University Ventures
VC Fund
New York, United States
University Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Education and Higher Education. University Ventures is the only investment firm focused exclusively on the global higher education sector. UV pursues a differentiated strategy of innovation from within. UV has the deepest respect for the missions and traditions of colleges and universities around the world and is confident that through innovation, these same institutions will be successful in fulfilling and expanding their missions.
- Total investments:
- 74
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 34%
- Fund size:
- $136M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries University Ventures invests in
Stages University Ventures invests in
Countries University Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$4.9M
- Series A
- $2.2M–$18M
- Series B
- $2.5M–$45M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 26 (35%)
- Higher Education 11 (15%)
- EdTech 10 (14%)
- Software 6 (8%)
- Recruiting 6 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 24 (32%)
- Seed 21 (28%)
- Series B 7 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (5%)
- Series C 2 (3%)
Country
- United States 39 (53%)
- Cyprus 2 (3%)
- India 1 (1%)
- Canada 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Corinne Spears
Vice President
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Vice President | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Ryan Craig
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
Troy Williams
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 16 | Find email | |
Aanand Radia
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Cassidy Leventhal
Vice President
|
Vice President | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 builds mobile-first teaching and assessment tools specifically for college STEM courses. Its first app, Chem101, replaces the clicker and provides tools for chemistry professors to engage their students in the classroom. Chem101 features a module that allows students to intuitively draw and visualize Lewis structures on their mobile devices.Its mobile platform enables instructors to engage students in the classroom, assign homework, and provide on-the-go reinforcement.101 Edu was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York. | $4.6M / Series A / Dec 18, 2020 | ||
| Techtonic Group is a full service software development services company that also creates talent through a Department of Labor certified Apprenticeship program. The company is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, United States. | $6M / Series B / Oct 28, 2019 | ||
| At PeopleGrove, we believe the way students experience and value their education has changed. They are seeking an academic experience that addresses:- Job outcomes, not just a degree - Social and digital, not isolated and static - Experiential, not theoreticalIn fact, many are questioning the value of a college education. Only half of USalumni strongly agree their education was worth the cost. Meanwhile, supportive relationships most influenced, even doubled, graduates’ perception that their education was worth the cost.We believe relationships and community are key to student success and engaged alumni. That's why we built PeopleGrove: a unified solution for relationship-driven career success. By making mentors, advisers and coaches accessible, we help students from all walks of life access new opportunities and achieve their career goals.PeopleGrove is on a mission to connect every student and professional with the mentors, advisers and network needed to realize their full potential and find a fulfilling career. PeopleGrove's mentorship and advising platform has been successfully launched at the world's leading institutions, including Stanford, UMUC, K-State and many more.It turns out the student journey aligns with a new hire journey. We're excited to be working with Intuit, Qualcomm and CooperVision so that there employees can better access experts and coaching within their own organizations. | $4.7M / Series A / May 01, 2019 | ||
| Motimatic develops a student retention platform. Their platform leverages scientifically proven techniques that drive personal behavior through subtle psychological cues, habit-forming triggers and other motivational strategies, enabling educational institutions to retain and help students complete their studies. | $4M / Series A / Apr 24, 2019 | ||
| Credly is helping the world speak a common language about people’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Thousands of employers, training organizations, associations, certification programs, and workforce development initiatives use Credly to help individuals translate their learning experiences into professional opportunities using trusted, portable,digital credentials. Credly empowers organizations to attract, engage, develop, and retain talent with enterprise-class tools that generate data-driven insights to address skills gaps and highlight opportunities through an unmatched global network of credential issuers. Unleash the workforce. | $11.1M / Series A / Apr 24, 2019 | ||
| CollegeVine is a platform for deploying AI Agents to replace administrative work throughout the higher education sector and to save time and money for Universities (Colleges) globally. The higher education sector is projecting an annual deficit of $100B within 5 years. We believe AI Agents will dramatically increase efficiency, reduceadministrative costs, and transform the student experience to make higher education sustainable for the next century. We deploy safe AI Agents to drive real outcomes across campus.Over 100 universities use CollegeVine AI Agents to dramatically change how their administrative staff does work. | $24M / Series B / Apr 01, 2019 | ||
| Vemo Education is a mission-driven educational technology company focused on expanding educational access for all Americans. We partner directly with colleges, universities, and other educational providers to design, implement, and sustain income share agreement (ISA) programs to help increase educational opportunity and reduce financial barriersto economic mobility. | $24.6M / Series A / Mar 15, 2019 | ||
| Packback is a social learning platform powered by a proprietary A.I. that college professors use to help their students fall in love with the subject matter, drive personalized learning, and most importantly, quantify and improve critical thinking skills. | $2.5M / Series B / Jan 29, 2019 | ||
| Techtonic Group is a full service software development services company that also creates talent through a Department of Labor certified Apprenticeship program. The company is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, United States. | $2.2M / Series A / Dec 07, 2018 | ||
| MPOWER is a US-based lender offering student loans to international students studying in the US or Canada without requiring a co-signer, collateral, or US credit history because our proprietary credit algorithm focuses on future potential.MPOWER disburses payments directly to the university on behalf of the students to pay for tuition oruniversity-sponsored services like housing, meal plans, or health insurance. Students start paying back the loan within 6 months after graduation. The loan comes with interest discounts, free personal finance education courses, credit-building, and a job placement service for the students. | $10M / Series B / Nov 27, 2018 | ||
| See all 74 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does University Ventures invest in?
University Ventures invests primarily in Education, Higher Education and EdTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 74 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does University Ventures invest in?
University Ventures typically joins rounds of $500k–$4.9M at Seed, $2.2M–$18M at Series A and $2.5M–$45M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not University Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds University Ventures took part in.
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Who are the partners at University Ventures?
The team at University Ventures includes Corinne Spears (Vice President), Ryan Craig (Managing Director) and Troy Williams (Managing Director), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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