# A.L. Mailman Foundation

> A.L. Mailman Foundation is a VC fund backing EdTech, FinTech and Big Data. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

A.L. Mailman Foundation is a VC fund focused on EdTech and FinTech. The A.L. Mailman Family Foundation provides grants to improve the early care and education of young children.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 100% |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Big Data | 1 | 100% |
| Impact Investing | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sixup | SIXUP is a for-profit technology company innovating the way to provide scalable financing and digital wrap-around support to high-achieving, low-income students who are underfunded and underserved. Through a systems-based approach, we aggregate, underwrite, fund, and produce a new asset (talent) class called Future-Prime that represents 7M studentsand $30-100 billion in volume annually. Sixup is venture-backed with $14M in equity to-date from investors such as Collaboration Capital (Lykes Family Office), Rethink Education, Learn Capital, Kellogg Foundation, and Western Technology Investment. Sixup has raised $41M in lending and grant capital from investors such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Prudential, Kellogg Foundation, Woodcock Foundation, and several family offices and impact investors. It has partnered with community-based, advocacy, and ecosystem partners such as KIPP, Christo Rey, Genesys Works, Scholarships.com, Edvisors, and National College Access Network (NCAN). Sixup is a for-profit, public benefit corporation based in San Francisco, and operational as a consumer lender in 18 states. | $1M | Debt Financing | May 15, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Deutsche Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deutsche-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does A.L. Mailman Foundation invest in?

A.L. Mailman Foundation invests primarily in EdTech, FinTech and Big Data startups, most often at Debt Financing stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did A.L. Mailman Foundation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for A.L. Mailman Foundation closed in May 2016. Shizune tracks 1 investment in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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