Jennifer Carolan

General Partner

Enzo Cavalie

Associate

Wayee Chu

General Partner

Jackie Dao

CFO

Shauntel Garvey

Co-Founder and Partner

Chian Gong

General Partner

Jomayra Herrera

Partner

Jennifer Wu

Venture Partner

James Kim

Partner

Jim Lobdell

Venture Partner

Caoimhe MacRunnels

Senior Associate

Esteban Sosnik

General Partner

Tony Wan

Investor

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Kollegio

Seed Round in 2025
Kollegio is an AI-driven platform that assists students in the college application process. It offers features like building balanced college lists, intelligent deadline management, expert essay review, activity evaluation, and comprehensive resources.

Scout

Seed Round in 2025
Scout is a financial planning company that offers financial education, wealth management, and tax preparation services for athletes.

Tenor

Seed Round in 2024
Tenor is an AI designed to assist leaders in practicing important dialogues.

Teachy

Series A in 2024
Teachy is a platform that doubles teachers time through artificial intelligence.

Apoia

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Apoia is an educational platform that offers free, expert-led personalized courses aimed at making learning more accessible and impactful. The company leverages artificial intelligence to develop customized courses and tools tailored to individual user needs. Apoia focuses on delivering high-quality content created by professionals, along with virtual assistant support and custom templates. Its offerings also include English language courses, enhancing the training and development experience for users and their customers. Through its innovative approach, Apoia aims to facilitate effective learning and skill development.

Cometa

Series A in 2024
Cometa is a company focused on enhancing access to quality education in Mexico and Latin America by providing technological and financial tools tailored for the education sector. It has developed a financial payments platform that addresses the challenges posed by a lack of technological resources in educational institutions. This platform offers features such as flexible, fast, and simple payment options, including credit and debit cards, cash, and wire transfers. By automating operational processes related to reconciliation and billing, Cometa enables school administrators to streamline their workflows and save valuable time, ultimately contributing to improved educational outcomes.

Stepful

Series B in 2024
Stepful is a platform that enables individuals with only a high school diploma to train for and secure entry-level positions in the healthcare sector. It offers online courses, hands-on clinical sessions, and job placement assistance.

Suraasa

Series A in 2024
Suraasa is a teacher workforce development platform offering programs to get mentorship, teach diploma courses, and access job opportunities. The company aims to accelerate its growth and enhance teacher quality, ensuring educators are equipped to meet global standards and get integrated into diverse educational systems to meet the growing global demand for quality teaching professionals.

Coral Care

Seed Round in 2024
Coral Care is a technology company streamlining access to specialized pediatric developmental healthcare. It offers an online platform that matches families with local, vetted specialists for in-person and in-home sessions. Coral Care supports its network of professionals by providing administrative tools, content, credentialing services, and marketing support.

Nurture

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Nurture is a developer of an educational app aimed at children aged 4 to 7, designed to impart essential life skills through interactive storytelling and engaging games. The app focuses on teaching critical areas such as socialization, basic financial understanding, mindfulness, exercise, and nutrition, tailored to the developmental needs of young children. By promoting intergenerational learning, Nurture creates relatable learning experiences that guide families through a curated set of essential skills necessary for navigating a rapidly changing world. This approach emphasizes play-based learning and positive reinforcement, enabling parents to effectively support their children's growth and development.

Lablabee

Seed Round in 2024
LabLabee is a provider of on-demand learning labs for future networks. It serves telco operators, industrial companies, and large enterprises by offering a virtual hands-on training experience, enabling them to incorporate practical learning into their transformation processes while reducing costs. The company's platform provides testing and validation processes, staff training, and access to a telco cloud environment, allowing users to test various scenarios relevant to their technology stack.

Kollegio

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Kollegio is an AI-driven platform that assists students in the college application process. It offers features like building balanced college lists, intelligent deadline management, expert essay review, activity evaluation, and comprehensive resources.

Take2 AI

Seed Round in 2024
Take2 AI is an AI-powered job simulation platform for sales recruiting that helps companies generate tailor-made simulations of real-world sales scenarios that vet job applicants for skills, behavioral attributes and culture fit. Take2 AI enables companies to minimize their mis-hires and improve employee retention.

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.

Legends

Seed Round in 2024
Legends develops an educational software application focused on boosting confidence in children. Its platform offers daily motivational stories and exercises, fostering a connection between kids and parents while instilling confidence.

Stepful

Series A in 2024
Stepful is a platform that enables individuals with only a high school diploma to train for and secure entry-level positions in the healthcare sector. It offers online courses, hands-on clinical sessions, and job placement assistance.

Coral Care

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Coral Care is a technology company streamlining access to specialized pediatric developmental healthcare. It offers an online platform that matches families with local, vetted specialists for in-person and in-home sessions. Coral Care supports its network of professionals by providing administrative tools, content, credentialing services, and marketing support.

