# Robb Doub

> Robb Doub is a Series A investor at New Markets Venture Partners backing Education and SaaS. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [New Markets Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-markets-venture-partners)
- Location: Baltimore, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdoub

Robb Doub is a Series A investor at New Markets Venture Partners in Baltimore focused on Education and SaaS. Robb Doub is based out of Washington, District of Columbia and is the Co-Founder and General Partner at New Markets Venture Partners and also serves as Board Member for Knack. Robb Doub attended Georgetown University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 4 | 57% |
| SaaS | 2 | 29% |
| Higher Education | 2 | 29% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 29% |
| EdTech | 1 | 14% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 43% |
| Series B | 2 | 29% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |
| Series D | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Knack | Knack is an online tutoring platform enabling higher education institutions to supplement existing academic support services and create a more personalized, equitable, and accessible support experience for every student at scale: from freshman through senior year. Its goal is to empower campuses with 21st-century technology that transforms academicsupport services into high-impact, skill-building interactions to reach historically underserved students on campus. | $4.8M | Series B | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| Datapeople | Datapeople organizes and augments your recruiting data to help you improve key parts of your hiring process, from the job description candidates first see to the reports you share with your company. | $13M | Series A | Jun 27, 2023 |  |
| Presence | PresenceLearning makes live, online special education related services available to K-12 students around the United States. As the leader in the delivery of clinical services via the web, PresenceLearning has provided over 2.5 million teletherapy sessions. Services include speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral interventions andmental health services, assessments, and early childhood services. | $27M | Series D | May 19, 2020 |  |
| Signal Vine | Signal Vine is a text messaging platform that uses Blended Messaging to reach students where they operate most while incorporating the benefits of AI to save staff time. The company's s platform empowers customers to combine text messaging with student data to deliver personalized information, prompt timely action, and ultimately improveoutcomes for higher education organizations, nonprofits, and government programs.By nudging students, alumni, and staff with personal messages on key deadlines, appointments, and offers of support, administrators can improve engagement and in turn enrollment and persistence.It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. | $2M | Series A | Jul 26, 2017 |  |
| Presence | PresenceLearning makes live, online special education related services available to K-12 students around the United States. As the leader in the delivery of clinical services via the web, PresenceLearning has provided over 2.5 million teletherapy sessions. Services include speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral interventions andmental health services, assessments, and early childhood services. | $25M | Series C | Nov 17, 2015 |  |
| Presence | PresenceLearning makes live, online special education related services available to K-12 students around the United States. As the leader in the delivery of clinical services via the web, PresenceLearning has provided over 2.5 million teletherapy sessions. Services include speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral interventions andmental health services, assessments, and early childhood services. | $8M | Series B | Apr 26, 2013 |  |
| Calvert Learning | For 112 years, we’ve been a mission-based organization focused on nontraditional learning settings and experiences. We believe that all students deserve a high-quality education, no matter where or when they learn. Calvert provides schools with:A trusted curriculum and framework with active, project-based learning at the core: 1) Services andsupport that ensure your success and 2) A flexible, modular approach tailored to the unique needs of your school/district.Formerly known as Calvert Education, our curriculum, tools and services are now only available through schools and districts. We take great pride in our long history of supporting homeschool families, and our program is available for homeschool students enrolled with one of our school partners. |  | Series A | Apr 15, 2013 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Catalyst Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catalyst-investors) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Catamount Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catamount-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bain Capital Double Impact Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-double-impact-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Birchmere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/birchmere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blue Heron Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-heron-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GreatPoint Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greatpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About New Markets Venture Partners

VC Fund · Fulton, United States

New Markets Venture Partners is a leading, early and growth-stage, double bottom-line investor based in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. New Markets makes direct investments in transformative education and workforce technology companies, which leads to superior financial returns and positive social impact.Each of our partners has many decades ofinvestment and education experience. We maintain proprietary relationships with states, districts, universities and other centers of innovation that allow us to provide exceptional value to our portfolio companies. We help our companies succeed by adding value before, during, and after the investment process.

5 contacts available at New Markets Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brooks Taylor | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooks-taylor |
| Donald Spero | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-donald-don-spero |
| Marissa Lowman | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marissa-lowman |
| Mark Grovic | General Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-a-grovic |
| Robb Doub | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robb-tyler-doub |

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## FAQ

### What does Robb Doub invest in?

Robb Doub invests primarily in Education, SaaS and Higher Education startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Robb Doub last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Robb Doub closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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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