# Kaplan EdTech Accelerator

> Kaplan EdTech Accelerator is a VC fund in New York backing Education and EdTech. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Oct 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/EdTechAccel
- Website: http://www.kaplanedtechaccelerator.com

Kaplan EdTech Accelerator is a VC fund in New York focused on Education and EdTech. The Kaplan EdTech Accelerator, powered by TechStars, is a three month intensive, deep immersion program for ten education startups. The program is being held on-site in New York, NY and will run from June-September. Startups will have access to top-notch industry mentors, resources and round-the-clock support as well as the chance to pitch to angelinvestors and venture capitalists at the end of the program.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 18 | 64% |
| EdTech | 11 | 39% |
| E-Learning | 6 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 11% |
| Internet | 2 | 7% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 61% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 21% |
| Convertible Note | 3 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 22 | 79% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| panOpen | PanOpen is an operator of an open education platform used to help faculty and students to succeed with open educational resources. Its platform provides peer-reviewed resources at a fraction of the cost of commercial textbooks that enable faculty and schools to help lower the cost of educational materials and realize the potential of openeducational resources. | $200K | Seed | Oct 01, 2014 |  |
| CreatorBox | CreatorBox is a group of passionate parents, and educational technologists, who have come together to with one goal: to inspire their future creators. They want their kids to have every opportunity to do what they love someday. And maybe they’ll want to pursue fields that require technical skills. So, they’ve tried their best to help them learnabout science, technology, engineering and math (“STEM”). And they're not alone. Obama dedicated over $3 billion to improve STEM education, because that’s where the good jobs are, and where the graduates aren’t. | $20K | Seed | Jul 25, 2014 |  |
| Branching Minds | Branching Minds solves a large and growing problem for teachers, principals and superintendents: educators have no clear way of figuring out why students are struggling to learn, or what teachers should do to help them get back on track. Our platform helps teachers to identify students’ cognitive learning strengths and challenges, algorithmicallymatches them with research-backed learning supports, and then tracks and reports data on student progress. | $20K | Seed | Jul 25, 2014 |  |
| SmartOn Learning | SmartOn Learning ia an online bootcamp for digital skills teaching specific technology tools. 90% of all jobs today require digital skills. There are millions of jobs that are unfilled because of the digital skill-gap. The current alternatives that address this problem are either ineffective or unaffordable.SmartOn bridges the digital skill gapthrough their technology-tool specific training. their immersive online courses are 1) created in collaboration with some of the best and popular technology companies such as Shopify (“product partners”) and 2) Fullstack i.e. addressing all the skills required for a particular role. Their learners work on real and in-depth projects with the help of mentors. Upon successful completion of course and projects, learners get certified by their product partners. Their learners master the tools that make them job-ready | $150K | Seed | Jul 25, 2014 |  |
| reKode Education | reKode is educating the next generation of innovators that will change the world beyond technology. They teach children from the age of six how to code through a proven methodology developed by our team of experts in psychology, teaching, and technology. | $20K | Seed | Jul 25, 2014 |  |
| Branching Minds | Branching Minds solves a large and growing problem for teachers, principals and superintendents: educators have no clear way of figuring out why students are struggling to learn, or what teachers should do to help them get back on track. Our platform helps teachers to identify students’ cognitive learning strengths and challenges, algorithmicallymatches them with research-backed learning supports, and then tracks and reports data on student progress. | $20K | Pre-Seed | Jul 25, 2014 |  |
| Cognotion | Cognotion is a provider of cloud-based training programs used to empower allied health professionals with the skills they need for the global marketplace. The company develops a suite of learning solutions that are optimized for the unique needs of young adults, especially focusing on the growing issue of unemployment and underemployment both inthe US and abroad.Their mission is to change the face of healthcare, improve outcomes for patients, and empower the dedicated workers that serve this challenging industry. They craft Optimal Learning Experiences emotionally and cognitively intense training and test prep applications that combine interactive video narratives with gamified learning modules, augmented by live simulation and social media reinforcement. It’s a formula that delivers immediate, lasting results.Cognotion operates on the premise that there is a narrative inherent in any teachable subject. They locate this narrative and craft it into an immersive storyline. The learner progresses through the story by drawing upon existing resources and synthesizing new knowledge. Emotional proximity is characterized as the “empathy and identification the learner feels for the characters in a program” and is established by developing characters with strengths and weaknesses, who change and grow as the program moves forward. Learners recognize their own desires and concerns in the prototypical heroes, people with traits similar to their own, and people who learn to draw upon their own reserves of strengths (assets) for the greater good. This approach, grounded in research, is a good foundation for a sound program; but there are other tools they add to their pedagogical design to maximize the likelihood of impact. | $20K | Seed | Jul 24, 2014 |  |
| CreatorBox | CreatorBox is a group of passionate parents, and educational technologists, who have come together to with one goal: to inspire their future creators. They want their kids to have every opportunity to do what they love someday. And maybe they’ll want to pursue fields that require technical skills. So, they’ve tried their best to help them learnabout science, technology, engineering and math (“STEM”). And they're not alone. Obama dedicated over $3 billion to improve STEM education, because that’s where the good jobs are, and where the graduates aren’t. | $150K | Convertible Note | Jul 24, 2014 |  |
| LearnPlatform | LearnPlatform is the edtech effectiveness system used by school districts, states, higher ed institutions, and their partners to organize, streamline, and rapidly analyze the impact of their technology and teaching practices. Over 150,000 educators across thousands of schools use LearnPlatform's free and paid services to save time, save money,and improve outcomes. The company delivering ground-breaking tools that save money, improve learning, and build the capacity of hundreds of thousands of educators and their organizations. | $20K | Seed | Jul 24, 2014 |  |
| Edvisor.io | Edvisor.io increases access to global educational opportunities by seamlessly connecting schools and educational travel agencies via integrated web tools. | $20K | Seed | Jul 24, 2014 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 23 deals together
- [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-schools-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Archangel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archangel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Commerce One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerce-one) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fresco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresco-capital-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GE Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ge-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Kaplan EdTech Accelerator invest in?

Kaplan EdTech Accelerator invests primarily in Education, EdTech and E-Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 28 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 Kaplan EdTech Accelerator last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kaplan EdTech Accelerator closed in Oct 2014. Shizune tracks 28 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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