Start Carreiras

Seed Round in 2023
Start Carreiras operates a university-focused recruitment platform that leverages data intelligence to connect companies with talented students, facilitating internships, strengthening employer branding, and enhancing student employability.

Clayful

Seed Round in 2023
Clayful is a mental wellness platform that provides preventative mental health support for youth, offering real-time access to trained human coaches. The service connects students aged eight to fourteen with mental health professionals and provides chat-based coaching, enabling students, educators, and families to manage emotions, strengthen relationships, and improve school engagement.

Cartwheel

Series A in 2023
Cartwheel is a provider of mental health support specifically designed for the school community, founded in 2022 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company addresses the growing mental health crisis among students by offering evidence-based services from licensed clinicians. Cartwheel partners with schools to facilitate rapid access to mental health assessments, therapy, and medication evaluations, aiming to empower school staff, alleviate family stress, and enhance overall student mental health outcomes. Its program is compliant with FERPA and HIPAA regulations, ensuring it meets the unique needs of educational institutions in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. By focusing on creating a supportive environment, Cartwheel helps schools become places where every student can thrive.

Curipod

Seed Round in 2023
Curipod is an education technology company that provides an online learning and presentation platform designed for classrooms, meetings, and workshops. The platform lets teachers create slides or upload existing presentations and engage learners with interactive features such as polls, word clouds, open questions, drawings, and Q&A, while real-time AI feedback supports practice and assessment. It also offers a K-12 curriculum and instruction platform that aligns content to standards, integrates slides with interactive activities, and facilitates student interaction and practice.

Ello

Series A in 2023
Ello develops a reading assistance platform for early literacy that blends real books with artificial intelligence to provide each child with a personalized, phonics-based learning path. The platform delivers interactive digital and physical books, uses speech recognition to offer real-time feedback, and employs motivational strategies to sustain engagement. Grounded in evidence-based reading instruction, Ello supports children when they struggle and helps parents and educators foster confidence, fluency, and a lifelong love of reading.

Preply

Series C in 2023
Preply Inc. is an online marketplace that connects students with tutors for personalized learning experiences. Founded in 2012 and based in Brookline, Massachusetts, the platform allows students to find and engage independent tutors for various subjects and test preparations, including SAT, ACT, TOEFL, GMAT, GRE, and IELTS. Tutors can create and offer subject-specific packages that include learning materials, which students can filter based on price, duration, and specific requirements. With a global network of over 50,000 tutors and millions of learners, Preply has facilitated more than 15 million lessons, emphasizing the importance of live engagement in effective learning. The company operates with a diverse team of over 400 employees across multiple locations, including Barcelona and Kyiv, and is committed to creating innovative learning solutions through data-driven approaches.

SmartPass

Seed Round in 2023
SmartPass is a technology company that specializes in streamlining student movement within schools. Its core product is a hall pass software that automates hall pass requests, provides real-time location tracking, and sends emergency notifications. This platform integrates with student information systems, enhancing safety, efficiency, and allowing teachers and administrators to focus on learning rather than logistics.

AfterSchool HQ

Seed Round in 2023
AfterSchool HQ is a company that offers a youth program management software aimed at enhancing the after-school and summer learning experience for children. The platform facilitates the connection between youth and various engaging programs, allowing parents to easily find, register for, and pay for activities online. By replacing traditional extracurricular activity flyers in schools, AfterSchool HQ streamlines the process for parents and helps students explore their interests and talents while fostering friendships with peers who share similar passions.

Swing Education

Series C in 2023
Swing Education, Inc. is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that operates an online platform designed to connect K-12 schools with substitute teachers. Founded in 2015, the company addresses the challenges schools face in filling temporary staff absences, which are prevalent in the educational system. On average, U.S. students spend approximately 5% of their school year with substitute teachers, which can disrupt learning continuity. The platform streamlines the process of finding, screening, and scheduling substitute teachers, alleviating administrative burdens for school leaders and ensuring quality coverage for hard-to-fill positions. This marketplace not only benefits schools by providing on-demand access to substitutes but also allows teachers to secure desirable assignments throughout the academic year.

Stepful

Seed Round in 2023
Stepful is a platform that enables individuals with only a high school diploma to train for and secure entry-level positions in the healthcare sector. It offers online courses, hands-on clinical sessions, and job placement assistance.

Campus

Series A in 2023
Campus is an accredited online community college dedicated to providing accessible higher education through its online learning services. The institution offers a range of associate degree and certificate programs, delivered both live online and in person. Campus prioritizes student success by making community college education available nationwide, ensuring that students have the flexibility and support needed to achieve their educational goals.

