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LuminaFoundation

Founders Robert C. Dickeson

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Total investments 55
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 47
Rounds per year 2.29
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.15
Exits 1
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Education
  • Non Profit
  • Higher Education
  • EdTech
  • Enterprise Software
Summary

The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Indianapolis. The company was established in North America in United States.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Civitas Learning, CareAcademy, Viridis Learning For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are SaaS, Education.

The current fund was established by Robert C. Dickeson.

The important activity for fund was in 2019. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 2 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Comparing to the other companies, this LuminaFoundation performs on 20 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the LuminaFoundation, startups are often financed by Rethink Education, Techstars, New Markets Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are University Ventures, New Markets Venture Partners, Lion Brothers Company. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by University Ventures, New Markets Venture Partners, Lion Brothers Company.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Mentor Collective

EdTech
Education
Enterprise Software
Higher Education
$21M24 Jan 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Upswing

EdTech
Higher Education
Software
$5M30 Mar 2021 Austin, Texas, United States

Noodle Partners

EdTech
Education
$16M09 Jun 2020 New York, United States

E-Learning
Education
Internet
$7M27 Feb 2020 Austin, Texas, United States

Mentor Collective

EdTech
Education
Enterprise Software
Higher Education
$3M05 Sep 2019 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Bitwise Industries

Coworking
Education
Human Resources
Software
Training
$27M19 Jun 2019 Fresno, California, United States

Upswing

EdTech
Higher Education
Software
$2M20 May 2019 Austin, Texas, United States

Credly

Education
Enterprise Software
Internet
SaaS
Training
$11M24 Apr 2019 New York, United States

Edovo

EdTech
Education
Knowledge Management
$9M06 Apr 2018 Chicago, Illinois, United States
News
Acadeum Raises $5M in Funding

– Acadeum, an Austin, Texas-based creator of a course sharing platform, raised $5m in funding.
– Backers included Rethink Education, Socratic Ventures, Lumina Foundation and LearnStart.
– Course Share™ is a marketplace for online college courses to form course-sharing consortia and to allow students to access courses from hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities.

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Total investments 55
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 2.29
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.15
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.36

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Mentor Collective

EdTech
Education
Enterprise Software
Higher Education
$21M24 Jan 2022 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Upswing

EdTech
Higher Education
Software
$5M30 Mar 2021 Austin, Texas, United States

Noodle Partners

EdTech
Education
$16M09 Jun 2020 New York, United States

E-Learning
Education
Internet
$7M27 Feb 2020 Austin, Texas, United States

Mentor Collective

EdTech
Education
Enterprise Software
Higher Education
$3M05 Sep 2019 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Bitwise Industries

Coworking
Education
Human Resources
Software
Training
$27M19 Jun 2019 Fresno, California, United States

Upswing

EdTech
Higher Education
Software
$2M20 May 2019 Austin, Texas, United States

Credly

Education
Enterprise Software
Internet
SaaS
Training
$11M24 Apr 2019 New York, United States

Edovo

EdTech
Education
Knowledge Management
$9M06 Apr 2018 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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