# Schultz Family Foundation

> Schultz Family Foundation is a VC fund backing Information Technology. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 52%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/schultz-family-foundation/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/schultzfamilyfd?lang=en
- Website: https://www.schultzfamilyfoundation.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SchultzFamilyFoundation/

Schultz Family Foundation is a charity organization, focusing on youth transitioning to adulthood and marginalized populations, including Black, Indigenous, People of Color communities. By investing in scalable solutions and partnerships in communities across the country, the Foundation aims to help tackle the barriers and roadblocks that preventindividuals from reaching their full potential and, in doing so, strengthen our communities and our nation.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 4 | 19% |
| Farming | 3 | 14% |
| FinTech | 3 | 14% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 14% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 19 | 90% |
| Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 33% |
| Kenya | 4 | 19% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 10% |
| Rwanda | 1 | 5% |
| Ireland | 1 | 5% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Howard Schultz | Co-Founder | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-schultz-2 |
| Howard Schultz | Co-Founder | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-schultz-6bed |
| Tyra Mariani | President | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tyra-mariani |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BASTA | Basta is a non-profit organization that works to close the job gap. Their concept is centred on connecting employers with an underutilized talent pipeline, first-generation college students. |  | Grant | Mar 27, 2025 |  |
| Parksby | Parksby is an application platform that offers people information and access about available parking spaces in urban areas. |  | Grant | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| Sabon Sake | Sabon Sake provides climate-resilient agriculture solutions such as soil health management, on-demand farm, and soil doctors. |  | Grant | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| Tawi Health | Tawi Health offers a smart symptom checking service and referrals to nearest practitioner or health facility. |  | Grant | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| Acceede | Acceede is a school fees payment processor and BNPL provider for quality education. Parents can pay schools in less than 5 mins from our mobile application and can also get credit to pay their child's school fee, and they repay monthly for 3 months. |  | Grant | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| SmartDarasa | SmartDarasa is a next-generation learning platform helping students understand the reality and practicality of things they learn in STEM subjects using the SmartDarasa app and website utilizing 2D, 3D & AR technology. Students can practically learn what they learn in class on STEM subjects, do conceptualized questions, perform 2D & 3Dsimulations, and AR learning as if things are in their environment. |  | Grant | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| LbH | LbH is an agritechcompany that offers smallholder farmers access to input financing, advisory support and access to ready market on harvest. |  | Grant | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| Puno Africa | Puno is a fintech company that de-risks farmers for investments & equips them with the financial resources they need to commercialize. |  | Grant | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| HiQ Africa | HiQ Africa is a data-tech company that builds a smart and sustainable FMCG market through digitalization and financial inclusion. |  | Grant | Jul 20, 2023 |  |
| bEHR Health Systems | bEHR Health Systems provides medical, lifestyle, and social solutions for the healthy aging of Black people. |  | Grant | Jul 20, 2023 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Harvard Innovation Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harvard-ilab) — VC Fund, 34 deals together
- [Amazon Web Services](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon-web-services) — VC Fund, 18 deals together
- [Altrinsic Global Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altrinsic-global-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arc Chicago](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arc-chicago) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Connecticut Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connecticut-innovations) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pivotal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pivotal-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Schultz Family Foundation invest in?

Schultz Family Foundation invests primarily in Information Technology, Farming and FinTech startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Schultz Family Foundation?

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### Who are the partners at Schultz Family Foundation?

The team at Schultz Family Foundation includes Howard Schultz (Co-Founder), Howard Schultz (Co-Founder) and Tyra Mariani (President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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