# Arizona State University

> Arizona State University is a VC fund backing EdTech and Higher Education. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Phoenix, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/arizona-state-university/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/asu
- Website: http://www.asu.edu/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arizonastateuniversity/

Arizona State University is a VC fund in Phoenix focused on EdTech and Higher Education. Arizona State University creates an institution that is committed to excellence, access and impact. ASU measures itself by those it includes, not by those it excludes. ASU pursues research that contributes to the public good, and ASU assumes major responsibility for the economic, social and cultural vitality of the communities that surround it.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Arizona State University. Shizune tracks 18 team members at Arizona State University. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/arizona-state-university?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 2 | 33% |
| Higher Education | 2 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 33% |
| Medical | 1 | 17% |
| Consumer | 1 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Grant | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 83% |
| South Korea | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Craig Hardgrove | Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-hardgrove |
| Dan Gillmor | Professor | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-gillmor |
| Gemma Garcia | Instructional Designer Sr. | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gemma-garcia |
| Park Howell | Professor of Storytelling, Executive Master's for Sustainability Leadership | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/park-howell |
| Shaun Calvin | Lead Server Administrator | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shaun-calvin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Purity ReSource | Purity ReSource provides solvent wastewater recovery systems and hazardous equipment cleaning services to the semiconductor industry. |  | Grant | Mar 10, 2025 |  |
| Intramotev | Intramotev Autonomous Rail manufactures autonomous zero-emissions rail vehicles to advance the future of freight movement. Intramotev's vehicles provide efficient and cost-effective movement of materials across specialized private railroads for mines, manufacturing facilities, ports, and more that is autonomous and fully battery-electric,enabling rail and mining industries to get lower emissions than diesel-electric locomotives and diesel trucks, shorter stopping distance, and steeper grade capability than existing trains. | $14.4M | Series A | Aug 15, 2024 |  |
| Mediwhale | Medi Whale seeks to achieve sustainable healthcare where every eye can truly be the window to one’s health with our world's first-of-its-kind 1-stop AI screening platform solution for cardiovascular, renal, metabolic risk assessment, and eye disease diagnosis. Our AI Platform was developed through several clinical collaborations (Korea,Singapore, India, UK, and other European datasets) using structured longitudinal event-based datasets for the development of our retinal biomarker engines. RetiCVD® (cardiovascular disease risk assessment): Developed using coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, CAC is recognized as the gold standard for precise CVD risk calculation. Our CVD engine predicts the presence of CAC and provides a stratified probabilistic risk based on US ASCVD and EU SCORE guidelines.RetiCKD® (chronic kidney disease risk assessment): Developed using eGFR and full lab panel, our CKD engine has been demonstrated to achieve better predictive capability as compared to eGFR or full panel analysis.RetiEYE®: Referable Eye Disease engine detects and flags common aging-related eye modalities such as diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, and cataract at its referable disease state.Medi Whale retinal-based systemic biomarkers have been clinically demonstrated to be non-inferior to current gold standards and are recognized by clinical and scientific communities with two Lancet Digital Health publications. | $9M | Series A | Apr 18, 2023 |  |
| AstrumU | AstrumU is creating a new paradigm for the ‘Learn+Work’ Lifecycle based on outcomes. The 'AstrumU Platform' provides predictive insights by using artificial intelligence to translate data from students, schools and employers—delivering meaningful and lasting careers discovered through facts, not fortune. | $2.2M | Seed | Jun 28, 2019 |  |
| Quinncia | Quinncia is an AI-based career development platform that helps students improve interview skills, polish resumes and find jobs. With the mission to make career development a part of academic curriculum, Quinncia allows career service to scale their offerings allowing each student to get personalized feedback on their resume and interviewing skills.Quinncia then connects students to potential employers who use Quinncia's AI to conduct first-round interviews. Quinncia was founded in 2015 by Himal Ahuja and Steve Farthing. | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 16, 2019 |  |
| Knack | Knack is an online tutoring platform enabling higher education institutions to supplement existing academic support services and create a more personalized, equitable, and accessible support experience for every student at scale: from freshman through senior year. Its goal is to empower campuses with 21st-century technology that transforms academicsupport services into high-impact, skill-building interactions to reach historically underserved students on campus. | $1.7M | Seed | Oct 31, 2018 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Advantage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advantage-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alpaca VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpaca-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Band Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/band-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BIEGLER & ASSOCIATES, PC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/biegler-associates-pc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bisk Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bisk-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Arizona State University invest in?

Arizona State University invests primarily in EdTech, Higher Education and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Arizona State University?

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### Who are the partners at Arizona State University?

The team at Arizona State University includes Craig Hardgrove (Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration), Dan Gillmor (Professor) and Gemma Garcia (Instructional Designer Sr.), among 18 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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