Cometa

Seed Round in 2023
Cometa is a company focused on enhancing access to quality education in Mexico and Latin America by providing technological and financial tools tailored for the education sector. It has developed a financial payments platform that addresses the challenges posed by a lack of technological resources in educational institutions. This platform offers features such as flexible, fast, and simple payment options, including credit and debit cards, cash, and wire transfers. By automating operational processes related to reconciliation and billing, Cometa enables school administrators to streamline their workflows and save valuable time, ultimately contributing to improved educational outcomes.

Innovamat

Venture Round in 2023
Innovamat operates an educational platform for primary mathematics that supports teaching activities and enhances students' logic, mental arithmetic, and creativity. The platform distributes content blocks and competency-based activities through dynamic formats such as augmented reality, puzzles, cognitive tests, and mobile applications, enabling structured, engaging learning. By transforming the classroom, it aims to excite, stimulate, and motivate students, improving engagement and outcomes in mathematics.

Empower3d

Seed Round in 2022
Empower3d is a company dedicated to equipping modern athletes with essential tools, resources, and networking opportunities to achieve business success. The company operates an educational platform that offers workshops and seminars tailored for individual athletes, collegiate athletic programs, professional teams, leagues, unions, and other sports organizations. These sessions focus on various business and finance topics, allowing athletes to acquire valuable insights and skills. By facilitating connections with esteemed business leaders, Empower3d enhances athletes' professional networks, empowering them to expand their opportunities both on and off the field. Through its innovative approach, Empower3d plays a vital role in helping athletes navigate the complexities of the business world and develop their entrepreneurial ventures.

TeachFX

Series A in 2022
TeachFX develops a smartphone and web application that records classroom lessons and uses machine learning to analyze the balance of teacher and student dialogue. The platform automatically generates feedback for educators, highlighting areas where student engagement can be increased and providing data for reflection and improvement. It supports goal setting, progress tracking, and aggregates classroom data to inform instructional leadership. By offering private, actionable insights, TeachFX helps schools and districts enhance teacher development, streamline professional development resource allocation, and promote more meaningful and equitable classroom conversations.

Immigo

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Immigo is an online language learning platform designed to assist English learners in improving their fluency and confidence in spoken English. Recognizing the challenges faced by 1.5 billion English learners globally, Immigo offers a structured environment where students can enroll in small group courses with peers, facilitating effective practice at a lower cost compared to traditional one-on-one classes. The platform employs a peer-to-peer approach, encouraging accountability among learners while utilizing interactive small group discussions and AI-powered feedback to enhance the learning experience. This innovative model addresses the limitations of self-learning apps and large group classes, providing a comprehensive solution for those seeking to master the English language.

Xip

Seed Round in 2022
Xip is an online education company that delivers personalized learning experiences aimed at transforming the way individuals learn. It specializes in providing one-on-one coaching services that enable creators to monetize their expertise across various subjects, including Mathematics, Science, English, and History. Xip's platform offers fully customized instruction tailored to meet individual learning needs, allowing users to progress at their own pace. Additionally, the company fosters a global community by connecting students and instructors, enhancing the overall learning experience through collaboration and support.

Stellic

Series A in 2022
Stellic Inc. is an innovative company that operates an integrated planning and advising platform aimed at enhancing the academic experience for students. The platform features tools such as Degree Planner, which assists students in selecting courses and planning their semesters, while also providing features like prerequisite checks and integrated calendars. Additionally, the Degree Audit tool helps students track their academic progress by calculating completed, in-progress, and remaining requirements. The Advisor Tool empowers advisors to identify at-risk students early on, facilitating timely interventions. Furthermore, Stellic offers Data Reports that provide university administrators with insights into course demand, student performance challenges, and overall engagement. Founded by Carnegie Mellon undergraduates, the company emerged from a desire to improve the degree planning process, and it has since garnered recognition within the academic community. Stellic Inc. is headquartered in Doha, Qatar, with an additional location in Palo Alto, California.

Meaningful Gigs

Seed Round in 2022
Meaningful Gigs is a tech-driven platform that enhances the skills of African digital designers and connects them with businesses seeking highly skilled, diverse design talent.

WorkWhile

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2017, WorkWhile is a technology platform that connects skilled hourly laborers with job shifts across industries such as warehousing, light industrial work, delivery services, hospitality, food production, and event management. The platform uses cognitive science and behavioral analysis to match workers' skills, schedules, and locations with suitable jobs. It offers benefits like next-day pay and sick leave credits for its workforce.

