Start Pill
This list aims to provide a list of those recently active investors in the Education space.
Purpose of this list: Finding and meeting VC’s and investors is no easy task for any founder no matter how well connected they might be. This list is aimed to provide a starting point highlighting some of the most recently active investors.
Great list… now what: If you’re a founder looking to pitch your startup you first need to create a short list of investors you want to pitch to. This list could provide part of that. Pick a few companies in this list, see their past investments, which countries they invest in and craft a personal email or Linkedin message to them if you think they would be interested.
I sent a load of emails, but didn’t get any responses: Welcome to the startup world… But in all seriousness some VC’s will get back to you with feedback if you’re lucky, but most are simply too busy to deal with all the messages they get.
Do not get discouraged, send a follow up email asking for feedback and work on your pitching. Rejection is not a reflection on your company, just how you pitched it. There is countless stories of people getting rejected 100 times before finally getting funding. See the Qwil story.
Data sourced from Crunchbase.
Techstars
Techstars is the global platform for investment and innovation.
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Founders: Brad Feld, David Brown, David Cohen, Jared Polis
Location: Boulder, Colorado, United States
Number of Employees: 251-500
500 Startups
500 Startups is a global venture capital firm with a network of startup programs for founders, mentors, and investors.
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Founders: Christine Tsai, Dave McClure
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Number of Employees: 101-250
Bessemer Venture Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners manages more than $4 billion of venture capital invested in over 130 companies around the world.
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Founders:
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Number of Employees: 101-250
Khosla Ventures
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on environmentally friendly tech, internet, computing, mobile, and silicon tech.
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Founders: Vinod Khosla
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Number of Employees: 51-100
ZhenFund
ZhenFund invests in TMT, healthcare, and education among other sectors.
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Founders: Bob Xiaoping Xu, Victor Wang
Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
Number of Employees: 51-100
Insight Partners
Insight Partners operates as a scale-up firm in the software industry.
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Founders: Jeff Horing, Jerry Murdock
Location: New York, New York, United States
Number of Employees: 101-250
Alumni Ventures Group
Alumni Ventures Group provides high-quality, diversified venture portfolios to individual investors who previously haven’t had access to VC.
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Founders: Beth Obermiller, Michael Madden, Mike Collins
Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
Number of Employees: 101-250
Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF)
Internet Initiatives Development Fund is a venture fund that creates infrastructure and conditions for Russia-based businesses.
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Founders:
Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
Number of Employees: 101-250
Social Starts
Social Starts is the first venture capital partnership focused on the emerging science of individual health and the delivery of happiness.
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Founders: William Lohse
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Number of Employees: 11-50
SAIF Partners
SAIF Partners is a venture and growth capital fund invested in helping Asia’s exceptional companies grow from concept to IPO.
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Founders: Andrew Yan
Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Number of Employees: 101-250
National Science Foundation
America’s Seed Fund at the National Science Foundation awards nearly $200 million annually to startups and small businesses.
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Location: Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Number of Employees: 1001-5000
Innovate UK
Innovate UK holds funding competitions for businesses and research organizations in sectors, including emerging technologies.
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Founders:
Location: Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Number of Employees: 251-500
Mohr Davidow Ventures
The Mohr Davidow team partners with exceptional entrepreneurs and startup teams to build category-leading companies.
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Founders: Bill Davidow, Lawrence G. Mohr Jr.
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Number of Employees: 44105
AGORANOV
Agoranov is a public Science & Tech incubator based in Paris.
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Founders:
Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Number of Employees: 11-50
AltaIR Capital
AltaIR Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in very early/seed stage tech companies, in the areas of internet and mobile.
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Founders: Igor Ryabenkiy
Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
Number of Employees: 11-50
Lanzadera Accelerator
Lanzadera Accelerator provides entrepreneurial solutions for entrepreneurs to implement robust business models.
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Founders: Juan Roig
Location: Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Number of Employees: 11-50
Maveron
Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm that empower consumers to live on their terms.
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Founders: Dan Levitan, Howard Schultz
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Number of Employees: 11-50
StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)
StartX is an educational non-profit that helps Stanford’s top entrepreneurs.
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Founders: Cameron Teitelman, Dan Ha, Jonathan Golden
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Number of Employees: 101-250
Edison Partners
Edison Partners is a growth equity firm that focuses on technology-enabled solutions in fintech, healthcare IT, and enterprise software.
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Founders: John Martinson
Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Number of Employees: 11-50
Cisco
Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other high-technology services and products.
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Founders: Andreas Glocker
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Number of Employees: 10001
GoBeyond
GoBeyond enables individuals to access angel investing as an asset class.
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Founders: Bethann Kassman, Brigitte Baumann
Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Number of Employees: 44105
Venture Catalysts
India’s First & Largest Integrated Incubator
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Founders: Anil Jain, Anuj Golecha, Dr Apoorva Ranjan Sharma, Gaurav Jain, Gaurav Jain
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Number of Employees: 11-50
Source Code Capital
Source Code Capital is a leading China VC firm focused on the TMT sectors with USD $1.5 billion and RMB 3.5 billion under management.
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Founders: Cao Yi, Charlie Cao
Location: Chaoyang, Liaoning, China
Number of Employees: 51-100
KfW
KfW is a German state-owned development bank.
