# LEAF Investments > LEAF Investments is a VC fund in Dublin backing Education, Software and E-Learning. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dublin, Ireland - Total investments: 4 - Last investment: Sep 2015 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - Website: http://www.leafinvestments.net/ Leaf Investments is an early stage investor in learning technology businesses. Founded on the principle that emerging technologies present opportunities to create new learning solutions, they are looking to support entrepreneurs across the learning spectrum, both domestically and internationally. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $589k–$1.3M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Education | 4 | 100% | | Software | 2 | 50% | | E-Learning | 2 | 50% | | Apps | 1 | 25% | | SaaS | 1 | 25% | 12 industries tracked in total. ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United Kingdom | 3 | 75% | | Ireland | 1 | 25% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Zzish | Zzish are EdTech's most passionate pioneers; on a mission to transform the use of apps in the classroom through a data driven technology platform that solves key pain points for developers and teachers. Their platform helps developers create, distribute and monetise and helps teachers discover, use and buy, curriculum mapped education appsthat have a real impact on student learning. At the heart of their platform are their real-time teacher dashboards, a "virtual teaching assistant" that gives teachers instant insight into student strengths and weaknesses using any app.More than 500,000 teachers (70% in the USA) from over 170 different countries have signed up to use Zzish already. With their first paying schools in the UK, US, Holland and Israel and Ministries of Education around the world starting to recommend their products, Zzish is now scaling up to become a global technology leader providing the key data and intelligence layer underpinning the new generation of education applications.Zzish has won numerous awards over the last few years. EdSurge ranked Quizalize as the "No.1 new app for schools" in 2015 and Zzish was selected as one of the "Future 30" at the Bett Show (Europe's leading EdTech trade show) and one of the "EdTech 20" at EdTechXEurope (Europe's leading EdTech investor summit). Moreover the Zzish Teacher Dashboards was the runner up for Teach Secondary's "Technology Innovation of the Year" and a finalist for selection in the Education Resource Awards. | $589K | Seed | Sep 01, 2015 | | | Learning with experts | Learningwithexperts.com provides a structured virtual learning environment delivering vocational and hobby courses to passionate professionals and amateurs in subjects such as gardening and photography. | $678K | Seed | Feb 09, 2015 | | | BlikBook | BlikBook is an easy to use platform helping lecturers become more organised and manage contact with their students. The platform helps students find answers and get academic support from peers and their lecturers. It can be accessed directly from laptops, tablets and mobiles or through a Virtual Learning Environment.BlikBook lets you, andstudents easily add questions, answers, articles and updates for your class. It is easy to use, simple by design and works across all devices.BlikBook encourages students to help one another, meaning you are not answering all questions, a repository of answers is created, and duplicate questions are removed. We help improve the way discussion is organised and in the process help you manage your workload.BlikBook easily integrates into your existing Virtual Learning Environment or can be used as a stand alone website. This means no need for multiple logging in for yourself and for your students as well as access on any device. | $1.3M | Seed | Jul 08, 2013 | | | Skillwell | EmpowerTheUser builds, delivers, and analyzes learning insights into skill levels and drives personalized learning paths to improve critical human and business skills in the application and measurement of skills through simulation-based learning ETU delivers breakthrough improvements in the application and measurement of skills, design and buildtransformative digital learning and development programs. | $636K | Seed | Jul 01, 2012 | | 4 of 4 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Delta Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delta-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Forward Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forward-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [HardGamma Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hardgamma-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [HOWZAT Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howzat-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [NEON Adventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neon-adventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Reach Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reach-capital) — VC Fund - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [GSV Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsv-acceleration) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [SFC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-funding-club) — VC Fund - [Fuel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-ventures-fund) — VC Fund - [Business Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-growth-fund) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [EdTech Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/edtech-investors-united-kingdom) - [EdTech VC Funds in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/edtech-vc-funds-united-kingdom) - [Education VC Funds in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/education-vc-funds-united-kingdom) - [EdTech Investors in Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/edtech-investors-ireland) - [EdTech VC Funds in Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/edtech-vc-funds-ireland) - [Photography Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/photography-investors-united-kingdom) ## FAQ ### What does LEAF Investments invest in? LEAF Investments invests primarily in Education, Software and E-Learning startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is LEAF Investments's check size? LEAF Investments typically joins rounds of $589k–$1.3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds LEAF Investments participates in. ### When did LEAF Investments last invest? The most recent investment recorded for LEAF Investments closed in Sep 2015. Shizune tracks 4 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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