Paper

Series D in 2022
Paper is an educational technology company that provides personalized tutoring support for students. Its platform offers live help, essay feedback, real-time reports, and intervention tools to facilitate learning and assist teachers. Founded in 2014, Paper is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

FourthRev

Series A in 2022
FourthRev is an educational services provider focused on addressing the global shortage of digital skills by collaborating with leading companies and universities. The company develops industry-relevant programs, including micro-credentials and degree courses, co-creating content and curriculum with prominent technology firms such as AWS, Salesforce, and Tableau. These programs are delivered by university partners, either as standalone courses or integrated into existing offerings. FourthRev also facilitates connections between learners and employers within its partners' ecosystems, enhancing the overall student experience and improving graduate outcomes by providing a blend of theoretical knowledge, technical skills, and practical applications.

Handshake

Series F in 2022
Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

Wayfinder

Series A in 2022
Wayfinder, founded at Stanford University's d.school, provides a comprehensive K-12 curriculum focused on developing essential future-ready skills beyond traditional social-emotional learning. The program emphasizes Self-Awareness, Adaptability, Empathy, Collaboration, Agency, and Purpose, aiming to connect classroom learning with real-world applications. Wayfinder includes the Waypoints assessment suite for real-time insights into student growth, supporting targeted instruction and timely interventions. Since 2015, it has been positively received by students and teachers alike, showing improvements in engagement, social awareness, and sense of purpose. The program serves students globally, including major US school districts, and has earned high ratings from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and Common Sense Education.

Replit

Series B in 2021
Replit is a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) founded in 2016. It enables collaborative coding across platforms using over 50 programming languages. Users can build apps and websites, share projects, create communal workspaces, and execute code via containers, all within a browser on any operating system.

Yay Lunch

Series A in 2021
Founded in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, Yay Lunch partners with local restaurants and chefs to deliver nutritious, kid-friendly meals directly to schools daily. The company operates a digital marketplace that allows parents to order lunches online.

Guardians Collective

Seed Round in 2021
Guardians Collective is a San Francisco-based company that operates an online platform designed to foster collaboration between parents and early childhood educators. The platform serves as a community space where parents can engage in dialogue, share information, and seek support in a safe and anonymous environment. By connecting parents with early childhood educators, Guardians Collective aims to address early learning gaps and facilitate the exchange of research-based, developmentally appropriate activities. Through its mobile technology, the company enhances the parenting experience, making it less isolating and more collaborative, thereby empowering families and educators to work together effectively.

1mentor

Pre Seed Round in 2021
1mentor is a company that collaborates with higher education institutions to address the evolving job market by leveraging artificial intelligence. Its platform equips students and universities with real-time information about the skills and knowledge required by various industries. By analyzing the changing demands of the workforce, 1mentor enables educational institutions to adapt their curricula to better align with industry needs. Additionally, the company connects students with skill-based courses that help them achieve their career goals, thereby fostering a more effective preparation for future employment.

Outschool

Series D in 2021
Outschool, Inc. is an online platform that facilitates live, interactive learning experiences for children by connecting motivated learners, parents, and independent teachers. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Outschool offers a diverse array of unique online classes led by certified educators, artists, scientists, and other knowledgeable individuals. The platform allows parents to discover, book, and manage educational activities tailored to their children’s interests and needs. Additionally, it provides teachers with the tools to create class listings, manage enrollments and payments, and reach a broader audience. By enabling small group learning through live video chat, Outschool expands access to enrichment and tutoring at a more affordable cost compared to traditional private tutoring.

Aprende Institute

Series A in 2021
Aprende Institute is an online education platform offering vocational skills training programs. Its courses enable students to acquire marketable skills and start or grow their own businesses.

Hopps

Seed Round in 2021
Hopps is a collaboration and upskilling platform for enterprise teams that provides real-time, one-on-one screen-sharing coaching sessions. The platform connects employees with expert instructors tailored to their needs, enabling instant assistance with critical tools and workflows and helping users expand knowledge and skills while performing daily tasks. Its solution guides problem description, matches users with suitable experts, and arranges real-time meetings to resolve issues, supporting smoother business operations and task completion. Launched in 2019 and based in Los Angeles, Hopps focuses on improving workplace productivity through on-demand, expert support.

Lynx Educate

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Lynx Educate is a career development solution that focuses on enhancing workforce skills through tailored education services. The company facilitates access to accredited and certified programs designed specifically for adult learners, allowing employees to upskill and advance in their careers. By connecting workers with relevant educational resources, Lynx Educate aims to improve employee retention, foster internal mobility, and enhance overall efficiency within human resources teams. This approach enables companies to transform their training budgets into valuable investments that not only engage and attract talent but also support the long-term growth and development of their workforce.

EveryDay Labs

Series A in 2021
EveryDay Labs develops toolkits and attendance intervention reports to help educators partner with families and promote equitable opportunities for all students. Founded in 2015 and based in Redwood City, California, the company combines behavioral science, data science, and family engagement to reduce chronic absenteeism and optimize districtwide student supports.

