# NewSchools Venture Fund

> NewSchools Venture Fund is a VC fund in Oakland backing Education and EdTech. See 110 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oakland, United States
- Total investments: 110
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 55%
- Fund size: $35M
- Last fund: Feb 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/27508
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/nsvf
- Website: http://newschools.org
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/newschools

NewSchools Venture Fund is a not-for-profit organization working to close the achievement gap by funding and supporting entrepreneurs who are creating innovative solutions to the problems in public education so that all children have the opportunity to succeed in college and beyond.Since our founding in 1998, NewSchools has invested $180million in more than 70 nonprofit and for-profit educational organizations working to promote student achievement.Recognizing that neither private charity nor capital markets alone are enough to solve the problem of education inequality, we blend the best of both approaches to ensure an excellent education is available to every child. We actively share what we’ve learned through our investments, bring together educational leaders from across the country, and advocate for smart policies at the federal level.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $265k–$3M |
| Grant | $100k–$1.7M |
| Series A | $1.6M–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 76 | 69% |
| EdTech | 27 | 25% |
| E-Learning | 23 | 21% |
| Software | 20 | 18% |
| Non Profit | 13 | 12% |

83 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 51 | 46% |
| Seed | 28 | 25% |
| Series A | 12 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 86 | 78% |
| Canada | 3 | 3% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Danielle Kristine Toussaint | Chief External Affairs Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danielle-kristine-toussaint |
| Eva Gonda Green | Strategic Initiatives Analyst for the CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eva-gonda-green |
| Lauren Kushman | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lauren-kushman |
| Mark Boone | Chief Development Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-boone |
| Scott Benson | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-benson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Expert IEP | Expert IEP offers an AI-powered platform to help parents manage and understand the IEP process for children with learning differences. | $1.7M | Grant | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Husk | Husk is the smart spending platform for European startups that integrates payment solutions, transaction insights, and liquidity. We provide corporate cards with meaningful limits in combination with control, insights and planning tools. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | May 27, 2025 |  |
| OurWorlds | OurWorlds is an edutainment company creating technologies that empower communities to illuminate their narratives in immersive realities by geolocation in environments throughout the world, in order to inspire transformative new understandings of our collective histories; improve our education system; inform new approaches to environmentalstewardship; and reframe a more equitable and just future. |  | Grant | Oct 09, 2023 |  |
| Outline It | Outline is an interactive writing platform and pedagogical tool for students and educators who work with them to help them write better-structured essays faster. Outline reduces writer's block, streamlines and organizes thoughts, and gives educators more insight into their students' pre-writing process, all while reducing grading time. | $865.5K | Pre-Seed | Aug 16, 2022 |  |
| Tutored by Teachers | Tutored by Teachers match students with certified teachers to deliver convenient, customized and high-quality online education. We drive improved outcomes for students, better income for teachers and additional access for disadvantaged communities. We will help close the achievement gap through a national tutoring program, powered by ourcommunity of teachers. | $10M | Series A | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| Educators for Excellence | Educators for Excellence is a non-profit dedicated to giving teachers a voice in policies that affect their students and profession. The company was founded in 2012 by Sydney Morris and Evan Stone. |  | Grant | Oct 23, 2019 |  |
| TECA | TECA is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of educators of color in Tennessee. Diarese George, a former classroom teacher in the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, founded the Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance in the fall of 2016 to provide a platform to amplify the voice and presence of educators of color. |  | Grant | Oct 23, 2019 |  |
| GiveThx | GiveThx is a digital program that strengthens student wellbeing and social-emotional skills using gratitude science. Students and staff use digital thank you notes to recognize and reinforce positive behaviors that nurture relationships and build self-esteem. GiveThx is a powerful social-emotional learning system that schools can use on a dailybasis, leveraging technology to create safe and inclusive communities.GiveThx is a nonprofit based in Oakland, CA with a mission to increase belonging and emotional wellbeing for all students. |  | Grant | May 16, 2019 |  |
| Purpose Project | Purpose Project helps both children and adults in developing skills such as self-awareness, self-direction, and community impact. The company is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco that is supported by Plussed and IDEO. |  | Grant | May 16, 2019 |  |
| Centervention | Centervention offers game-based online programs and supplemental lessons that improve social and emotional skills for students in elementary and middle school. These games are fun for students, automatically gather data so educators can monitor progress, and include supplemental lessons to reinforce learning.With Centervention, educators can meetstudents where they are, address their unique needs, and do so in a fun, effective way. |  | Grant | May 16, 2019 |  |

10 of 110 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Learn Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/learncapital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does NewSchools Venture Fund invest in?

NewSchools Venture Fund invests primarily in Education, EdTech and E-Learning startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 110 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is NewSchools Venture Fund's check size?

NewSchools Venture Fund typically joins rounds of $265k–$3M at Seed, $100k–$1.7M at Grant and $1.6M–$8M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds NewSchools Venture Fund participates in.

### How do I contact NewSchools Venture Fund?

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### Who are the partners at NewSchools Venture Fund?

The team at NewSchools Venture Fund includes Danielle Kristine Toussaint (Chief External Affairs Officer), Eva Gonda Green (Strategic Initiatives Analyst for the CEO) and Lauren Kushman (Principal), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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