# Isabelle Hau

> Isabelle Hau is a seed investor at Stanford University backing Education and EdTech. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Stanford University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stanford-university)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Aug 2018
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelle-hau-a57175/

Isabelle Hau is a seed investor at Stanford University 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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 3 | 60% |
| EdTech | 2 | 40% |
| Children | 1 | 20% |
| Parenting | 1 | 20% |
| Child Care | 1 | 20% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wonderschool | 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 |  |
| ParentPowered | 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 |  |
| Wonderschool | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blue Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-collective) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Brooklyn Bridge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooklyn-bridge-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Edelweiss.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edelweiss-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Outbound Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/outbound-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Plum Alley](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plum-alley-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Stanford University

VC Fund · Stanford, United States

Stanford University is a teaching and research university that focuses on graduate programs in law, medicine, education, and business. Few colleges can match the breadth, excellence, and prestige of Stanford’s academics, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The university is organized into seven schools: Business, Earth Sciences,Education, Engineering, Humanities and Sciences, Law, and Medicine Student life at Stanford is quite active, due in part to the 11,000+ students living on campus. Art is a strong presence at Stanford, fostered by Stanford Lively Arts, the Cantor Center for Visual Arts, and numerous student clubs and organizations. Stanford also features extensive athletic programs, including more than 35 varsity sports and about 20 clubs sports. In order to maintain its high standards, Stanford University has extremely selective admissions. The university admits undergraduates based on a combination of academic achievement, intellectual curiosity, and personal experience. Graduate admissions criteria and application procedures vary based on the program of study. Undergraduates at Stanford have access to a variety of financial aid opportunities, including institutional scholarships, grants from the government, and student employment. Graduate students can receive financial aid through fellowships and grants, but funding is typically not available for master’s students.

5 contacts available at Stanford University.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audrey Maclean | Consulting Associate Professor, School of Eng. | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audrey-maclean |
| Badr Al-Rumaih | Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford Wave Physics Lab | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/badr-al-rumaih |
| Carolyn Bertozzi | Professor of chemistry | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carolyn-bertozzi |
| Christopher Field | Perry L. McCarty Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-field-eb2e |
| Chuck Eesley | Associate Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chuck-eesley |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### When did Isabelle Hau last invest?

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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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