Edelweiss.vc
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Edelweiss.vc is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on EdTech and Education. Edelweiss is a venture fund started by angel entrepreneurs and angel investors, Lee Jacobs, Elaine Wherry, Todd Masonis, and Brian Balfour. Their strategy is to find very early companies, many of which are unlikely or unobvious bets, and help them get started. They work hand-in-hand with entrepreneurs to refine early strategy, growth goals,team-building, and pitch development. Most of their investments come through their network or personal introductions.Founded in 2015, the firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries Edelweiss.vc invests in
Stages Edelweiss.vc invests in
Countries Edelweiss.vc invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Elaine Wherry
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Investment Focus
Industry
- EdTech 2 (40%)
- Education 2 (40%)
- Legal 1 (20%)
- FinTech 1 (20%)
- Payments 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (40%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Series F 1 (20%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Country
- United States 2 (40%)
- India 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Balfour
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
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Elaine Wherry
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
J. Todd Masonis
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Lee Jacobs
Founder and Managing Partner
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Founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 23 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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BYJU'S
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BYJU’S is a global ed-tech company that provides highly adaptive, engaging, and effective learning solutions to more than 150 million students around the world. Founded in India in 2011, BYJU's mission is to make high-quality learning accessible to students everywhere.The BYJU's family of brands includes Disney-BYJU's Early Learn,BYJU's FutureSchool, Epic!, Osmo, Tynker, Toppr, and WhiteHat Jr., along with the company’s beloved flagship product, BYJU's: The Learning App. Together, BYJU's solutions support pre-K–12 education and a wide range of competitive exams.BYJU’S delivers a world-class learning experience with tools that sit at the crossroads of mobile, interactive content, and personalized learning methodologies. Byju's geography-agnostic solutions and 12,000+ teachers make learning engaging with visual and contextual programs that adapt to the unique learning style, skill level, and pace of each student. In addition, BYJU’S has innovative partnerships with some of the world's largest companies, including Disney and Google, to drive engagement and help even more students become active and lifelong learners.BYJU’S is backed by blue-chip investors including the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Sequoia Capital, Bond Capital, Silver Lake, BlackRock, Sands Capital Management, Alkeon Capital Management, Sofina, Verlinvest, Tencent, Prosus (previously Naspers Ventures), CPPIB, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Qatar Investment Authority, Owl Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Times Internet, Aarin Capital, and IFC. Since 2017, BYJU’S has completed more than 15 acquisitions, including companies in the U.S., UK, Austria, India, and Singapore. A 2021 Time 100 Most Influential Company, BYJU’S is headquartered in India, with operations in more than 21 countries globally and learning programs in more than 8 languages. | $362.1M / Series F / Oct 04, 2021 | |
Wonderschool
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Started in 2016 by a group of educators and technologists in California, Wonderschool offers a platform where people can start infant and toddler programs and preschools out of their homes.Wonderschool supports experienced educators and childcare providers to start their own childcares or preschools out of their homes, whether they live inapartments, condos, or homes that they rent or own.Wonderschool provides assistance with licensing, program setup, marketing and everything in between. The company’s software platform allows teachers to manage their students, parents, and their program from one dashboard. Along with this, Wonderschool has built a marketplace for parents to search Wonderschool programs, schedule visits, enroll their children, and make payments.It’s been proven time and time again that children should start developing cognitive, motor, behavioral, and social skills from as early as 6 months and Wonderschool is committed to increasing families’ access to high quality care and learning environments for children. | $20M / Series A / Aug 10, 2018 | |
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Wonderschool
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Started in 2016 by a group of educators and technologists in California, Wonderschool offers a platform where people can start infant and toddler programs and preschools out of their homes.Wonderschool supports experienced educators and childcare providers to start their own childcares or preschools out of their homes, whether they live inapartments, condos, or homes that they rent or own.Wonderschool provides assistance with licensing, program setup, marketing and everything in between. The company’s software platform allows teachers to manage their students, parents, and their program from one dashboard. Along with this, Wonderschool has built a marketplace for parents to search Wonderschool programs, schedule visits, enroll their children, and make payments.It’s been proven time and time again that children should start developing cognitive, motor, behavioral, and social skills from as early as 6 months and Wonderschool is committed to increasing families’ access to high quality care and learning environments for children. | $2.1M / Jan 09, 2018 | |
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Wonderschool
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Started in 2016 by a group of educators and technologists in California, Wonderschool offers a platform where people can start infant and toddler programs and preschools out of their homes.Wonderschool supports experienced educators and childcare providers to start their own childcares or preschools out of their homes, whether they live inapartments, condos, or homes that they rent or own.Wonderschool provides assistance with licensing, program setup, marketing and everything in between. The company’s software platform allows teachers to manage their students, parents, and their program from one dashboard. Along with this, Wonderschool has built a marketplace for parents to search Wonderschool programs, schedule visits, enroll their children, and make payments.It’s been proven time and time again that children should start developing cognitive, motor, behavioral, and social skills from as early as 6 months and Wonderschool is committed to increasing families’ access to high quality care and learning environments for children. | $2M / Seed / Jun 19, 2017 | |
Headnote
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Headnote is a venture-backed technology company that makes payment and accounts receivable ("AR") automation software for the legal industry. It’s as easy as PayPal or Venmo, but made specifically for the law firms and 100% compliant with all the rules governing online payments for lawyers federally and in all 50 states. Headnote allowslaw firms of any size to quickly modernize how they get paid resulting in dramatically faster payment times and collection rates. The average law firm in the US gets paid in 60 to 94 days, while Headnote customers get paid in 4 days on average. Headnote also automates how law firms track, manage, and oversee their AR and collection efforts, processes that have traditionally been manual, outdated, and time consuming. Headnote has it's headquarters in San Francisco, California and an additional office in New York. Headnote powers compliant ePayments for hundreds of US law firms as well as numerous non-competitive legal software partners. | Seed / Apr 01, 2017 |
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FAQ
What does Edelweiss.vc invest in?
Edelweiss.vc invests primarily in EdTech, Education and Legal startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Edelweiss.vc includes Brian Balfour (Co-Founder), Elaine Wherry (Co-Founder) and J. Todd Masonis (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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