Founders AND 3

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm established in 2005, specializing in investments across various stages, from seed to later-stage funding. The firm targets companies that are developing transformative technologies in sectors such as consumer internet, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, aerospace, energy, and health. Founders Fund has a diverse investment portfolio, having backed notable companies like SpaceX, Facebook, and Palantir. The firm employs a founder-friendly investment approach, aiming to support entrepreneurs with minimal interference. With over $2 billion in capital under management, Founders Fund continues to seek innovative solutions to global challenges, making investments typically ranging from $500,000 to $300 million.

Delian Asparouhov

Principal

Jennifer Campbell

Partner

Lauren Gross

Partner and COO

Bridget Harris

Associate

Sean Liu

Partner

Jeffrey Lonsdale

Managing Director, Asia

John Luttig

Partner

Amin Mirzadegan

Partner

Scott Nolan

Partner

Neil Ruthven

CFO

Trae Stephens

Partner

Napoleon Ta

Partner

Matias Van Thienen

Partner

Past deals in EdTech

Campus

Series A in 2023
Campuswire is a real-time messaging platform designed specifically for college classes, aimed at enhancing communication between students and educators. The platform facilitates class discussions, question-and-answer sessions, and announcements, ultimately optimizing the teaching and learning experience. By integrating both synchronous and asynchronous messaging features, Campuswire promotes increased student collaboration and simplifies educators' workflows. Its user-friendly interface, inspired by social media, enables professors to efficiently share important information, engage in online discussions, and privately communicate with individual students. Through its innovative approach, Campuswire is committed to addressing challenges in educational communication and fostering a more collaborative learning environment.

Earable Neuroscience

Seed Round in 2022
Earable™ is an earbud packed with biosensors for convenient health quantification. It is much more convenient than current devices used in hospitals because it has the smallest form factor given its accuracy and sensing capability. Unlike other wearables, Earable™ has more sensors, is located on the head, and uses proprietary machine learning algorithms for higher accuracy of bioelectric analysis.

Origin

Series B in 2021
Developer of a money management platform designed to educate employees in managing their finances. The company's platform combines human financial planners with financial technology that educates and helps to create, execute, and track personalized financial plans, enabling workers to manage their entire financial lives in one place and receive personalized guidance along the way.

LIT Videobooks

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a video book platform intended to make top non-fiction books accessible to visual learners. The company's platform curates the top titles and partners directly with authors to enable users to watch bestselling business books in an engaging and fun new format, allowing people to binge-watch non-fiction books in an entertaining, social, and engaging way.

Origin

Venture Round in 2020
Developer of a money management platform designed to educate employees in managing their finances. The company's platform combines human financial planners with financial technology that educates and helps to create, execute, and track personalized financial plans, enabling workers to manage their entire financial lives in one place and receive personalized guidance along the way.

Primer

Seed Round in 2020
Primer is an educational platform that caters specifically to homeschoolers, providing a range of resources to assist parents in delivering tailored education to their children. Based in San Francisco, California, Primer’s online community engages children aged 7 to 14 in activities such as coding video games, writing books, and exploring nature. The platform compiles various educational apps, games, and videos, allowing families to access high-quality educational materials regardless of their financial situation. By focusing on personalized learning experiences, Primer aims to support parents in navigating the homeschooling landscape effectively.

Origin

Seed Round in 2019
Developer of a money management platform designed to educate employees in managing their finances. The company's platform combines human financial planners with financial technology that educates and helps to create, execute, and track personalized financial plans, enabling workers to manage their entire financial lives in one place and receive personalized guidance along the way.

Vahan

Seed Round in 2019
Vahan Inc. develops a mobile education platform for low-income populations. The company offers Vahan, an application for feature phones and smartphones that enables students to practice what they’re learning in the classroom, outside it. Its application helps students maximize learning outcomes; and Web-based learning management system allows instructors to track their students' scores and progress, review students' responses, and send them feedback via SMS or voice messages. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

Earable Neuroscience

Seed Round in 2019
Earable™ is an earbud packed with biosensors for convenient health quantification. It is much more convenient than current devices used in hospitals because it has the smallest form factor given its accuracy and sensing capability. Unlike other wearables, Earable™ has more sensors, is located on the head, and uses proprietary machine learning algorithms for higher accuracy of bioelectric analysis.

