Jim Lobdell
Venture Partner @ Reach Capital
Portola Valley, United States
Jim Lobdell is a seed investor at Reach Capital in Portola Valley focused on Education and E-Learning. Jim Lobdell - Venture Partner @ Reach Capital
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 57%
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 5 (71%)
- E-Learning 2 (29%)
- B2B 1 (14%)
- News 1 (14%)
- EdTech 1 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (57%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (29%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| 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 | ||
| BookNook is a provider of synchronous learning technology and virtual high dosage tutoring, supporting hundreds of school districts in their efforts to provide scaled programs for k-8 reading and math that are fun, rigorous, and effective. It has quickly spread across schools and after-school programs. | $2M / Seed / Apr 11, 2018 | ||
| TeachFX’s mission is to promote more meaningful and equitable classroom dialogue by superpowering teachers’ work — using machine learning technology to provide educators with regular, automated feedback on their practice. | $350K / Pre-Seed / Jun 13, 2017 | ||
| BookNook is a provider of synchronous learning technology and virtual high dosage tutoring, supporting hundreds of school districts in their efforts to provide scaled programs for k-8 reading and math that are fun, rigorous, and effective. It has quickly spread across schools and after-school programs. | $1.2M / Seed / Jun 06, 2017 | ||
| Kaymbu is the iPad-based teacher documentation system to capture the essence of classroom activities and strengthen relationships between home and school. Teachers use Kaymbu to record photos and video of important classroom activities. | $1.5M / Seed / Mar 06, 2017 | ||
| Breathe For Change empowers educators to enhance well-being in their lives, classrooms, and school communities. Their worldwide community is creating an education system that values and unleashes the full potential of every student and teacher. | $337.5K / Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| WriteLab is an online writing platform offering immediate, objective, and constructive responses to any writer's prose. WriteLab utilizes probability and statistics to identify patterns in each writer's choices. Writers can accept or reject suggestions, and WriteLab learns continuously from these choices, customizing its algorithms tosuit users' preferences. Users receive customized feedback, generating powerful analytics.The platform designed for high school and higher education students that provide specific feedback and editing suggestions to uploaded essays Student users can share drafts with instructors on WriteLab, and instructors can read and respond to students' writing and leave comments of their own. It addresses these issues by offering immediate editorial assistance at any time. | $2.1M / Seed / Nov 12, 2015 |
Co-Investors
About Reach Capital
Reach Capital invests in exceptional founders who elevate human potential and ignite purpose across learning, health, and work. Since 2015, we’ve backed hundreds of visionary entrepreneurs building technologies that expand access to opportunity — from a child’s first learning experience to pathways toward economic mobility and wellbeing. Our belief is that when people are equipped to grow their skills, nurture relationships, and find meaning in what they do, communities thrive.
Reach Capital Contacts
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Enzo Cavalie
Investment Associate
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Jennifer Wu
Venture Partner
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Jim Lobdell
Venture Partner
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Tony Wan
Head of Investor Content
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Chian Gong
Partner
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What does Jim Lobdell invest in?
Jim Lobdell invests primarily in Education, E-Learning and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Jim Lobdell closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 7 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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