Vinco

Seed Round in 2021
Vinco helps companies empower their workforce via education opportunities.

Coderhouse

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2019, Coderhouse offers live online courses focused on programming, design, data, and marketing for professionals. Students engage with mentors through assignments and projects, and benefit from career services like mock interviews.

Class Technologies

Series B in 2021
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.

Paper

Series C in 2021
Paper is an educational technology company that provides personalized tutoring support for students. Its platform offers live help, essay feedback, real-time reports, and intervention tools to facilitate learning and assist teachers. Founded in 2014, Paper is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Lovevery

Series C in 2021
Lovevery, Inc. is a Boise, Idaho-based company that specializes in creating educational play products for infants and toddlers. Founded in 2015, Lovevery offers a range of stage-based learning kits designed by child development experts to enhance key skills such as spatial awareness, language development, and problem-solving. Its flagship product, the Play Gym, includes various toys like balls, teething rings, and activity cards that cater to the developmental needs of babies at different stages. Lovevery's commitment to early learning extends beyond physical products, as it also provides resources and multi-channel content for parents, facilitating a holistic approach to childhood education. The company has received recognition from notable publications and is supported by several prominent investors.

Rhithm

Seed Round in 2021
Rhithm is a wellness check-in tool designed to enhance the well-being of students and staff. The platform utilizes a simple emoji assessment to gather user data, which allows it to select and launch a brief, tailored activity video aimed at regulating well-being. This personalized approach helps users engage in short video activities that promote mental and emotional health. Additionally, Rhithm provides dashboards that display aggregated data, enabling schools and districts to monitor and compare well-being across different campuses. By facilitating these wellness check-ins, Rhithm empowers educational institutions to understand the effectiveness of their wellness initiatives and foster a healthier environment for both students and educators.

Handshake

Series E in 2021
Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

Polygence

Seed Round in 2021
Polygence Inc. is an online academic platform that provides project-based learning opportunities for students by connecting them with PhD-level experts. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Stanford, California, the company offers personalized programs tailored to individual interests, backgrounds, and aspirations, allowing participants to engage in meaningful projects such as research papers, podcasts, and video essays. Covering a wide range of subjects from STEM to the arts, Polygence emphasizes curiosity and independent exploration rather than traditional grading systems. This approach helps students build creativity, problem-solving abilities, and design thinking skills, ultimately fostering intellectual maturity and confidence throughout their academic journeys.

Miter

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Miter is set out to fix bad meetings. The company provides its users with a specific, outcome-oriented, shared goal and a simple list of topics for meetings. Milter aims to help motivated people improve their meetings and make better use of their teams' time and energy.

Aura Health

Venture Round in 2021
Aura Health, established in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in digital mental well-being solutions. The company develops a mindfulness meditation application for iOS and Android users, focusing on stress and anxiety management. Aura's platform offers personalized content and fosters community engagement by connecting users with therapists and coaches globally.

Backer

Venture Round in 2021
Backer is a prominent fintech company specializing in 529 college savings plans, aimed at simplifying the process of saving for education. The company offers an investment platform that enables families to establish college savings plans efficiently, facilitating contributions from family and friends. Its user-friendly gifting platform and innovative mobile application enhance the experience by allowing for seamless tax-free investments. Backer's strategic partnerships with various 529 programs further bolster its high enrollment conversion rates, distinguishing it in the education savings market. The company's focus on making education savings accessible and straightforward supports families in planning for their children's educational futures.

Outschool

Series C in 2021
Outschool, Inc. is an online platform that facilitates live, interactive learning experiences for children by connecting motivated learners, parents, and independent teachers. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Outschool offers a diverse array of unique online classes led by certified educators, artists, scientists, and other knowledgeable individuals. The platform allows parents to discover, book, and manage educational activities tailored to their children’s interests and needs. Additionally, it provides teachers with the tools to create class listings, manage enrollments and payments, and reach a broader audience. By enabling small group learning through live video chat, Outschool expands access to enrichment and tutoring at a more affordable cost compared to traditional private tutoring.

Holberton School

Series B in 2021
Holberton School is an innovative educational institution that serves as a project-based alternative to traditional college for aspiring software engineers. Founded in 2016 by Sylvain Kalache and Julien Barbier, it offers a rigorous two-year program designed to train students as full-stack software engineers. The curriculum emphasizes hands-on learning and collaborative problem-solving, allowing students to engage in real-world projects and develop their own applications. With campuses in San Francisco, New Haven, Bogotá, and Medellín, Holberton School combines modern educational techniques and tools to equip learners with the essential skills needed to thrive in the technology sector. Its approach fosters creativity and teamwork, enabling students to effectively tackle practical challenges in their future careers.

