# Edovate Capital

> Edovate Capital is a VC fund in Denver backing Education and EdTech. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Denver, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edovate-capital
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/grahamforman
- Website: http://www.edovatecapital.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edovatecapital

Edovate Capital is a seed and early stage venture capital company that invests in the education sector.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Edovate Capital. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Edovate Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/edovate-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $650k–$7M |
| Series A | $7.5M–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 8 | 53% |
| EdTech | 6 | 40% |
| Software | 5 | 33% |
| E-Learning | 3 | 20% |
| FinTech | 2 | 13% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 73% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 73% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Norway | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Graham Forman | Founder and Managing Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graham-forman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clayful | Preventative mental health support for the TikTok generation. | $7M | Seed | Nov 30, 2023 |  |
| Curipod | Curipod is an interactive presentation software for education, meetings, and workshops. Curipod allows teachers to create their own slides or upload an existing presentation. Curipod enables teachers to capture students' voices through polls, word clouds, open questions, drawings, and Q&A. | $4.6M | Seed | Sep 14, 2023 |  |
| SmartPass | SmartPass helps teachers and principals coordinate student movement throughout the school day. School schedules are more dynamic than ever. Rotating classes, advisory periods, pull-out interventions, and counseling sessions are just a few examples of managing traffic and teacher capacity. SmartPass unlocks communication across classrooms, increasessafety, and integrates directly with SIS platforms to ensure students and teachers can focus on learning instead of logistics. |  | Seed | Jun 16, 2023 |  |
| Novel Capital | Novel Capital’s fintech funding platform breaks down the traditional growth barriers faced by today’s B2B software companies. Their tech-first approach makes it easy for customers to leverage future recurring revenue for immediate access to non-dilutive capital. Paired with online data-driven insights and curated learning resources, the Novelplatform empowers entrepreneurs to capitalize on their momentum. |  | Seed | Jul 18, 2022 |  |
| Edlink | Edlink provides two-way connections for e-learning and companies and publishers to tackle challenges like single-sign-on (SSO), content integration, and grade pass-back. The company was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States. | $2M | Seed | May 13, 2022 |  |
| EveryDay Labs | EveryDay Labs unites behavioral science, data science, and family engagement to reduce chronic absenteeism while empowering educators to optimize student supports districtwide. | $8M | Series A | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| Rhithm | Rhithm is a wellness check-in tool. The platform selects an ideal 1-2 minute activity video to regulate well-being based on user given data from a simple emoji assessment. This data is available on dashboards to reflect and connect with as desired at the campus, district/network and state levels. | $4M | Seed | May 18, 2021 |  |
| EveryDay Labs | EveryDay Labs unites behavioral science, data science, and family engagement to reduce chronic absenteeism while empowering educators to optimize student supports districtwide. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 30, 2020 |  |
| PAPER | Paper is a developer of an educational platform designed to make personalized tutoring available to all students. It provides tutoring, after-school enrichment, and college and career resources to support students at every step of their academic journey. The platform connects students with a certified educator who can answer questions and providecontextualized feedback on exactly where the student went wrong in the learning process. | $7.5M | Series A | Mar 11, 2020 |  |
| Swing Education | Swing provides substitute teachers to fill hard-to-fill staff absences. On average, U.S. students spend 5% of the typical school year with substitute teachers, which translates to over 6 months of their K-12 school career.Failing to fill a substitute teacher opening not only impacts students, but causes teachers, school leaders, andadministrators to shuffle around to cover gaps. There's also the time administrators spend on the logistical issues of finding, recruiting, screening, scheduling, and paying contract substitute teachers. Swing's marketplace helps schools cover hard-to-fill absences by seamlessly providing substitute teachers on-demand. | $15M | Series B | Jul 11, 2018 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Reach Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reach-capital) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Red House Education](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-house-education) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kapor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapor-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ulu Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ulu-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Allied Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allied-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Edovate Capital invest in?

Edovate Capital invests primarily in Education, EdTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 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 Edovate Capital's check size?

Edovate Capital typically joins rounds of $650k–$7M at Seed and $7.5M–$8M 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 Edovate Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Edovate Capital?

Public channels for Edovate Capital 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 Edovate Capital?

The team at Edovate Capital includes Graham Forman (Founder and 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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