Follett Knowledge Fund

Total investments

2

Average round size

2M

Portfolio companies

2

Lead investments

1

Stages of investment
Seed
Areas of investment
E-LearningAppsEdTechEducation

Summary

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 partakers. Despite the Follett Knowledge Fund, startups are often financed by Chuck Templeton, Nessan Fitzmaurice, MATH Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Great Oaks Venture Capital, TAL Education Group, StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund). In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by TAL Education Group, Signe Ostby, Scott Cook.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2015. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight ThinkCERCA. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as EdTech, Education. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
2
Lead investments
1
Investments by industry
  • Education (3)
  • E-Learning (2)
  • EdTech (2)
  • Apps (1)
Investments by region
  • United States (3)
Peak activity year
2014

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Group Appearance index
1.00

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
ClassOwl 22 Jul 2014 Apps, Education Seed 850K United States, California, San Francisco
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