# Stride

> Stride is a VC fund in Herndon backing Education and EdTech. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herndon, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 56%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stride-learning/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/stridelearn
- Website: https://www.stridelearning.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrideLearningSolutions/

Stride is a for-profit education company that sells online schooling and curriculum to state and local governments. K12 Private educational products and services are designed as alternatives to traditional "brick and mortar" education, and are suitable for private school students, from Kindergarten through to 12th grade.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Stride. Shizune tracks 10 team members at Stride. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/k12?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 4 | 44% |
| EdTech | 3 | 33% |
| E-Learning | 3 | 33% |
| Internet | 2 | 22% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 22% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 33% |
| France | 2 | 22% |
| China | 1 | 11% |
| India | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nate Davis | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nate-davis |
| Allison Cleveland | Executive Vice President of School Management and Services | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allison-cleveland |
| Burak Volkan Coskun | Principal & Lead Mobile Engineer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/burak-volkan-coskun |
| Celia Stokes | Executive Vice President& Chief Marketing Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/celia-stokes |
| Justin Lichtenstaedter | Director, Customer Innovation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-lichtenstaedter |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stemuli | STEMuli’s suite of products put creator tools in the hands of teachers, amplifies real-time student data, and increases student engagement through our educational metaverse. | $8.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 04, 2024 |  |
| Jow | Jow is a grocery shopping app that simplifies shopping and gives advice of what to eat. This app offers free and simple recipes that adapt to the customer's taste. It automatically creates a customized menu with delicious recipes and fills the cart with all the ingredients necessary for cooking.Jow was founded in 2017 and is headquartered inParis, France. | $17.9M |  | Oct 14, 2021 |  |
| Jow | Jow is a grocery shopping app that simplifies shopping and gives advice of what to eat. This app offers free and simple recipes that adapt to the customer's taste. It automatically creates a customized menu with delicious recipes and fills the cart with all the ingredients necessary for cooking.Jow was founded in 2017 and is headquartered inParis, France. | $18.9M | Series A | Oct 14, 2021 |  |
| Futures Factory | Futures Factory is a sneakers marketplace merging digital and physical worlds using blockchain and AR/VR. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 17, 2021 |  |
| ReshaMandi | ReshaMandi is building a full-stack platform to organize the silk supply chain, provide services including quality testing, technical advisory, high-quality inputs, and market linkages, at each node of the silk supply chain. | $1.7M | Seed | Jan 08, 2021 |  |
| Nepris | Nepris is a cloud-based platform that connects industry professionals with K-16 classrooms, adult job seekers and out of school youth to bring real world relevance and career exposure to all learners. Nepris matches the skills of working professionals to learning objectives and virtually connects them with students to bring abstract lessons tolife, offer project mentoring and evaluation, virtual tours, mock interviews and virtual work place experiences. Nepris makes it easy for educators to leverage industry connections to bring real world knowledge and skills to students, while providing a reliable platform for companies and regional intermediaries (like workforce boards, chamber, STEM hubs) to easily and effectively engage current workforce with the future workforce. | $5M | Series A | Mar 11, 2020 |  |
| Nepris | Nepris is a cloud-based platform that connects industry professionals with K-16 classrooms, adult job seekers and out of school youth to bring real world relevance and career exposure to all learners. Nepris matches the skills of working professionals to learning objectives and virtually connects them with students to bring abstract lessons tolife, offer project mentoring and evaluation, virtual tours, mock interviews and virtual work place experiences. Nepris makes it easy for educators to leverage industry connections to bring real world knowledge and skills to students, while providing a reliable platform for companies and regional intermediaries (like workforce boards, chamber, STEM hubs) to easily and effectively engage current workforce with the future workforce. | $5M | Series A | Mar 11, 2020 |  |
| Tallo | Tallo provides the only end-to-end workforce talent solution based on an approach of combining science and digital technology. Our vision is to live in a world where everyone loves their career because they followed a path where their passions and opportunities aligned. | $9M | Corporate Round | Aug 23, 2018 |  |
| Web International English | Web International offers you a complete English learning environment which includes our ESL teachers, private classes, advanced multimedia technology, many different salons, as well as extras such as original English movie classes English Corners and Extra Curricular trips. Students can learn in an exciting, dynamic environment at all of our WebCentres. | $10M |  | Nov 08, 2010 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bonsal Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bonsal-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DST Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-sky-technologies-fo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Eurazeo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eurazeo-com) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Michael & Susan Dell Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-susan-dell-foundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Next Wave Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/next-wave-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Stride invest in?

Stride invests primarily in Education, EdTech and E-Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Stride?

Public channels for Stride 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 Stride?

The team at Stride includes Nate Davis (CEO), Allison Cleveland (Executive Vice President of School Management and Services) and Burak Volkan Coskun (Principal & Lead Mobile Engineer), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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