WGU Labs

WGU Labs, located in South Salt Lake, Utah, focuses on inventing, building, and investing in innovative educational solutions aimed at enhancing learning outcomes. By leveraging insights from social psychology and learning science, WGU Labs accelerates early-stage education technology startups, providing both services and funding to support their growth. The firm develops practical and effective educational resources and technologies that are designed for implementation and scalability. To ensure the effectiveness of its products, WGU Labs conducts efficacy testing with WGU students in real-world environments, thereby confirming that each solution contributes positively to student success.

Brad Bernatek

Managing Director

Jason Levin

Executive Director

11 past transactions

Genius Academy

Venture Round in 2025
Genius Academy is an educational technology company that focuses on enhancing mental health practices through innovative learning solutions. It provides an on-demand streaming platform designed for integration into psychology, social work, and counseling courses. The platform offers an experiential mental health curriculum that is searchable by topics, courses, programs, and specific challenges, enabling learners to identify and address areas needing improvement. Genius Academy aims to deliver measurable, high-impact results by combining experiential learning, artificial intelligence, technology, and human interaction. Its primary mission is to improve the training of both current and future practitioners in mental health fields amidst a global crisis, making quality education more accessible and effective in addressing mental health issues.

Doowii

Seed Round in 2024
Doowii is a technology company specializing in predictive and generative AI for the K-12 education sector. It offers a data analytics platform that aggregates and analyzes student records, attendance, and test scores to provide educators with actionable insights. This helps schools identify trends, track student progress, and make data-driven decisions to improve educational outcomes.

Daivergent

Venture Round in 2024
Daivergent Inc. is a company focused on creating employment opportunities for individuals on the autism spectrum and other neurodivergent populations. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, Daivergent operates a platform that connects these individuals with enterprise clients seeking workforce solutions. The platform provides a range of services, including data entry, quality assurance, and training data generation, facilitating the integration of neurodiverse talent into various industries, such as artificial intelligence and healthcare. By offering a reimbursable job-readiness and care delivery platform, Daivergent aims to empower its users and meet the growing demand for skilled workers in data-related tasks, while also helping companies efficiently fulfill their data-labeling needs.

Making Space

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Making Space is a technology company that operates a platform connecting businesses with pre-vetted, underrepresented talent. It achieves this by offering skill-based pre-qualification and accessible learning courses, thereby bridging the gap between education and employment.

Ziplines Education

Series A in 2024
Ziplines Education is an innovative education company that collaborates with universities to offer industry-focused certificate courses aimed at preparing professionals for the demands of a digital-first workforce. Originally launched as GreenFig in 2017, the company rebranded as Ziplines Education in early 2024. It partners with numerous respected U.S. colleges and universities, such as the University of Virginia School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Texas Tech University, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Ziplines Education emphasizes experiential learning by combining instruction from industry experts with practical work experience, enabling students to gain proficiency in relevant subjects and apply their skills effectively in real-world settings.

Savi

Venture Round in 2023
Savi is a financial wellness platform focused on student loan management. It assists employees in understanding, optimizing, and repaying their student debt through technology. The platform provides a comprehensive comparison of repayment options, allowing users to explore various strategies for managing their loans. Additionally, Savi helps individuals discover potential loan forgiveness opportunities, facilitating a more informed approach to debt repayment. By streamlining the process and offering tailored solutions, Savi aims to empower users to save money and expedite their loan repayment journey.

Flourish Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Flourish Labs is a healthcare company dedicated to addressing the youth mental health crisis by leveraging technology to enhance professional peer support. The organization focuses on expanding the mental health workforce by employing and training young adults with diverse backgrounds who have experienced mental illness or addiction, enabling them to become certified Peer Support Specialists. Through its HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform, Peers.net, Flourish Labs provides teenagers and young adults aged 13 to 30 with the opportunity to engage in one-on-one peer support sessions with specialists of their choice. By combining mental health science with innovative technology, the company aims to empower individuals to understand their mental health better and access the support they need to foster emotional well-being.

SkillCycle

Seed Round in 2021
SkillCycle is a subscription-based talent development platform that provides personalized career coaching and learning solutions. The company focuses on upskilling and reskilling individuals by offering tailored learning experiences and effective workflow administration. By delivering workforce insights and measurable metrics, SkillCycle enables organizations to enhance employee education, empowerment, and retention. Through its platform, SkillCycle aims to facilitate career growth and unlock the potential of workers, contributing to a more satisfied and engaged workforce. The company's commitment to transparent and supportive environments helps individuals achieve their professional goals and fosters a culture of continuous improvement in the workplace.

Beam

Seed Round in 2020
Beam simplifies complex government program journeys with configurable, intelligent end-to-end workflows. Beam's platform helps government administer programs end-to-end, including application, eligibility determination, case management, payment, and reporting -- from simple programs like emergency relief to the most complex like housing voucher programs.
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