44 investors have funded 18 K-12 EdTech companies head-officed in Mountain View, across 59 rounds (Oct 2000 – Aug 2021). They are ranked by how many Mountain View companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Mountain View" 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 | 500 Global | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 3 | 4 | 2 | Mar 2015 | 1,988 |
| 2 | Relay Ventures | Toronto, Canada | Series A | 2 | 2 | 1 | May 2016 | 64 |
| 3 | NewSchools Venture Fund | Oakland, United States | Series BSeed | 2 | 2 | 1 | Nov 2013 | 46 |
| 4 | Khosla Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 3 | — | Aug 2021 | 680 |
| 5 | New Enterprise Associates | Menlo Park, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2016 | 1,110 |
| 6 | Menlo Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | SeedSeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Nov 2013 | 417 |
| 7 | Felicis Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 2 | May 2016 | 375 |
| 8 | Formation 8 | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 2 | Feb 2018 | 95 |
| 9 | Owl Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Aug 2021 | 94 |
| 10 | SuRo Capital | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2016 | 44 |
| 11 | Cervin | Palo Alto, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 2 | May 2016 | 42 |
| 12 | WoongjinThinkBig | Paju si, South Korea | Series C | 1 | 2 | 2 | Feb 2018 | 1 |
| 13 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2014 | 5,648 |
| 14 | Intel Capital | Santa Clara, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2015 | 764 |
| 15 | FJ Labs | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2015 | 661 |
| 16 | Lerer Hippeau | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2015 | 359 |
| 17 | Alchemist Accelerator | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2015 | 517 |
| 18 | Altos Ventures Management | Menlo Park, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2021 | 184 |
| 19 | Storm Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2006 | 151 |
| 20 | Tuesday Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2012 | 200 |
| 21 | BlueRun Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2015 | 156 |
| 22 | Great Oaks Venture Capital | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2015 | 197 |
| 23 | Harrison Metal | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2010 | 96 |
| 24 | StartX | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2013 | 116 | |
| 25 | Reach Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2016 | 95 |
| 26 | Kennet Partners | London, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2009 | 59 |
| 27 | XG Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2013 | 48 |
| 28 | Pearson | London, United Kingdom | Unattributed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2000 | 27 |
| 29 | Flywheel Ventures | Santa Fe, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2014 | 22 |
| 30 | New Ground Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2016 | 29 |
| 31 | Imagine K12 | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2014 | 31 |
| 32 | S-Cubed Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2012 | 13 |
| 33 | Cobre Capital | Scottsdale, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2014 | 14 |
| 34 | McGraw Hill | New York City, United States | Unattributed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2000 | 10 |
| 35 | Veddis | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2012 | 9 |
| 36 | VKRM | Los Altos, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2012 | 4 |
| 37 | Outcomes Collective | Austin, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2021 | 5 |
| 38 | Crest Capital Ventures | Houston, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2012 | 3 |
| 39 | SVS Ventures | San Jose, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2015 | 3 |
| 40 | Pinsent Masons | London, United Kingdom | Unattributed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2017 | 2 |
| 41 | iCamp | Solothurn, Switzerland | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2012 | 1 |
| 42 | Random House | United States | Unattributed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2000 | 1 |
| 43 | Prana Studios | Mumbai, India | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2013 | 1 |
| 44 | GSV Advisors | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2013 | 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.
K-12 EdTech companies head-officed in Mountain View that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidaptive kidaptive.com |
11 | 14 | $100.1M | Series C Feb 2018 |
| Tynker tynker.com |
11 | 15 | $75.7M | Series A May 2016 |
| Studypool studypool.com |
5 | 6 | $4.9M | Seed Jun 2015 |
| Kiddom kiddom.co |
4 | 7 | $176.5M | Series C Aug 2021 |
| Ebrary ebrary.com |
3 | 3 | — | Unattributed Oct 2000 |
| Cellabus cellabus.com |
2 | 2 | — | Seed Jan 2015 |
| WeVideo wevideo.com |
1 | 1 | $19.1M | Series A Apr 2012 |
| Academix Direct academixdirect.com |
1 | 1 | $10M | Series A Jan 2009 |
| ZeeMee zeemee.com |
1 | 1 | $5.8M | Series A Oct 2015 |
| Affinity Circles affinitycircles.com |
1 | 1 | $4M | Series A May 2006 |
| Galxyz galxyz.com |
1 | 1 | $3M | Series A May 2015 |
| TumbleFeed tumblefeed.com |
1 | 1 | $2M | Seed Mar 2014 |
| Zoodles zoodles.com |
1 | 1 | $1.5M | Seed May 2010 |
| OpenCurriculum opencurriculum.org |
1 | 1 | $120K | Seed Jun 2014 |
| Yuzu yuzu.com |
1 | 1 | — | Unattributed Mar 2017 |
| Anyadir anyadir.us |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Oct 2013 |
| The PocketLab thepocketlab.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Aug 2015 |
| Vida Systems vidasystems.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2014 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2021 | Owl Ventures | Kiddom | Series C | $35M |
| Aug 2021 | Outcomes Collective | Kiddom | Series C | $35M |
| Aug 2021 | Khosla Ventures | Kiddom | Series C | $35M |
| Aug 2021 | Altos Ventures ManagementLED | Kiddom | Series C | $35M |
| Mar 2018 | Owl VenturesLED | Kiddom | Series B | $15M |
| Mar 2018 | Khosla Ventures | Kiddom | Series B | $15M |
| Feb 2018 | WoongjinThinkBigLED | Kidaptive | Series C | $19.1M |
| Feb 2018 | Formation 8LED | Kidaptive | Series C | $19.1M |
| Jan 2018 | WoongjinThinkBigLED | Kidaptive | Series C | $5M |
| Mar 2017 | Pinsent Masons | Yuzu | Unattributed | — |
| Mar 2017 | Khosla Ventures | Kiddom | Series A | $6.5M |
| May 2016 | CervinLED | Tynker | Series A | $7.1M |
| May 2016 | SuRo Capital | Tynker | Series A | $7.1M |
| May 2016 | New Enterprise Associates | Tynker | Series A | $7.1M |
| May 2016 | Felicis VenturesLED | Tynker | Series A | $7.1M |
| May 2016 | Relay VenturesLED | Tynker | Series A | $7.1M |
| May 2016 | Reach CapitalLED | Tynker | Series A | $7.1M |
| May 2016 | New Ground VenturesLED | Tynker | Series A | $7.1M |
| Oct 2015 | BlueRun VenturesLED | ZeeMee | Series A | $5.8M |
| Aug 2015 | Intel CapitalLED | The PocketLab | Seed | — |
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