84 investors have funded 26 EdTech SaaS companies head-officed in San Francisco, across 144 rounds (Jan 2008 – Feb 2026). They are ranked by how many San Francisco companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In San Francisco" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rethink Capital Partners | White Plains, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 4 | 7 | 3 | Mar 2022 | 74 |
| 2 | Bessemer Venture Partners | Redwood City, United States | SeedSeries BSeries C | 3 | 5 | 2 | Feb 2021 | 781 |
| 3 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 3 | 4 | — | Oct 2017 | 5,648 |
| 4 | Sequoia Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries BSeed | 3 | 4 | 1 | Feb 2026 | 1,568 |
| 5 | GSV Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries DSeed | 3 | 4 | 3 | Jun 2017 | 88 |
| 6 | First Round Capital | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 2 | 7 | 1 | Jun 2017 | 476 |
| 7 | Learn Capital | San Mateo, United States | SeedSeries BSeries C | 2 | 4 | 2 | Apr 2016 | 59 |
| 8 | Owl Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries D | 2 | 3 | 2 | Jun 2018 | 94 |
| 9 | Reach Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 2 | 3 | 1 | Mar 2022 | 95 |
| 10 | ACT | Iowa City, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 2 | 3 | 2 | Feb 2018 | 2 |
| 11 | 500 Global | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2017 | 1,988 |
| 12 | Social Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 4 | 1 | Sep 2014 | 213 |
| 13 | Eniac Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 4 | — | Feb 2021 | 165 |
| 14 | Uniseed | Brisbane, Australia | Series BSeedSeries C | 1 | 4 | — | Feb 2018 | 43 |
| 15 | One Ventures | Sydney, Australia | Series CSeries BSeed | 1 | 4 | 2 | Feb 2018 | 35 |
| 16 | Kleiner Perkins | Menlo Park, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 3 | 3 | Sep 2014 | 666 |
| 17 | GGV Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 3 | — | Feb 2021 | 438 |
| 18 | Golden Ventures | Toronto, Canada | Series ASeries BSeed | 1 | 3 | — | Oct 2018 | 112 |
| 19 | RRE Ventures | New York City, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Feb 2017 | 276 |
| 20 | Lowercase Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Oct 2018 | 94 |
| 21 | NewSchools Venture Fund | Oakland, United States | SeedSeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Mar 2014 | 46 |
| 22 | Achieve Partners | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 2 | — | Apr 2019 | 36 |
| 23 | New Markets Venture Partners | Howard County, United States | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2019 | 36 |
| 24 | The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Redwood City, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Oct 2018 | 25 |
| 25 | Moelis & Company | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 2 | — | Feb 2018 | 6 |
| 26 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2023 | 3,580 |
| 27 | Andreessen Horowitz | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2026 | 1,117 |
| 28 | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 860 |
| 29 | Google Ventures | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2012 | 736 |
| 30 | Insight Partners | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2015 | 762 |
| 31 | SV Angel | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2012 | 734 |
| 32 | Mayfield | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2026 | 311 |
| 33 | Alchemist Accelerator | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2017 | 517 |
| 34 | Crosslink Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2015 | 263 |
| 35 | Startup Wise Guys | Tallinn, Estonia | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 374 |
| 36 | Uncork Capital | Palo Alto, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2012 | 200 |
| 37 | Initialized Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2012 | 207 |
| 38 | Omidyar Network | Redwood City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2018 | 194 |
| 39 | Sinovation Ventures | Beijing, China | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2017 | 235 |
| 40 | Craft Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 197 |
| 41 | Floodgate | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2012 | 195 |
| 42 | Iconiq Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2017 | 165 |
| 43 | ACME | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2015 | 106 |
| 44 | Emerson Collective | Palo Alto, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2021 | 108 |
| 45 | Upekkha | Bengaluru, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2018 | 132 |
| 46 | Act Venture Capital | Dublin, Ireland | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2012 | 79 |
| 47 | New York Angels | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2008 | 103 |
| 48 | Addition | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2021 | 73 |
| 49 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation' | Seattle, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2014 | 87 |
| 50 | Operator Partners | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 82 |
| 51 | ABS Capital | Washington, DC, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2009 | 69 |
| 52 | Dundee Venture Capital | Omaha, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2023 | 57 |
| 53 | Shrug Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 72 |
| 54 | Opus Capital | San Mateo, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2016 | 39 |
| 55 | City Light Capital | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2019 | 49 |
