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Rethink Education

Founders Matt Greenfield Richard Segal Rini Greenfield

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Total investments 127
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$7M
Portfolio companies 82
Rounds per year 10.58
Lead investments 17
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.35
Exits 14
Key employees 6
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Education
  • EdTech
  • Software
  • E-Learning
  • Internet
Summary

Rethink Education is the famous VC, which was founded in 2012. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the White Plains.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The typical startup value when the investment from Rethink Education is 100-500 millions dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2014. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 16 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually. This Rethink Education works on 18 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Rethink Education, startups are often financed by NewSchools Venture Fund, Learn Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Learn Capital, Reach Capital, Kapor Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by NewSchools Venture Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Owl Ventures.

The fund was created by Matt Greenfield, Richard Segal. The overall number of key employees were 6.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline EVERFI, Degreed, Sixup Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Analytics, SaaS. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MagicSchool AI

Artificial Intelligence
E-Learning
EdTech
Education
$2M28 Aug 2023 Denver, Colorado, United States

Eduvanz

Consumer Lending
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
$13M26 Dec 2022 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

NotedSource

EdTech
Professional Services
Sustainability
$2M31 Oct 2022 New York, New York, United States

American Prison Data Systems

Education
Information Technology
Mobile
SaaS
Software
$7M12 Jul 2022 New York, New York, United States

Cinematic Health Education

Consulting
E-Learning
Health Care
Training
$4M22 Jun 2022 Somerset, New Jersey, United States

CareAcademy

Education
Health Care
Home Health Care
Training
$20M08 Jun 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Teal

Career Planning
Drones
Manufacturing
Personal Development
Product Design
Professional Services
Robotics
Software
$6M06 Jun 2022 New York, New York, United States

Meaningful Gigs

Human Resources
Product Design
Skill Assessment
$6M18 Mar 2022 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Vivvi

CRM
Education
Information Technology
$15M16 Jan 2022 New York, New York, United States
News
Anthill Raises $3M in Seed Funding

– Anthill is a Chicago, IL-based talent management platform designed for the deskless workforce.
– The company raised $3m in seed funding.
– The round was led by Rethink Education with participation from Origin Ventures, BBG Ventures, The Fund, JFF (Jobs for the Future), and more.
– The new investment will be used to continue to expand operations and its business reach.

Pathstream Receives Funding

– Pathstream from SF announced an investment from impact investors including Citi, Strada Education Network, and New Markets Venture Partners, alongside participation from existing investors HCM, Entangled Ventures, and Rethink Education.
– The company offers online certificate programs that prepare adult learners for in-demand jobs.

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Total investments 127
Average round size 7M
Rounds per year 10.58
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 17
Follow on index 0.35
Exits 14
Group Appearance index 0.87

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MagicSchool AI

Artificial Intelligence
E-Learning
EdTech
Education
$2M28 Aug 2023 Denver, Colorado, United States

Eduvanz

Consumer Lending
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
$13M26 Dec 2022 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

NotedSource

EdTech
Professional Services
Sustainability
$2M31 Oct 2022 New York, New York, United States

American Prison Data Systems

Education
Information Technology
Mobile
SaaS
Software
$7M12 Jul 2022 New York, New York, United States

Cinematic Health Education

Consulting
E-Learning
Health Care
Training
$4M22 Jun 2022 Somerset, New Jersey, United States

CareAcademy

Education
Health Care
Home Health Care
Training
$20M08 Jun 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Teal

Career Planning
Drones
Manufacturing
Personal Development
Product Design
Professional Services
Robotics
Software
$6M06 Jun 2022 New York, New York, United States

Meaningful Gigs

Human Resources
Product Design
Skill Assessment
$6M18 Mar 2022 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Vivvi

CRM
Education
Information Technology
$15M16 Jan 2022 New York, New York, United States
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