# Bridget Duru

> Bridget Duru is a seed investor at Rethink Education (New York). See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rethink Education](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rethink-education)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bridget-duru-1542b661

Bridget Duru is an Investor and Associate at Rethink Education and was a Senior Associate at EY-Parthenon. She attended Brown University.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Understood Care | Understood Care provides virtual patient advocates for Medicare beneficiaries to simplify healthcare navigation. These advocates assist with tasks like scheduling appointments, arranging transportation. | $5M | Seed | Mar 16, 2026 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Zeal Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zeal-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Rethink Education

VC Fund · White Plains, United States

Rethink Education is a venture capital fund focused exclusively on education technology that invests in early- and growth-stage start-ups looking to scale their solutions both domestically and across the globe.

5 contacts available at Rethink Education.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andre Bennin | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dre-bennin |
| Bridget Duru | Investor and Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bridget-duru |
| David Bramble | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-bramble-4c4f |
| Kurt Hackett | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurt-hackett-08b3 |
| Matthew Greenfield | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-greenfield |

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## FAQ

### When did Bridget Duru last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bridget Duru closed in Mar 2026. 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.

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