Teckro

Series C in 2019
Teckro, Inc. offers a solution that transforms clinical trials making all relevant information instantly accessible to every active member of the study. The company facilitates connections between investigators and the expertise they need; and helps study teams, sites, and patients to connect. Its solution instantly captures and shares team’s knowledge to dramatically reduce the burden on CRAs, medical monitors, data management, and study personnel. The company serves pharmaceutical companies and clinical researchers across the world. Teckro, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Limerick, Ireland.

Coder

Seed Round in 2018
Coder Technologies Inc. is an information technology company that specializes in developing cloud-based integrated development environments (IDEs) for coding on any device. The company's flagship product, Coder Enterprise, automates the configuration, security, and management of development environments, allowing developers to concentrate on product development. Coder Enterprise supports the use of existing development tools, CI/CD pipelines, source code management systems, and editors, thereby facilitating source control and simplifying updates. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Coder aims to provide open-source tools and an enterprise platform designed to enhance the efficiency and scalability of development processes.

Knewton

Venture Round in 2018
Knewton, Inc. is a developer of an online adaptive learning engine that personalizes education for students by providing tailored recommendations on what to study. The platform also equips teachers with analytics to enhance their support for individual students and offers publishers insights to create more effective digital educational products. Knewton's technology serves a range of subjects, including math, economics, and sciences, and is utilized by educational institutions and companies worldwide. In addition to its flagship product, Knewton offers Alta, an integrated adaptive learning courseware for higher education. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Knewton has expanded its presence internationally with offices in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Dubai. The company has been recognized for its innovation in education technology, earning accolades such as being named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum.

Knewton

Debt Financing in 2018
Knewton, Inc. is a developer of an online adaptive learning engine that personalizes education for students by providing tailored recommendations on what to study. The platform also equips teachers with analytics to enhance their support for individual students and offers publishers insights to create more effective digital educational products. Knewton's technology serves a range of subjects, including math, economics, and sciences, and is utilized by educational institutions and companies worldwide. In addition to its flagship product, Knewton offers Alta, an integrated adaptive learning courseware for higher education. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Knewton has expanded its presence internationally with offices in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Dubai. The company has been recognized for its innovation in education technology, earning accolades such as being named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum.

O.School

Venture Round in 2017
O.school is building a shame-free space by offering pleasure education through live streaming and moderated chat. O.school aims to help billions of people unlearn shame, heal from sexual trauma, develop skill sets to communicate what they want and don’t want, discover new sexual desires in a LGBTQ-friendly and judgment-free space, and most of all — own their desires.

Teckro

Series B in 2017
Teckro, Inc. offers a solution that transforms clinical trials making all relevant information instantly accessible to every active member of the study. The company facilitates connections between investigators and the expertise they need; and helps study teams, sites, and patients to connect. Its solution instantly captures and shares team’s knowledge to dramatically reduce the burden on CRAs, medical monitors, data management, and study personnel. The company serves pharmaceutical companies and clinical researchers across the world. Teckro, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Limerick, Ireland.

Teckro

Series A in 2016
Teckro, Inc. offers a solution that transforms clinical trials making all relevant information instantly accessible to every active member of the study. The company facilitates connections between investigators and the expertise they need; and helps study teams, sites, and patients to connect. Its solution instantly captures and shares team’s knowledge to dramatically reduce the burden on CRAs, medical monitors, data management, and study personnel. The company serves pharmaceutical companies and clinical researchers across the world. Teckro, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Limerick, Ireland.

Elemental Machines

Seed Round in 2016
Elemental Machines, Inc. is a technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2014. The company focuses on enhancing laboratory operations in science-based industries through its smart lab platform, which delivers data-driven insights. By continuously monitoring equipment and environmental variables, Elemental Machines aims to improve clarity, transparency, and consistency in research, development, and manufacturing processes. This approach not only enhances repeatability but also enables the collection of new data sets for advanced analytics, ultimately revolutionizing the efficiency and effectiveness of laboratory operations.

