Isabelle Hau
Partner, Imaginable Futures, Head of US Education @ Omidyar Network
San Francisco, United States
Isabelle Hau is a seed investor at Omidyar Network in San Francisco focused on Education and EdTech. Isabelle Hau is the Executive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning of Stanford University. He previously worked at Imaginable Futures as a Partner. Isabelle Hau attended Harvard Business School.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Isabelle Hau invests in
Stages Isabelle Hau invests in
Countries Isabelle Hau invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 3 (60%)
- EdTech 2 (40%)
- Children 1 (20%)
- Parenting 1 (20%)
- Child Care 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (40%)
- Series A 2 (40%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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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 | ||
| Leveraging insights from the behavioral sciences and trends in consumer technology, ParentPowered is changing the way families receive educational support by breaking down the complexity of educational topics into bite-sized pieces. Through widespread technologies, the company is able to support even the hardest to reach parents continuously overtime. ParentPowered’s first product, Ready4K, is an evidence-based birth through 3rd grade family engagement curriculum delivered via text messages that builds on foundational research conducted by the company's founder, Benjamin N. York, Ph.D. | $3.7M / Seed / Jan 17, 2018 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Tinkergarten® provides the best early childhood education in the healthiest classroom of all—the outdoors. We match families with leaders in their local community who offer activity-based kids classes that help them develop the skills that matter most—all while having fun! | $5.4M / Series A / Aug 08, 2017 | ||
| Tinkergarten® provides the best early childhood education in the healthiest classroom of all—the outdoors. We match families with leaders in their local community who offer activity-based kids classes that help them develop the skills that matter most—all while having fun! | $1.2M / Seed / Mar 18, 2016 |
Co-Investors
About Omidyar Network
Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, and his wife, Pam, established Omidyar Network based on the belief that every person has the potential to make a difference. Since 2004, they have worked with their partners to create opportunities for people to tap that potential, enabling them to improve their lives and make powerful contributions to theircommunities.They support, scale, and champion the work of their partners in order to maximize social impact. As a philanthropic investment firm, they make both investments and grants, identifying like-minded organizations that they support, help scale, and collaborate with to help realize their full potential. Their efforts are organized around two investment initiatives Access to Capital, and Media, Markets and Transparency.
Omidyar Network Contacts
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Aviva Aminova
Associate General Counsel
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Pierre Omidyar
Founding Partner, Co-Founder, and Chairman
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Allen Babaran
Director Of Information Technology
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Andrew Brennen
Associate
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Ashley Beckner
Principal, Education Investments
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What does Isabelle Hau invest in?
Isabelle Hau invests primarily in Education, EdTech and Children 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 most recent investment recorded for Isabelle Hau closed in Aug 2018. Shizune tracks 5 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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