# Luben Pampoulov

> Luben Pampoulov is a Series C investor at GSV Ventures (San Francisco) backing EdTech and Training. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GSV Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsv-acceleration)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lubenpampoulov
- Website: https://x.com/lubjo81

Luben Pampoulov is a Partner at GSV Ventures and a Co-founder, Investor, and Partner at GSV Asset Management. He was an Analyst at ThinkEquity Partners and attended the University of California, Los Angeles.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 100% |
| Training | 1 | 100% |
| Education | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OpenClassrooms | Established in 2013, OpenClassrooms has quickly grown to become one of Europe’s largest education-to-employment platforms with 355 000 students across 140 countries, thousands of full-time diploma students, and hundreds of corporate customers, such as Capgemini, PwC, AXA, Amazon Career Choice, Deliveroo, Randstad, Dentsu, BNP Paribas, SocieteGenerale and more. It is a higher education institution accredited by the French state, issuing its own Associate, Bachelor’s, and Master’s level Diplomas and registered with the Board of Education in Paris, France.OpenClassrooms operates a fully-online competency-based education model focused on vocational training in knowledge-economy fields - 600+ courses and 55 curricula in high-demand professions including coding, IT, product management, data management, marketing, communications, and UX design. The model blends top-quality online coursework with one-on-one mentorship, project-based learning, career coaching, and a job guarantee. | $80M | Series C | Apr 27, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chan-zuckerberg-initiative) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [General Atlantic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-atlantic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lumos Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lumos-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salesforce-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About GSV Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

GSV Ventures is a global venture capital fund focused on the rapidly growing digital education market from Pre-K to Gray. We back early and late stage entrepreneurs transforming the $7 trillion digital education and future of work sectors. Investments include Coursera, ClassDojo, Degreed, and Guild Education. GSV is also the convener of the worldrenowned ASU+GSV Summit. The 11th annual summit gathered 35,000 founders, investors, educators, and policy makers from 135 countries.

5 contacts available at GSV Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Freed | Co-Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-freed |
| Deborah Quazzo | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deborah-quazzo |
| Luben Pampoulov | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luben-pampoulov |
| Michael Cohn | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-cohn-2 |
| Michael Moe | Senior Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-moe |

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## FAQ

### What does Luben Pampoulov invest in?

Luben Pampoulov invests primarily in EdTech, Training and Education startups, most often at Series C stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Luben Pampoulov last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Luben Pampoulov closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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