# Deborah Quazzo

> Deborah Quazzo is a seed investor at GSV Ventures (San Francisco) backing Education and EdTech. See 119 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GSV Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsv-acceleration)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 119
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-quazzo-1343554/
- Website: https://chandravanshi.org

Deborah Quazzo is a Managing Partner at GSV Ventures and a Co-founder at ASU+GSV Summit. She was a Founder and Managing Partner at GSV Advisors. He attended Princeton University and Harvard Business School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $790k–$6.9M |
| Series A | $4.7M–$20M |
| Series B | $4.6M–$135M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 50 | 42% |
| EdTech | 39 | 33% |
| E-Learning | 23 | 19% |
| Software | 14 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 7% |

92 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 34 | 29% |
| Series A | 33 | 28% |
| Series B | 14 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 7% |
| Series C | 6 | 5% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 64 | 54% |
| India | 5 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Jordan | 1 | 1% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Training All People | Training All People is a vocational education company that uses tech-enabled, accelerated programs to train people for middle-class careers |  |  | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Ropes | Ropes is a software platform that bridges the gap between technical assessment and real-world performance. | $3.1M | Seed | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Physics Wallah | Physics is . Class 11th, 12th, JEE, NEET preparation. PhysicsWallah aims at providing quality content to every child for free. Live classes, video lectures, test series, lecturewise notes, topicwise assignment with best questions, dynamic exercise and much more. Almost 90% content on this App is for free and will always be. | $175M | Series B | Sep 19, 2024 |  |
| Uplimit | Uplimit is where anyone can learn the most in-demand skills and actually put them to work. Where leading organizations build technical skills at scale. It’s where industry-leading instructors show how they tackle real problems, with real methods. And where the perfect combination of teaching best practices, top practitioners, technology, andcollective peer learning makes real growth accessible to us all. | $11M | Series A | Jul 23, 2024 |  |
| The New Club | The New Club empowers and elevates women in engineering and connect them with the community and careers to excel. | $3.1M | Seed | Mar 13, 2024 |  |
| Kyron Learning | Kyron Learning is an EdTech company that provides equitable access to one-on-one education. | $14.6M | Series A | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| Unmudl | Unmudl is the Skills-to-Jobs™ Marketplace, connects learners and employers via a coast-to-coast network of leading community colleges. Through Unmudl, learners easily access courses and short-term credential programs that lead to jobs. These jobs pay family-supporting wages and contribute directly to the country's economic growth and recovery.Employers use the Unmudl marketplace to source diverse talent directly from courses and programs. | $1M |  | Apr 10, 2023 |  |
| AdmitKard | At AdmitKard we aspire to make global education accessible to every student through the application of digital data and analytics, so that the study abroad admission process becomes fun and hassle free. The company believes that each student deserves an opportunity for a great career and we work towards building a future where the students are atcomfort and ease while taking decisions related to higher education in a different country.The company's platform recommends courses to students from various universities in the country and abroad, as well as using the concept of near-peer mentoring and leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to assist aspirants in decision-making, enabling students to get curated information that is critical for making decisions regarding the choice of university based on their career goals and aspirations.AdmitKard was established on November 15, 2016 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. | $6M | Series A | Feb 20, 2023 |  |
| Dreamscape Learn | Dreamscape Learn is an edtech company focusing on cinematic story-telling, cutting-edge immersive technologies, and advanced pedagogy. They believe that the best educational designs combine multiple pedagogical modalities. Students study; they apply knowledge and concepts; they learn by doing and do in order to learn; they learn through text,lecture, visual and audio media, hands-on experience, and from one another. They create programs and products that connect all of these modes of engagement. | $20M | Series A | Jan 19, 2023 |  |
| Simplilearn | Simplilearn helps professionals across the globe realize their dream careers. As a destination for certification training courses, the company caters to professionals across industries and functions. Through a combination of proven training content, blended delivery model and next-gen customer experience, Simplilearn offers courses that helpprofessionals get the edge they want in their careers. With study centers across the globe, Simplilearn offers 200+ certification courses in Project Management, IT Service Management, Microsoft Certification, Quality Management, Financial Management and more. Rated by Deloitte as the 4th fastest growing technology firm in India and 11th in Asia, and by the IAMAI as the best educational website, the company has trained over 400,000+ professionals across 150+ countries. Simplilearn is the Global Registered Education Provider (REP) of PMI, USA, Accredited Training Organization (ATO) by APMG International, UK, Registered Education Provider (REP) of Scrum Alliance Inc., and Accredited Examination Center (AEC) by EXIN, TUV-SUD, EC Council and PEOPLECERT. In September 2013, Simplilearn raised $10-million in Series B funding from Helion Venture Partners and Kalaari Capital to diversify and expand its course catalog. Simplilearn’s mission is to consistently provide best-in-class training to working professionals through proven content, robust technology and a focus to achieve 100% customer delight. For more information, visit www.simplilearn.com | $45M | Private Equity | Nov 16, 2022 |  |

10 of 119 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Reach Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reach-capital) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Maven Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-ventures-vc) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Rethink Education](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rethink-education) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [WestBridge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/westbridge-capital-b1b0) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Owl Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/owl-ventures-lp) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

## About GSV Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

GSV Ventures is a global venture capital fund focused on the rapidly growing digital education market from Pre-K to Gray. We back early and late stage entrepreneurs transforming the $7 trillion digital education and future of work sectors. Investments include Coursera, ClassDojo, Degreed, and Guild Education. GSV is also the convener of the worldrenowned ASU+GSV Summit. The 11th annual summit gathered 35,000 founders, investors, educators, and policy makers from 135 countries.

5 contacts available at GSV Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Freed | Co-Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-freed |
| Deborah Quazzo | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deborah-quazzo |
| Luben Pampoulov | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luben-pampoulov |
| Michael Cohn | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-cohn-2 |
| Michael Moe | Senior Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-moe |

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## FAQ

### What does Deborah Quazzo invest in?

Deborah Quazzo invests primarily in Education, EdTech and E-Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 119 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 Deborah Quazzo's check size?

Deborah Quazzo typically joins rounds of $790k–$6.9M at Seed, $4.7M–$20M at Series A and $4.6M–$135M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Deborah Quazzo participates in.

### When did Deborah Quazzo last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Deborah Quazzo closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 119 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?

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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