# Bisk Ventures

> Bisk Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Education and EdTech. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bisk-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/biskventures
- Website: http://biskventures.com/

Bisk Ventures is a strategic venture capital firm focused on education technology. Founded by Mike Bisk in 2015, Bisk Ventures leverages Bisk Education’s 20 years of online program management expertise in the higher education space and shares the same mission to amplify the potential of people around the world. Learn more at biskventures.com.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$2.8M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$1.5M |
| Series A | $4M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 13 | 50% |
| EdTech | 7 | 27% |
| Higher Education | 5 | 19% |
| Corporate Training | 5 | 19% |
| Training | 4 | 15% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 46% |
| Series A | 8 | 31% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 50% |
| India | 2 | 8% |
| Kenya | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 4% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Bisk | President | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-bisk-2 |
| George Straschnov | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-straschnov |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LearnTube | CareerNinja provides upskilling and job-oriented courses for college graduates. | $2M | Seed | Oct 08, 2024 |  |
| Craydel | Craydel is transforming the way students and working professionals in Africa discover, compare and apply to higher education. Our online platform has thousands of quality undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational programs offering degrees, diplomas and degrees, certificates from leading universities and colleges in 15 countries around the world.Many of these programs are even available online from the comfort of your home.Craydel makes it easy for you to compare and select the programs and institutions that best fit your career goals, personality, grades and budget. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 07, 2023 |  |
| Nexford University | Nexford University is an online higher education institution that provides degree programs and courses. It offers flexible learning options for students. Nexford University serves various industries, including technology, business, and healthcare. | $8M | Series A | Sep 08, 2022 |  |
| Edukasyon.ph | Edukasyon is an Edtech platform empowering Filipino youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career and life.Edukasyon.ph is an education technology platform in the Philippines. It aims to empower more than 20 million Filipino Gen Z youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career andlife. Its online platform enables students to access senior high schools, colleges and universities, scholarships, online courses, internships, and other learning resources. In partnership with hundreds of educational institutions, corporations and foundations, Edukasyon.ph equips the youth with information to help them create and shape their own paths, as they discover more about themselves and the opportunities available to them. Edukasyon.ph, which also operates the website FindUniversity, www.finduniversity.ph, engages more than 10 million Filipino Gen Z youth each year.Edukasyon.ph is supported in part by impact investors, family offices and angel investors across Asia and Europe, including Mustard Seed, Villgro Philippines, French Partners, KSR Ventures, Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, EduLab Capital Partners, Obunsha Ventures, Alternate Ventures, Foxmont Capital Partners, Lorinet Foundation and First Asia Venture Capital. Edukasyon.ph has received several recognitions for its work, including the 2017 Financial Times / IFC Transformational Business Award for Achievement in Sustainable Development, with a focus on Education, Knowledge and Skills, as well as the 2017 ASEAN Youth Social Entrepreneurship Awards. Edukasyon.ph was also included in the 2016 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Accelerator Program.Launched in 2015, Edukasyon.ph now has a team of more than 90 and is headquartered in Manila, with offices in Cebu and Davao. For more information, visit www.edukasyon.ph. |  | Convertible Note | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| Craydel | Craydel is transforming the way students and working professionals in Africa discover, compare and apply to higher education. Our online platform has thousands of quality undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational programs offering degrees, diplomas and degrees, certificates from leading universities and colleges in 15 countries around the world.Many of these programs are even available online from the comfort of your home.Craydel makes it easy for you to compare and select the programs and institutions that best fit your career goals, personality, grades and budget. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Nov 10, 2021 |  |
| Lynx Educate | An education to employer marketplace to upskill and reskill your workforce | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 29, 2021 |  |
| enguru | Kings Learning is an ed-tech startup funded by Michael & Susan Dell Foundation & Village. Kings Learning aims to provide employability focused English language and communication skills training through innovative technology products. Kings Learning's flagship product, the enguru Spoken English app, already has over 28 lakhs users.Available in 28 languages, enguru teaches you English in mother tongue right from the basics up to more complex industry-specific functional English that improves your employability.Kings Learning runs various app-based and teacher-led programs for corporates, government schools and colleges and training institutes pan India. |  | Seed | Aug 04, 2021 |  |
| Localized | Localized is a talent tech company focusing on early-stage recruitment in growth markets. Companies subscribe to access virtual career fairs and year-round recruitment and universities and talent hubs join to provide students and alumni with access to industry experts and employers. We work with universities in the Middle East, North Africa, India,China and the United States. With 85% of the world's population in emerging markets, our partners know that the future of early-stage talent recruitment is global and online. | $2.2M | Seed | Apr 02, 2021 |  |
| Cialfo | Cialfo is an AI driven solution that brings together people, software, and data to simplify college and career counseling workflows. Students, counselors, parents, college representatives use Cialfo to hope, dream and collaborate. We’re on a mission to make higher education accessible for 100 million students by 2025. Cialfo has offices inWashington DC, Singapore, Shanghai and New Delhi. | $15M | Series A | Feb 05, 2021 |  |
| Adjacent Academies | Adjacent Academies enables liberal arts students to earn college credit while building in-demand tech skills. Adjacent Academies provides liberal arts graduates with courses to improve the skills, networks, and opportunities to thrive in the technological transformation world. | $2.1M | Seed | Jan 21, 2020 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Bisk Ventures invest in?

Bisk Ventures invests primarily in Education, EdTech and Higher Education startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bisk Ventures's check size?

Bisk Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$2.8M at Seed, $1M–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $4M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bisk Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Bisk Ventures?

Public channels for Bisk Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Bisk Ventures?

The team at Bisk Ventures includes Mike Bisk (President) and George Straschnov (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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