continuous assessment and performance analytics, we are changing the way students learn outside the classroom.

Create & Learn

Seed Round in 2020
Create & Learn is a K12 education company pioneering the next generation of Computer Science education. They teach k-9 kids the latest technologies in an age-appropriate way with the ultimate goal of developing their creativity and critical thinking skills. The company takes a whole-brain approach to STEAM learning, which means kids not only have hands-on experiences with the latest technologies such as AI and Data Science. Create & Learn employs effective creative learning approaches in every aspect of their curriculum design to develop kids' creativity and critical thinking skills. Their small classes mean there are a lot of interactions in the class, and every student will receive personal attention from the teacher.

Learn In

Seed Round in 2020
Learn In is a provider of an upskilling platform designed to help companies develop talent academies that cultivate a skilled workforce. The platform allows organizations to offer employees the opportunity for learning sabbaticals, during which they can acquire essential new skills needed in today’s evolving job market. Learn In facilitates access to online, cost-effective training programs alongside traditional degree options, with a particular emphasis on digital skills and challenging-to-fill positions, such as data science and software engineering. By enabling organizations to invest in their employees' development, Learn In supports client efforts to engage and retain talent through effective upskilling initiatives.

Guild

Series D in 2019
Guild Education's lifelong learning platform offers classes, programs and degrees for working adults, with a path for them to move forward in their education and career. Guild offers these adults support from start to finish, with their technology platform for discovery, learning, and organizing the experience, and extra support with their tech-enabled student advising model. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, United States.

Coursera

Series D in 2017
Coursera is an online education company that serves over 20 million registered learners by partnering with 140 of the world’s best universities and education institutions. On Coursera, anyone, anywhere can access over 1,000 online courses and Specializations in dozens of fields in order to achieve meaningful career, educational, and personal enrichment goals throughout their lives. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

CreativeLive

Series B in 2017
CreativeLIVE, Inc. provides an online platform that enables users to view and purchase online courses related to photography, video, design, business, audio, music, crafting, and software training. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Educents

Series A in 2015
Educents Inc. operates as an online marketplace for selling educational products to students, parents, homeschoolers, and educators in the United States. The company offers science kits, curriculum packs, books, art supplies, math and reading books, and others. It also provides digital products, such as downloads and online programs for international customers. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Educents

Seed Round in 2015
Educents Inc. operates as an online marketplace for selling educational products to students, parents, homeschoolers, and educators in the United States. The company offers science kits, curriculum packs, books, art supplies, math and reading books, and others. It also provides digital products, such as downloads and online programs for international customers. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

iParadigms

Seed Round in 2014
iParadigms is a leading provider of cloud-based educational technologies to prevent plagiarism, verify content, and evaluate written work.

Pluralsight

Series B in 2014
Pluralsight operates a cloud-based technology skills platform that provides online training for software developers, IT administrators, and creative professionals worldwide. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Farmington, Utah, the platform offers over 3,000 courses, skill assessments, and analytics tools aimed at enhancing technical skills and productivity. Pluralsight serves a diverse clientele, including individuals, businesses, academic institutions, and government entities across more than 150 countries. Its primary offerings include Pluralsight Skills, which focuses on skill development through curated courses and learning paths, and Pluralsight Flow, which provides data-driven insights into workflow patterns to measure and improve the productivity of software teams. The platform is designed to help organizations align their workforce with digital initiatives, upskill employees for modern technology roles, and foster adaptable teams that can deliver results efficiently.

MasteryConnect

Series A in 2014
MasteryConnect is an educational technology company founded in 2009 and based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company focuses on providing tools that help educators assess student understanding and tailor interventions to meet individual learning needs. By leveraging data, MasteryConnect enables teachers to personalize learning experiences and evaluate their instructional practices. Its services are designed to enhance educational outcomes through innovative solutions that support both teachers and students.

MasteryConnect

Series A in 2013
MasteryConnect is an educational technology company founded in 2009 and based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company focuses on providing tools that help educators assess student understanding and tailor interventions to meet individual learning needs. By leveraging data, MasteryConnect enables teachers to personalize learning experiences and evaluate their instructional practices. Its services are designed to enhance educational outcomes through innovative solutions that support both teachers and students.