Ken Baumann
Angel Investor
Santa Fe, United States
Ken Baumann is a seed investor in Santa Fe focused on EdTech and Software. Ken Baumann is the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors at SWEETSPOT. Ken was a star of ABC Family's Secret Life of the American Teenager which concluded its fifth and final season last summer. While working fulltime, he also founded a non-profit publishing company (Sator Press) that discovers innovative and challengingliterature. Ken's first two novels and a nonfiction book about the video game EarthBound were published last year. Ken is a seed investor in Memrise, an online learning platform combining art with science to provide game-like learning experiences. Passionate about learning and literature, Ken is currently a freshman at St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ken also donates his time to Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles raising funds for pediatric IBD.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industry
- EdTech 1 (50%)
- Software 1 (50%)
- Education 1 (50%)
- E-Learning 1 (50%)
- Language Learning 1 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (50%)
- Angel 1 (50%)
Investments
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| Memrise is a language learning platform available in iOS, android, and web. It has more than 150 language courses across 25 languages. The app has over 40 million registered users, all courses are totally free to learn, and there is no advertising. There are extra features and learn modes that can be unlocked with a Memrise Pro subscription.Memrise has been profitable since late 2016. | $1.1M / Seed / Feb 16, 2012 | ||
| Memrise is a language learning platform available in iOS, android, and web. It has more than 150 language courses across 25 languages. The app has over 40 million registered users, all courses are totally free to learn, and there is no advertising. There are extra features and learn modes that can be unlocked with a Memrise Pro subscription.Memrise has been profitable since late 2016. | $60K / Angel / Oct 17, 2011 |
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What does Ken Baumann invest in?
Ken Baumann invests primarily in EdTech, Software and Education startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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