Spokn

Seed Round in 2021
Spokn is a platform for internal communications that supports remote teams by turning voice and video content into internal podcasts and Stories. It enables organizations to share updates, wins, and culture through simple, asynchronous audio and video messages, offering a more human alternative to live meetings. The platform is used to create internal podcasts for weekly team recaps, strategy updates, new hire welcomes, and announcements, helping employees stay informed and upskill through accessible messaging. By focusing on asynchronous formats, Spokn aims to strengthen remote culture and improve engagement across distributed teams.

Wayfinder

Seed Round in 2021
Wayfinder, founded at Stanford University's d.school, provides a comprehensive K-12 curriculum focused on developing essential future-ready skills beyond traditional social-emotional learning. The program emphasizes Self-Awareness, Adaptability, Empathy, Collaboration, Agency, and Purpose, aiming to connect classroom learning with real-world applications. Wayfinder includes the Waypoints assessment suite for real-time insights into student growth, supporting targeted instruction and timely interventions. Since 2015, it has been positively received by students and teachers alike, showing improvements in engagement, social awareness, and sense of purpose. The program serves students globally, including major US school districts, and has earned high ratings from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and Common Sense Education.

Newsela

Series D in 2021
Newsela is an educational technology startup based in New York that publishes online news articles daily to help students develop advanced literacy skills. Founded in 2013, the company takes real-time content from trusted sources and adapts it into learning materials tailored to different reading levels. Newsela offers a range of topics including war and peace, science, health, arts, and sports, providing digital content that enhances non-fiction fluency and critical thinking for students across various grades.

Replit

Series A in 2021
Replit is a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) founded in 2016. It enables collaborative coding across platforms using over 50 programming languages. Users can build apps and websites, share projects, create communal workspaces, and execute code via containers, all within a browser on any operating system.

FourthRev

Seed Round in 2021
FourthRev is an educational services provider focused on addressing the global shortage of digital skills by collaborating with leading companies and universities. The company develops industry-relevant programs, including micro-credentials and degree courses, co-creating content and curriculum with prominent technology firms such as AWS, Salesforce, and Tableau. These programs are delivered by university partners, either as standalone courses or integrated into existing offerings. FourthRev also facilitates connections between learners and employers within its partners' ecosystems, enhancing the overall student experience and improving graduate outcomes by providing a blend of theoretical knowledge, technical skills, and practical applications.

Class Technologies

Series A in 2021
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.

Egg

Seed Round in 2021
Egg is an education company founded by women, driven by its mission to enhance human cooperation through science and artificial intelligence. It develops a co-op-powered online training system that teaches programming using a unique scientific methodology. Egg offers a seven-week scholarship program for beginners, enabling individuals to validate their interest in programming before investing significant time, and helping them develop professional profiles in the tech industry by learning digital skills such as programming and testing.

Sprout Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2021
EarlyBird is an assessment tool that enables educators, parents, and clinicians to replace the conventional "wait to fail" paradigm with a proactive, preventive tool for identifying and supporting at-risk children during the window when intervention is most effective. EarlyBird is a simple to use game-based system that combines proven reading predictors.

Paper

Funding Round in 2020
Paper is an educational technology company that provides personalized tutoring support for students. Its platform offers live help, essay feedback, real-time reports, and intervention tools to facilitate learning and assist teachers. Founded in 2014, Paper is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Sketchy

Series A in 2020
Sketchy Group LLC operates an online visual learning platform that aids medical students in effortlessly learning and recalling complex information using art, storytelling, spaced repetition, and memory palace techniques. Founded in 2012 and based in Los Angeles, California, Sketchy offers a range of products including SketchyMicro, SketchyPharm, SketchyPath, and others, each focusing on different medical subjects to enhance visual memory through engaging video sketches.

Aprende Institute

Series A in 2020
Aprende Institute is an online education platform offering vocational skills training programs. Its courses enable students to acquire marketable skills and start or grow their own businesses.

Outschool

Series B in 2020
Outschool, Inc. is an online platform that facilitates live, interactive learning experiences for children by connecting motivated learners, parents, and independent teachers. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Outschool offers a diverse array of unique online classes led by certified educators, artists, scientists, and other knowledgeable individuals. The platform allows parents to discover, book, and manage educational activities tailored to their children’s interests and needs. Additionally, it provides teachers with the tools to create class listings, manage enrollments and payments, and reach a broader audience. By enabling small group learning through live video chat, Outschool expands access to enrichment and tutoring at a more affordable cost compared to traditional private tutoring.

Springboard

Series B in 2020
Springboard is an online learning platform that prepares students for tech industry careers. It offers expert mentorship, up-to-date curricula, and career support, including a job guarantee for data science graduates.

