Edventures
VC Fund
Boise, United States
Edventures is a VC fund in Boise focused on Books and EdTech. The PCS Edventures story began in 1988 in the garage of a rural Idaho school teacher, Patrick McShane. The founder had a remarkable vision of providing students with a hands-on learning experience. Following this vision, PCS opened and operated experiential learning centers throughout the Western US.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Edventures invests in
Stages Edventures invests in
Countries Edventures invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Books 1 (20%)
- EdTech 1 (20%)
- Internet 1 (20%)
- Shipping 1 (20%)
- Training 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (60%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (20%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (20%)
Country
- Egypt 3 (60%)
- Saudi Arabia 1 (20%)
- The Netherlands 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jim Schmidt
Team Member
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Team Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Kellie Dean
Team Member
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Team Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Patrick McShane
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Todd Hackett
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Sprints
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Sprints graduates exceptional techies, not just to be employable locally, but to compete globally At Sprints, we promise a "Guaranteed-Hiring" learning journey where learners only pay when hired. With a community of 100K+ techies, Sprints is the ultimate platform for employers to assess, hire, and pay their global tech talents! | $3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 26, 2024 | |
Crafty Workshop
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Crafty Workshop offers an arsenal of online technical and pedagogical workshops and courses aimed at artisans and craftspeople. | $400K / Seed / Oct 18, 2023 | |
OTO Courses
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OTO Course is an online digital learning platform that provides online English courses. | Seed / Sep 15, 2018 | |
OTO
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OTO is an All-in-one Shipping Management Software for Online Businesses & OmniChannel Brands to Ship, Manage, Track, Return & Analyze their online orders with 200+ Shipping Carriers from 1 consolidated dashboard.OTO's SaaS solution helps businesses to automate and streamline all their shipping operations through combined 6 systemsincluding: Order Management System (OMS), Warehouse Management System (WMS), Last-Mile Management System (LMS), Drivers Management System (DMS), Returns Management System (RMS) & Customer Notification System (CNS). On the other hand, their Aggregator solution helps the the small and medium businesses (SMBs) selling online or offline to buy local and international shipping labels directly from OTO with no contracts needed with the shipping carriers with the best rates available in the market.OTO's solutions were designed to help their clients ship faster, cheaper and better, but saving them thousands of hours and millions in operational costs. | Seed / Jan 01, 2018 | |
Books Bike
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Books Bike is moving library and the goal is to spread reading culture in every place. They chose to make a moving tricycle with books and began to roam it in residential places, malls, universities, and schools in Cairo. They have 5 bikes, 3 of them are located in fixed places and 2 still rotate across areas. The bike sells books in severallanguages and many genres including arts, history, literature, and kids books. In fact, the bike targets children especially, as it has a specially-designed shelf in the kids' sight level, so that they can easily see and chose from all the books meant for them. The Book Bike Facebook page also contains short descriptions about selected books for their audience to become acquainted with before purchasing. Book Bike also aims to break the wrong habit of purchasing illegally copied books from street vendors which is violates the publisher's copyrights. They also have a delivery service throughout the Cairo area, within three days. | Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2018 |
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FAQ
What does Edventures invest in?
Edventures invests primarily in Books, EdTech and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Egypt. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Edventures?
The team at Edventures includes Jim Schmidt (Team Member), Kellie Dean (Team Member) and Patrick McShane (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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