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Founders:
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Number of Employees: 5001-10000
Alven
Alven is a European independent venture investment firm with a successful track record of backing more than 100 startups over 20 years.
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Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Number of Employees: 11-50
Morningside Group
Morningside Group is a private investment group founded in 1986 by the Chan family of Hong Kong.
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Founders: Ronnie Chan
Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Number of Employees:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports initiatives in education, world health and population, and community giving.
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Founders: Melinda Gates, William Gates
Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Number of Employees: 11-50
Lightbank
Lightbank VC is a venture fund based out of Chicago investing at the earliest stage across consumer, enterprise, fin-tech and more.
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Founders: Bradley Keywell, Eric Lefkofsky
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Number of Employees: 11-50
Empower Investment
Empower Investment invests in internet, AI, big data, automation and robotics, financial technology, education, materials, and healthcare.
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Founders: Harry Yu, Min Zhang
Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Number of Employees: 11-50
Monashees
Monashees is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs committed to creating innovative solutions for a new world.
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Founders: Eric Acher, Fabio Igel
Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Number of Employees: 11-50
OCA Ventures
OCA Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on equity investments in companies with dramatic growth potential, primarily in technology
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Founders: Jim Dugan, John Dugan, Peter Ianello
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Number of Employees: 44105
European Investment Bank
European Investment Bank provides lending, borrowing, and treasury services.
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Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Number of Employees: 1001-5000
Gaingels
Gaingels represents the LGBT+ community and allies investing in the best VC-backed companies with diverse and inclusive leadership teams.
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Founders: David Beatty, Paul Grossinger
Location: New York, New York, United States
Number of Employees: 11-50
Kaszek Ventures
Kaszek Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in high-impact technology-based companies whose main focus is Latin America.
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Founders: Hernan Kazah, Nicolas Szekasy
Location: Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Number of Employees: 44105
Bertelsmann Asia Investments
Bertelsmann Asia Investments (BAI) is a testament to Bertelsmann’s longstanding commitment in China.
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Founders: Annabelle Yu Long
Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
Number of Employees: 11-50
Learn Capital
LearnCapital is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on funding entrepreneurs with a vision for better and smarter learning.
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Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Number of Employees: 44105
FREES FUND
FREES FUND is a venture capital firm that provides both early and growth stage investment to technology startups in both China and the U.S.
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Founders: Ben Lin, Feng Li
Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
Number of Employees: 101-250
IMPACT Accelerator
Our mission is to help entrepreneurs, enterprises and institutions in their transformation to become competitive in the digital era
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Founders: Lars Brøndum Petersen, Michael Kleindl, Nacho Pinedo, Sanyu Karani, Tomasz Mazuryk
Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Number of Employees: 44105
Commonwealth Capital Ventures
Commonwealth Capital Ventures is a leading venture capital firm focused on early and growth stage technology companies.
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Founders: Jeff Hurst, Michael Fitzgerald
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Number of Employees: 11-50
Capstone Partners Co., Ltd.
Capstone Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs seeking success with fresh ideas.
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Location: Seoul, Seoul-t’ukpyolsi, South Korea
Number of Employees: 11-50
Acton Capital
Acton Capital is a leading growth venture capital investor in tech-enabled business models, headquartered in Munich, Germany.
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Founders: Christoph Braun, Frank Seehaus, Jan-Gisbert Schultze, Paul-Bernhard Kallen
Location: München, Bayern, Germany
Number of Employees: 11-50
Accelerator Centre
Accelerator Centre is a network of facilities dedicated to developing and commercializing technology startups.
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Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Number of Employees: 11-50
Invest Nebraska
Invest Nebraska is a venture capital firm providing financial and operational assistance for Nebraska entrepreneurs.
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Location: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Number of Employees: 44105
Techstars Austin Accelerator
Techstars Austin is the accelerator program of Techstars that focuses on helping startups within the capital city of Texas.
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Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Number of Employees: 44105
Ann Arbor SPARK
Ann Arbor SPARK is Ann Arbor’s engine for economic development.
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Founders: Rick Snyder
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Number of Employees: 11-50
VilCap Investments
VilCap Investments deploys critical risk capital to early-stage companies peer-selected from Village Capital accelerator programs.
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Founders: Ross Baird, Victoria Fram
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Number of Employees: 44105
Meridian Capital
Meridian Capital is a Singapore-based private equity fund focused on areas such as films, music, education, internet, and new media.
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Founders: David Shong
Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Number of Employees: 11-50
Rethink Education
Rethink Education is a venture capital fund focused exclusively on education technology that invests in early- and growth-stage start-ups
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Founders: Matt Greenfield, Richard Segal
Location: White Plains, New York, United States
Number of Employees: 44105
Idealab
Founded in 1996 by Bill Gross, Idealab is the longest leading technology incubator.
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Founders: Bill Gross, Marcia Goodstein, Tom Hughes
Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Number of Employees: 11-50
muru-D
Accelerator in Australia and Singapore for globally ambitious tech companies
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Founders: Annie Parker, Charlotte Yarkoni, Mick Liubinskas
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Number of Employees: 44105
SignalFire
SignalFire is a venture capital firm that invests in seed stage companies and breakout companies.
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Founders: Chris Farmer, Ilya Kirnos
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Number of Employees: 51-100
