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Pearson Affordable Learning Fund (PALF)

Founders Katelyn Donnelly

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Total investments 10
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 6
Rounds per year 1.00
Lead investments 2
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.40
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Education
  • E-Learning
  • Online Portals
  • Information Technology
  • Internet
Summary

The company was established in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the New York.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Pearson Affordable Learning Fund (PALF), startups are often financed by Ted Dintersmith, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, CyberAgent Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Ted Dintersmith, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, VilCap Investments. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, VilCap Investments, Ted Dintersmith.

This organization was formed by Katelyn Donnelly.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Avanti Learning Centres, SPARK Schools. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are E-Commerce, Apps. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - India.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2016. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

HarukaEdu

Education
Internet
$2M07 Nov 2016 Jakarta Raya

SPARK Schools

Charter Schools
Education
Skill Assessment
$9M19 Oct 2016 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Avanti Learning Centres

E-Learning
Education
Information Technology
$4M09 Feb 2016 Delhi

Karadi Path

Apps
E-Learning
EdTech
Education
$2M17 Nov 2015 Tamil Nadu

Avanti Learning Centres

E-Learning
Education
Information Technology
$728K16 Apr 2015 Delhi

Experifun

E-Learning
Education
Online Portals
$260K19 Sep 2014 Karnataka

Avanti Learning Centres

E-Learning
Education
Information Technology
01 Dec 2013 Delhi

Edwell

Education
Video
28 Nov 2013 India, Uttarakhand, India

Experifun

E-Learning
Education
Online Portals
$75K27 Nov 2013 India, Karnataka

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Total investments 10
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 1.00
Peak activity year 2013
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.40
Group Appearance index 0.70

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

HarukaEdu

Education
Internet
$2M07 Nov 2016 Jakarta Raya

SPARK Schools

Charter Schools
Education
Skill Assessment
$9M19 Oct 2016 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Avanti Learning Centres

E-Learning
Education
Information Technology
$4M09 Feb 2016 Delhi

Karadi Path

Apps
E-Learning
EdTech
Education
$2M17 Nov 2015 Tamil Nadu

Avanti Learning Centres

E-Learning
Education
Information Technology
$728K16 Apr 2015 Delhi

Experifun

E-Learning
Education
Online Portals
$260K19 Sep 2014 Karnataka

Avanti Learning Centres

E-Learning
Education
Information Technology
01 Dec 2013 Delhi

Edwell

Education
Video
28 Nov 2013 India, Uttarakhand, India

Experifun

E-Learning
Education
Online Portals
$75K27 Nov 2013 India, Karnataka
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