| 56 | Impact Engine | Chicago, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 54 |
| 57 | Red Swan Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2015 | 58 |
| 58 | SuRo Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2014 | 44 |
| 59 | Operator Collective | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 47 |
| 60 | Base Ventures | Berkeley, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2026 | 42 |
| 61 | Weekend Fund | United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 37 |
| 62 | Pearson | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2013 | 27 |
| 63 | Next Play Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2021 | 34 |
| 64 | Imagine K12 | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2012 | 31 |
| 65 | Mark Cuban Companies | Dallas, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2017 | 22 |
| 66 | The University of Chicago | Chicago, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2023 | 18 |
| 67 | Taurus Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 22 |
| 68 | Lumina Foundation | Indianapolis, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2019 | 13 |
| 69 | Remote First Capital | Fort Lauderdale, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 15 |
| 70 | Michelson Runway | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2016 | 14 |
| 71 | AT&T | Dallas, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2016 | 12 |
| 72 | cda Ventures | Basking Ridge, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2015 | 9 |
| 73 | ECMC | Minneapolis, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 8 |
| 74 | AI Grant | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2023 | 7 |
| 75 | University Ventures | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2019 | 5 |
| 76 | Oxonian Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2021 | 5 |
| 77 | QSTP | Doha, Qatar | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 5 |
| 78 | NTT DOCOMO | Tokyo, Japan | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2009 | 3 |
| 79 | Yellow Brick Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2014 | 2 |
| 80 | Cengage Learning | Noida, India | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2014 | 2 |
| 81 | Peter Thiel | Berlin, Germany | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2014 | 2 |
| 82 | First Round | Riihimaki, Finland | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2012 | 2 |
| 83 | Focus Impresa | Verona, Italy | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2013 | 1 |
| 84 | stephaneniel.com | France | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2008 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
EdTech SaaS companies head-officed in San Francisco that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brightwheel mybrightwheel.com |
16 | 27 | $570.2M | Series C Feb 2021 |
| Clever clever.com |
12 | 13 | $151.4M | Series B Dec 2014 |
| Remind remind.com |
7 | 16 | $295M | Series D Jun 2018 |
| Stellic stellic.com |
7 | 7 | $66M | Series A Mar 2022 |
| Motimatic motimatic.com |
6 | 9 | $26.4M | Series A Apr 2019 |
| BrightBytes brightbytes.net |
5 | 11 | $196.8M | Series C Jul 2015 |
| Smart Sparrow smartsparrow.com |
5 | 12 | $72M | Series C Feb 2018 |
| Abl Schools ablschools.com |
5 | 8 | $51M | Series A Jun 2017 |
| Wise wise.live |
5 | 5 | $25M | Series A Jan 2022 |
| Pathbrite pathbrite.com |
5 | 7 | $24.4M | Series B Jun 2014 |
| Pensive pensive.com |
4 | 4 | $27.5M | Seed Feb 2026 |
| Echo Labs el.ai |
4 | 4 | $8M | Seed Sep 2023 |
| Edunav edunav.com |
3 | 3 | $14M | Series A Sep 2019 |
| Mote mote.com |
3 | 3 | $6M | Seed Mar 2021 |
| Cerego cerego.com |
2 | 2 | $3.4M | Series A Oct 2014 |
| Almabase almabase.com |
2 | 2 | $100K | Seed Jan 2018 |
| Teachscape teachscape.com |
1 | 1 | $18.3M | Series C Aug 2009 |
| DaCast dacast.com |
1 | 1 | $650K | Seed Jan 2008 |
| Lingt lingt.com |
1 | 2 | $120K | Seed Jan 2009 |
| Nimble hirenimble.com |
1 | 1 | $120K | Seed Oct 2017 |
| TalklingPoints talkingpts.org |
1 | 1 | $100K | Seed May 2016 |
| Hivebeat hivebeat.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Nov 2015 |
| ClassOwl classowl.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2013 |
| Chalkup chalkup.co |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2015 |
| Plutoview plutoview.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2021 |
| School Loop schoolloop.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2008 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz | Pensive | Seed | $6.9M |
| Feb 2026 | Sequoia Capital | Pensive | Seed | $6.9M |
| Feb 2026 | MayfieldLED | Pensive | Seed | $6.9M |
| Feb 2026 | Base Ventures | Pensive | Seed | $6.9M |
| Sep 2023 | The University of Chicago | Echo Labs | Seed | $2M |
| Sep 2023 | Techstars | Echo Labs | Seed | $2M |
| Sep 2023 | Dundee Venture Capital | Echo Labs | Seed | $2M |
| Sep 2023 | AI Grant | Echo Labs | Seed | $2M |
| Mar 2022 | QSTP | Stellic | Series A | $11M |
| Mar 2022 | ECMC | Stellic | Series A | $11M |
| Mar 2022 | Impact Engine | Stellic | Series A | $11M |
| Mar 2022 | Reach CapitalLED | Stellic | Series A | $11M |
| Mar 2022 | Operator Collective | Stellic | Series A | $11M |
| Mar 2022 | Rethink Capital Partners | Stellic | Series A | $11M |
| Jan 2022 | Taurus Ventures | Wise | Series A | $5M |
| Jan 2022 | Weekend Fund | Wise | Series A | $5M |
| Jan 2022 | Shrug Capital | Wise | Series A | $5M |
| Jan 2022 | Remote First Capital | Wise | Series A | $5M |
| Jan 2022 | Operator Partners | Wise | Series A | $5M |
| Jun 2021 | Startup Wise GuysLED | Plutoview | Seed | — |
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