Knewton

Series F in 2016
Knewton, Inc. is a developer of an online adaptive learning engine that personalizes education for students by providing tailored recommendations on what to study. The platform also equips teachers with analytics to enhance their support for individual students and offers publishers insights to create more effective digital educational products. Knewton's technology serves a range of subjects, including math, economics, and sciences, and is utilized by educational institutions and companies worldwide. In addition to its flagship product, Knewton offers Alta, an integrated adaptive learning courseware for higher education. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Knewton has expanded its presence internationally with offices in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Dubai. The company has been recognized for its innovation in education technology, earning accolades such as being named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum.

AltSchool Inc.

Series B in 2015
AltSchool Inc. operates a network of personalized learning schools for students from pre-kindergarten to 8th grade, focusing on adapting education to meet the unique needs of each child. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the institution combines the expertise of educators, technologists, and entrepreneurs to create an educational environment that is responsive to students, families, and local communities. The schools utilize a tailored curriculum and a collaborative platform that fosters a greater impact on education by connecting individual institutions within the network.

Clever

Series B in 2014
Clever is a K-12 education technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012. It operates a single sign-on platform that simplifies access to digital learning applications for teachers and students. The platform consolidates various educational tools into one secure portal, streamlining the process of student account management and login. By automating time-consuming tasks such as account creation and updates, Clever enables schools to efficiently implement and maintain diverse learning applications. This functionality empowers educators to tailor their teaching approaches to meet individual student needs effectively.

Declara

Series A in 2014
Declara, Inc. is an intelligent social learning platform that connects individuals to relevant content and fosters collaboration. Founded in 2012 and based in Palo Alto, California, the platform offers features such as social collaboration, intuitive search, content creation, intelligent chat, live mentoring, assessment, and progress tracking. Declara provides analytics that help users understand their learning processes, identify useful content, and recognize the influence of peers and mentors. This data enables customers, including governments, companies, educational institutions, and research organizations, to enhance their learning experiences and refine their offerings. As of April 2019, Declara operates as a subsidiary of Futuryng Inc. The platform aims to transform the way people discover, curate, and share knowledge, making it easier to engage with a community of knowledge-seekers.

AltSchool Inc.

Series A in 2014
AltSchool Inc. operates a network of personalized learning schools for students from pre-kindergarten to 8th grade, focusing on adapting education to meet the unique needs of each child. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the institution combines the expertise of educators, technologists, and entrepreneurs to create an educational environment that is responsive to students, families, and local communities. The schools utilize a tailored curriculum and a collaborative platform that fosters a greater impact on education by connecting individual institutions within the network.

Knewton

Series E in 2013
Knewton, Inc. is a developer of an online adaptive learning engine that personalizes education for students by providing tailored recommendations on what to study. The platform also equips teachers with analytics to enhance their support for individual students and offers publishers insights to create more effective digital educational products. Knewton's technology serves a range of subjects, including math, economics, and sciences, and is utilized by educational institutions and companies worldwide. In addition to its flagship product, Knewton offers Alta, an integrated adaptive learning courseware for higher education. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Knewton has expanded its presence internationally with offices in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Dubai. The company has been recognized for its innovation in education technology, earning accolades such as being named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum.

Declara

Seed Round in 2013
Declara, Inc. is an intelligent social learning platform that connects individuals to relevant content and fosters collaboration. Founded in 2012 and based in Palo Alto, California, the platform offers features such as social collaboration, intuitive search, content creation, intelligent chat, live mentoring, assessment, and progress tracking. Declara provides analytics that help users understand their learning processes, identify useful content, and recognize the influence of peers and mentors. This data enables customers, including governments, companies, educational institutions, and research organizations, to enhance their learning experiences and refine their offerings. As of April 2019, Declara operates as a subsidiary of Futuryng Inc. The platform aims to transform the way people discover, curate, and share knowledge, making it easier to engage with a community of knowledge-seekers.

If You Can

Seed Round in 2013
If You Can Company, founded in 2012 and based in San Mateo, California, specializes in developing educational games aimed at enhancing children's intelligence and social-emotional skills. Among its notable products is IF, an adventure game designed to improve cognitive abilities, and SEL, a tool focused on social and emotional learning for educational settings. The company also offers a dashboard for parents and educators that allows them to monitor children's progress through age-appropriate lessons, emphasizing skills such as emotional regulation and empathy.

