# Lykes Family Office

> Lykes Family Office is a seed investor backing EdTech and FinTech. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Lykes Family Office is a seed investor focused on EdTech and FinTech. Lykes Family Office

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Big Data | 1 | 33% |
| Impact Investing | 1 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 33% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sixup | SIXUP is a for-profit technology company innovating the way to provide scalable financing and digital wrap-around support to high-achieving, low-income students who are underfunded and underserved. Through a systems-based approach, we aggregate, underwrite, fund, and produce a new asset (talent) class called Future-Prime that represents 7M studentsand $30-100 billion in volume annually. Sixup is venture-backed with $14M in equity to-date from investors such as Collaboration Capital (Lykes Family Office), Rethink Education, Learn Capital, Kellogg Foundation, and Western Technology Investment. Sixup has raised $41M in lending and grant capital from investors such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Prudential, Kellogg Foundation, Woodcock Foundation, and several family offices and impact investors. It has partnered with community-based, advocacy, and ecosystem partners such as KIPP, Christo Rey, Genesys Works, Scholarships.com, Edvisors, and National College Access Network (NCAN). Sixup is a for-profit, public benefit corporation based in San Francisco, and operational as a consumer lender in 18 states. | $1M | Debt Financing | May 15, 2016 | http://www.sixup.com |
| Sixup | SIXUP is a for-profit technology company innovating the way to provide scalable financing and digital wrap-around support to high-achieving, low-income students who are underfunded and underserved. Through a systems-based approach, we aggregate, underwrite, fund, and produce a new asset (talent) class called Future-Prime that represents 7M studentsand $30-100 billion in volume annually. Sixup is venture-backed with $14M in equity to-date from investors such as Collaboration Capital (Lykes Family Office), Rethink Education, Learn Capital, Kellogg Foundation, and Western Technology Investment. Sixup has raised $41M in lending and grant capital from investors such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Prudential, Kellogg Foundation, Woodcock Foundation, and several family offices and impact investors. It has partnered with community-based, advocacy, and ecosystem partners such as KIPP, Christo Rey, Genesys Works, Scholarships.com, Edvisors, and National College Access Network (NCAN). Sixup is a for-profit, public benefit corporation based in San Francisco, and operational as a consumer lender in 18 states. |  | Seed | Feb 20, 2016 | http://www.sixup.com |
| Sixup | SIXUP is a for-profit technology company innovating the way to provide scalable financing and digital wrap-around support to high-achieving, low-income students who are underfunded and underserved. Through a systems-based approach, we aggregate, underwrite, fund, and produce a new asset (talent) class called Future-Prime that represents 7M studentsand $30-100 billion in volume annually. Sixup is venture-backed with $14M in equity to-date from investors such as Collaboration Capital (Lykes Family Office), Rethink Education, Learn Capital, Kellogg Foundation, and Western Technology Investment. Sixup has raised $41M in lending and grant capital from investors such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Prudential, Kellogg Foundation, Woodcock Foundation, and several family offices and impact investors. It has partnered with community-based, advocacy, and ecosystem partners such as KIPP, Christo Rey, Genesys Works, Scholarships.com, Edvisors, and National College Access Network (NCAN). Sixup is a for-profit, public benefit corporation based in San Francisco, and operational as a consumer lender in 18 states. | $1M | Convertible Note | Apr 01, 2015 | http://www.sixup.com |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accelerator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerator-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A.L. Mailman Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-l-mailman-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Deutsche Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deutsche-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Learn Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/learncapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rethink Education](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rethink-education) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Lykes Family Office invest in?

Lykes Family Office invests primarily in EdTech, FinTech and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Lykes Family Office last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lykes Family Office closed in May 2016. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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