Tory Patterson
Co-Founder and Managing Director @ Owl Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Tory Patterson is a Series B investor at Owl Ventures in San Francisco focused on Education and EdTech. Tory is the co-founder and Managing Director of Owl Ventures where he is actively involved with all facets of the firm and serves on the board of directors for Accelerate Learning (acquired by Carlyle Group), BetterLesson, Degreed, DreamBox Learning (acquired by TPG), Gather, Hazel Health, Kiddom, Labster, Newsela, Noodle Partners, Quizlet, Remindand uLesson. As one of the early pioneers in the next generation of leading EdTech companies, Tory has led investments in some of the most successful companies in the sector. As a lead investor and board member he has played a hands-on role helping leading edtech companies across all facets of development including core definition and measurement of value proposition, sales & distribution, hiring, funding and eventual paths to successful exit.Prior to Owl Ventures, Tory was a Partner at Catamount Ventures where he founded and ran one of the venture industry’s first education investment practices. There he led investments in education companies TenMarks (acquired by Amazon), MasteryConnect (acquired by Instructure), PresenceLearning and EdSurge (acquired by ISTE).Tory is a Pahara-Aspen Education Fellow and holds a B.A. in Economics from Williams College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- Total investments:
- 29
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 48%
Last updated:
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Industries Tory Patterson invests in
Stages Tory Patterson invests in
Countries Tory Patterson invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 14 (48%)
- EdTech 12 (41%)
- E-Learning 10 (34%)
- Software 4 (14%)
- SaaS 2 (7%)
Stage
- Series B 10 (34%)
- Series A 9 (31%)
- Series C 5 (17%)
- Seed 3 (10%)
Country
- United States 15 (52%)
- Denmark 1 (3%)
- Germany 1 (3%)
- Nigeria 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Linus
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Linus platform helps learners study SAT with interactive lessons and bite-sized challenges. | $5M / Seed / Apr 03, 2025 | |
Morressier
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Early-stage research has unmatched potential to accelerate scientific progress. Our platform connects the scientific community to those early ideas so groundbreaking work can happen faster. The world’s leading professional and scientific organizations trust Morressier to support their virtual and hybrid meetings, engage their users, and amplifytheir content. Founded in 2014, Morressier is transforming how scientists connect and collaborate to make sure their work can advance faster. | $16.4M / Series B / Jan 23, 2024 | |
Zeera
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Real is a mental healthcare company that provides a digital platform and in-person experience for mental health patients. It made its mission to develop a new therapy model based on member-centered care that is affordable and effective. Real was founded in 2019 by Ariela Safira and is based in New York, United States. | $37M / Series B / Apr 12, 2022 | |
Labster
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Labster develops a platform that offers virtual laboratory simulations based on mathematical algorithms for students' e-learning.It is an internationally-focused company dedicated to the development of pioneering online tools for teaching science globally. Labster's primary product is an easily scalable online platform for teachingbiotechnology that has been demonstrated to improve learning significantly over standard methods as well as substantially reduce costs. It is dedicated to bringing life science teaching to life. We think every day about the big picture of science education. The Labster platform is a 3D virtual learning environment based on a Virtual Lab. Labster includes molecular 3D animations, quiz questions, and background theory that engages students in an immersive, game-like multimedia experience. Structured around cases that explore both theory and experimental processes, our virtual labs offer advanced, unified scientific teaching solutions at a fraction of the cost of traditional labs.Labster was co-founded in 2011 by Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde and Michael Bodekaer in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark. | $47M / Series C / Apr 04, 2022 | |
Preply
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Preply is a provider of an online tutoring marketplace intended to promote faster learning with one-on-one online tutors. The company's marketplace helps to find and book professional private tutors online from over 185 countries, enabling users to achieve their goals and speak confidently. | $49.5M / Series C / Mar 30, 2022 | |
Subject
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Building the Netflix of HS education, where students can earn HS and College credit for engaging with our premium videos. | $29.4M / Series A / Mar 22, 2022 | |
Subject
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Provider of digital curriculum and learning intelligence solutions for grades 6–12 education. The company develops a technology platform that addresses challenges in learner engagement, equity, and educator workload. Its offerings include cinematic digital curriculum, multilingual AI, and teacher-of-record AI. The platform integrates learningintelligence, which adapts instruction to each learner, identifies challenges early, and provides timely support while delivering educators actionable insights without adding to their workload. | $29.4M / Series A / Mar 22, 2022 | |
Rebel Girls
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Rebel Girls is a global, multi-platform empowerment brand dedicated to helping raise the most inspired and confident generation of girls around the world through content, experiences, products, and community. Originating from an international best-selling children’s book, Rebel Girls amplifies stories of real-life, extraordinary women throughouthistory, geography, and field of excellence. With a growing community of nearly 20 million self-identified Rebel Girls spanning more than 100 countries, the brand engages with Generation Alpha through its book series, award-winning podcast, events and merchandise. In 2021, Rebel Girls launched the Dream On app to re-imagine sleep routines by sharing empowering stories with a screen-free audio experience; and inspired girls everywhere to Celebrate Black Girl Magic with a new book, merchandise and events. To date, they have sold 7 million books in 51 languages and reached 14 million podcast downloads. | $13M / Seed / Mar 03, 2022 | |
uLesson
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uLesson has built the technology to deploy curriculum-relevant content via smartphones, that allows learners to use the product without concern for internet limitations and costs. uLesson’s mobile offering rests on three pillars: academics, media & technology and curriculum content is delivered via streaming and SD cards. | $15M / Series B / Dec 09, 2021 | |
Kiddom
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Kiddom is an education platform offering a digital curriculum to engage students at home or in the classroom. It combines curriculum management, instruction, assessment, and communication tools into one solution to save schools valuable time, resources, and money. With the flexibility to access and edit curriculum from any location, it that caneffectively support teachers and learners engaging in in-class, blended, hybrid, or distance learning scenarios, as well as in the quick pivots between them. | $35M / Series C / Aug 13, 2021 | |
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Co-Investors
About Owl Ventures
Owl Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in education technology companies.The firm has invested in 24 companies across the education spectrum encompassing early childhood, K-12, higher education, and career mobility/professional learning. Owl leverages its deep domain expertise and takes an active hands-on approach to helpentrepreneurs scale their businesses into transformative category-leading companies.The firm was founded in 2014 and has over $600 million in assets under management.
Owl Ventures Contacts
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Amit Patel
Managing Director
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Jenny Wang
Principal
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Judy Park
Principal
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Tory Patterson
Co-Founder and Managing Director
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Hailey Carter
Senior Associate
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What does Tory Patterson invest in?
Tory Patterson invests primarily in Education, EdTech and E-Learning startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 29 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 Tory Patterson last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Tory Patterson closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 29 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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