Guardians Collective

Seed Round in 2020
Guardians Collective is a San Francisco-based company that operates an online platform designed to foster collaboration between parents and early childhood educators. The platform serves as a community space where parents can engage in dialogue, share information, and seek support in a safe and anonymous environment. By connecting parents with early childhood educators, Guardians Collective aims to address early learning gaps and facilitate the exchange of research-based, developmentally appropriate activities. Through its mobile technology, the company enhances the parenting experience, making it less isolating and more collaborative, thereby empowering families and educators to work together effectively.

EveryDay Labs

Venture Round in 2020
EveryDay Labs develops toolkits and attendance intervention reports to help educators partner with families and promote equitable opportunities for all students. Founded in 2015 and based in Redwood City, California, the company combines behavioral science, data science, and family engagement to reduce chronic absenteeism and optimize districtwide student supports.

Hone

Seed Round in 2020
Hone Group Inc., established in 2018, is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in live online leadership and management training. It offers a development platform that empowers organizations to enhance their employees' soft skills, including communication, team building, and conflict management. Hone's platform facilitates expert-led small group training, peer learning, and continuous reinforcement, while also providing data-driven insights to measure and improve training impact.

Ello

Seed Round in 2020
Ello develops a reading assistance platform for early literacy that blends real books with artificial intelligence to provide each child with a personalized, phonics-based learning path. The platform delivers interactive digital and physical books, uses speech recognition to offer real-time feedback, and employs motivational strategies to sustain engagement. Grounded in evidence-based reading instruction, Ello supports children when they struggle and helps parents and educators foster confidence, fluency, and a lifelong love of reading.

Paper

Venture Round in 2020
Paper is an educational technology company that provides personalized tutoring support for students. Its platform offers live help, essay feedback, real-time reports, and intervention tools to facilitate learning and assist teachers. Founded in 2014, Paper is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Polygence

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Polygence Inc. is an online academic platform that provides project-based learning opportunities for students by connecting them with PhD-level experts. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Stanford, California, the company offers personalized programs tailored to individual interests, backgrounds, and aspirations, allowing participants to engage in meaningful projects such as research papers, podcasts, and video essays. Covering a wide range of subjects from STEM to the arts, Polygence emphasizes curiosity and independent exploration rather than traditional grading systems. This approach helps students build creativity, problem-solving abilities, and design thinking skills, ultimately fostering intellectual maturity and confidence throughout their academic journeys.

Springboard

Series A in 2019
Springboard is an online learning platform that prepares students for tech industry careers. It offers expert mentorship, up-to-date curricula, and career support, including a job guarantee for data science graduates.

Riipen

Seed Round in 2019
Riipen Networks Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Victoria, Canada, operates a learning platform that facilitates connections between organizations and universities or colleges. The platform links faculty-supervised student projects with industry partners, enabling students to gain practical experience and develop employable skills while still in academia. This mutually beneficial arrangement also provides companies with an engaging way to enhance brand awareness and recruit talent from campuses worldwide.

Backer

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Backer is a prominent fintech company specializing in 529 college savings plans, aimed at simplifying the process of saving for education. The company offers an investment platform that enables families to establish college savings plans efficiently, facilitating contributions from family and friends. Its user-friendly gifting platform and innovative mobile application enhance the experience by allowing for seamless tax-free investments. Backer's strategic partnerships with various 529 programs further bolster its high enrollment conversion rates, distinguishing it in the education savings market. The company's focus on making education savings accessible and straightforward supports families in planning for their children's educational futures.

Winnie

Series A in 2019
Founded in 2016, Winnie operates an online marketplace connecting parents with local daycares and preschools in the United States. Its platform provides comprehensive information about programs, tuition fees, licensing status, and availability, helping parents make informed decisions. Childcare providers use Winnie to manage open spaces, build waitlists, and access resources.

Stellic

Seed Round in 2019
Stellic Inc. is an innovative company that operates an integrated planning and advising platform aimed at enhancing the academic experience for students. The platform features tools such as Degree Planner, which assists students in selecting courses and planning their semesters, while also providing features like prerequisite checks and integrated calendars. Additionally, the Degree Audit tool helps students track their academic progress by calculating completed, in-progress, and remaining requirements. The Advisor Tool empowers advisors to identify at-risk students early on, facilitating timely interventions. Furthermore, Stellic offers Data Reports that provide university administrators with insights into course demand, student performance challenges, and overall engagement. Founded by Carnegie Mellon undergraduates, the company emerged from a desire to improve the degree planning process, and it has since garnered recognition within the academic community. Stellic Inc. is headquartered in Doha, Qatar, with an additional location in Palo Alto, California.