Lore

Series B in 2012
Lore (formerly Coursekit) is reshaping education for the Internet age. Lore is a community of curious people, spanning every discipline, campus, country, and age. It’s a platform for learning: a new venue for education that allows you to explore.

Knewton

Series D in 2011
Knewton, Inc. is a developer of an online adaptive learning engine that personalizes education for students by providing tailored recommendations on what to study. The platform also equips teachers with analytics to enhance their support for individual students and offers publishers insights to create more effective digital educational products. Knewton's technology serves a range of subjects, including math, economics, and sciences, and is utilized by educational institutions and companies worldwide. In addition to its flagship product, Knewton offers Alta, an integrated adaptive learning courseware for higher education. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Knewton has expanded its presence internationally with offices in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Dubai. The company has been recognized for its innovation in education technology, earning accolades such as being named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum.

Ingenic

Grant in 2011
Ingenic is an online learning platform that empowers teachers to accommodate their students' needs for individual feedback and more engaging course activities. Ingenic encourages educators to re-evaluate how they convey course material. By creating a place for teachers and students to seamlessly manage virtual lessons and course materials, Ingenic drastically improves the education feedback loop. Ingenic will be inexpensive for all schools, teachers, and students to use. Furthermore, the technical barrier to entry will be nearly eliminated thanks to the fast growth of tablet computers and mobile devices. Ingenic will profoundly change the current education system by leveraging technology to make learning more effective and time in-class more efficient.

Uversity

Series B in 2011
Uversity, Inc. is a developer of student engagement software focused on enhancing the enrollment and retention processes for colleges and universities. Established in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers two primary products: Schools App and UChat. The Schools App serves as an online community platform that helps institutions engage prospective students through targeted messaging, while UChat is a chat widget designed to facilitate direct communication between prospective students and admissions professionals or student ambassadors. Uversity has established partnerships with over 140 colleges and universities, facilitating more than 3.9 million student connections to foster a personalized and engaging educational experience. The company, previously known as Inigral, Inc., is privately held and has received funding from notable investors, including Founders Fund and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Uversity

Venture Round in 2008
Uversity, Inc. is a developer of student engagement software focused on enhancing the enrollment and retention processes for colleges and universities. Established in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers two primary products: Schools App and UChat. The Schools App serves as an online community platform that helps institutions engage prospective students through targeted messaging, while UChat is a chat widget designed to facilitate direct communication between prospective students and admissions professionals or student ambassadors. Uversity has established partnerships with over 140 colleges and universities, facilitating more than 3.9 million student connections to foster a personalized and engaging educational experience. The company, previously known as Inigral, Inc., is privately held and has received funding from notable investors, including Founders Fund and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Uversity

Series A in 2008
Uversity, Inc. is a developer of student engagement software focused on enhancing the enrollment and retention processes for colleges and universities. Established in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers two primary products: Schools App and UChat. The Schools App serves as an online community platform that helps institutions engage prospective students through targeted messaging, while UChat is a chat widget designed to facilitate direct communication between prospective students and admissions professionals or student ambassadors. Uversity has established partnerships with over 140 colleges and universities, facilitating more than 3.9 million student connections to foster a personalized and engaging educational experience. The company, previously known as Inigral, Inc., is privately held and has received funding from notable investors, including Founders Fund and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Uversity

Seed Round in 2007
Uversity, Inc. is a developer of student engagement software focused on enhancing the enrollment and retention processes for colleges and universities. Established in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers two primary products: Schools App and UChat. The Schools App serves as an online community platform that helps institutions engage prospective students through targeted messaging, while UChat is a chat widget designed to facilitate direct communication between prospective students and admissions professionals or student ambassadors. Uversity has established partnerships with over 140 colleges and universities, facilitating more than 3.9 million student connections to foster a personalized and engaging educational experience. The company, previously known as Inigral, Inc., is privately held and has received funding from notable investors, including Founders Fund and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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