# Ashley Beckner

> Ashley Beckner is a seed investor at Imaginable Futures backing Education and STEM Education. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Imaginable Futures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imaginable-futures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-beckner-63266615

Ashley Beckner is a former elementary school operator and recovering finance professional who joined Imaginable Futures and Omidyar Network to drive progress toward the vital importance of early experiences and brain development as the foundation for lifelong success.Prior, Ashley built and ran the non-instructional side of Bricolage Academy, aninnovative, socioeconomically diverse, startup charter elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana, as its founding director of finance, strategy, and operations. Ashley also spent a summer as an Education Pioneers Fellow with the Silicon Schools Fund.What she says about her Bricolage experience, “I was on the founding team, launching a school in New Orleans, Louisiana that was socioeconomically and racially diverse by design. We were in every sense a startup, but we had 75 5-year-olds show up every day, and it was the only kindergarten year those children would ever have, so we had to deliver. We worked hard, and the school grew and thrived. It was the hardest work I have ever done, on many levels, but also the most fulfilling.”Ashley began her career at Morgan Stanley as an investment banking analyst focused on the real estate sector and as a special projects associate working on a series of internal company projects.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 1 | 100% |
| STEM Education | 1 | 100% |
| Higher Education | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MathTalk | MathTalk inspires adults and kids, particularly those in economically-distressed communities, to enjoy math. | $1.9M | Seed | Oct 27, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amfam-institute-impact-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boston Impact Initiative (BII)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boston-impact-initiative) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Community Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/community-impact-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Imaginable Futures

VC Fund · Redwood City, United States

Imaginable Futures (IF) is a global philanthropic investment firm that believes learning has the power to unlock human potential and aspires to provide every learner with the opportunity and the tools they need to imagine, and to realize, a brighter future. By taking a systems approach to solving complex education challenges, IF works acrosspublic, private and social sectors to bring to life transformational ideas in local, national and global contexts for learners of all ages. With a deep commitment to on-the-ground partnership and co-creation with those we serve, Imaginable Futures is empowering learners, families and communities to be the changemakers of the future. Established in 2020 and managed by a global team, Imaginable Futures has invested $200 million in more than 100 partners across Africa, Latin America and the United States, as well as in India with sister organization, Omidyar Network India. Imaginable Futures is a venture of The Omidyar Group, and is founded and funded by Pierre and Pam Omidyar.

5 contacts available at Imaginable Futures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nathalie Zogbi | Prinicpal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathalie-zogbi |
| Samuel Mugacha | Principal Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samuel-mugacha |
| Amy Klement | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-klement |
| Ashley Beckner | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashley-beckner |
| Enyi Okebugwu | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enyi-okebugwu |

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## FAQ

### What does Ashley Beckner invest in?

Ashley Beckner invests primarily in Education, STEM Education and Higher Education startups, most often at Seed 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 Ashley Beckner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ashley Beckner closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments 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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