Lovevery

Series B in 2019
Lovevery, Inc. is a Boise, Idaho-based company that specializes in creating educational play products for infants and toddlers. Founded in 2015, Lovevery offers a range of stage-based learning kits designed by child development experts to enhance key skills such as spatial awareness, language development, and problem-solving. Its flagship product, the Play Gym, includes various toys like balls, teething rings, and activity cards that cater to the developmental needs of babies at different stages. Lovevery's commitment to early learning extends beyond physical products, as it also provides resources and multi-channel content for parents, facilitating a holistic approach to childhood education. The company has received recognition from notable publications and is supported by several prominent investors.

Bitwise Industries

Series A in 2019
Bitwise Industries Inc. is a technology ecosystem company based in Fresno, California, focused on enhancing the local technology landscape. Established in 2013, the company operates Geekwise Academy, which provides accelerated coding education aimed at individuals of all ages, particularly from marginalized backgrounds. In addition to educational services, Bitwise Industries runs a custom software development firm, Shift3 Technologies, that connects experienced developers with entry-level programmers to create software solutions. The company also fosters community and collaboration by developing tech venues and co-working spaces that serve as hubs for technologists and technology companies. Through these initiatives, Bitwise Industries aims to empower individuals with vital tech skills and create pathways to meaningful careers in the technology sector.

Outschool

Series A in 2019
Outschool, Inc. is an online platform that facilitates live, interactive learning experiences for children by connecting motivated learners, parents, and independent teachers. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Outschool offers a diverse array of unique online classes led by certified educators, artists, scientists, and other knowledgeable individuals. The platform allows parents to discover, book, and manage educational activities tailored to their children’s interests and needs. Additionally, it provides teachers with the tools to create class listings, manage enrollments and payments, and reach a broader audience. By enabling small group learning through live video chat, Outschool expands access to enrichment and tutoring at a more affordable cost compared to traditional private tutoring.

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.

Candidly

Series A in 2019
Candidly is a company focused on simplifying student debt repayment and refinancing for employers through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. Founded by former Google employee, Candidly aims to assist organizations in providing effective benefits that help employees manage and reduce their student debt burdens. By offering innovative solutions, Candidly empowers companies to support their workforce in achieving financial well-being and securing a more stable future.

Paper

Venture Round in 2019
Paper is an educational technology company that provides personalized tutoring support for students. Its platform offers live help, essay feedback, real-time reports, and intervention tools to facilitate learning and assist teachers. Founded in 2014, Paper is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Hone

Seed Round in 2019
Hone Group Inc., established in 2018, is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in live online leadership and management training. It offers a development platform that empowers organizations to enhance their employees' soft skills, including communication, team building, and conflict management. Hone's platform facilitates expert-led small group training, peer learning, and continuous reinforcement, while also providing data-driven insights to measure and improve training impact.

Handshake

Series C in 2018
Handshake is a career network for students and recent graduates that connects them with employers and career resources. It serves a user base of more than 10 million across about 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps, and links users with more than 750,000 employers across diverse sectors. The platform aims to democratize access to opportunities by expanding visibility and insights for young workers, while giving employers broader, more efficient access to talent and helping colleges enhance student engagement and employment outcomes.

Aura Health

Seed Round in 2018
Aura Health, established in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in digital mental well-being solutions. The company develops a mindfulness meditation application for iOS and Android users, focusing on stress and anxiety management. Aura's platform offers personalized content and fosters community engagement by connecting users with therapists and coaches globally.

Mrs Wordsmith

Series A in 2018
Mrs Wordsmith Limited is an innovative educational company based in London, founded in 2015, that specializes in vocabulary learning for young people. The company provides a subscription-based program featuring visually engaging materials designed to help students learn and retain essential vocabulary for academic success. By combining data science with creative illustrations from accomplished artists, Mrs Wordsmith focuses on the 10,000 most relevant words, curated with input from Cambridge University data scientists. Their offerings include illustrated storytelling, gaming, and animation books aimed at enhancing reading comprehension and writing skills for children of all ages. The program is well-received by teachers, parents, and students alike for its effective and engaging approach to vocabulary acquisition.

Lingokids

Series A in 2018
Lingokids is an educational app designed for children aged 2-8, focused on teaching English through a playful learning approach. With a user base exceeding 10 million families globally, the app offers over 600 interactive games and activities that foster essential skills such as creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication. The platform encourages parental involvement, allowing families to engage in the learning process together. Lingokids aims to positively impact 100 million families, emphasizing the importance of language acquisition and vocabulary development in early childhood education.

Winnie

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2016, Winnie operates an online marketplace connecting parents with local daycares and preschools in the United States. Its platform provides comprehensive information about programs, tuition fees, licensing status, and availability, helping parents make informed decisions. Childcare providers use Winnie to manage open spaces, build waitlists, and access resources.

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.
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