# WGU Labs

> WGU Labs is a VC fund backing Education and Artificial Intelligence. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: South Salt Lake, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wgulabs/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/wgulabs?lang=en
- Website: https://www.wgu.edu/about/governance/labs.html

WGU Labs is a VC fund in South Salt Lake focused on Education and Artificial Intelligence. WGU LABS invents, builds, and invests in innovative learning solutions that improve quality and advance educational outcomes for learners everywhere. Building on social psychology, learning science, and industry trends, WGU LABS accelerates EdTech startups and develops usable, effective educational resources and technologies built forimplementation and scale. LABS employs efficacy testing with WGU students in real-world settings, ensuring that each product positively impacts student success.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 5 | 31% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 31% |
| Training | 3 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 19% |
| E-Learning | 2 | 13% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 31% |
| Grant | 5 | 31% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brad Bernatek | Managing Director | 2 | — |
| Jason Levin | Executive Director | 3 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Axio | Axio is an AI ecosystem that transforms the technology powering educational institutions from recruitment to personalized instruction. | $100K | Grant | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| BestFit | BestFit is a college decision-making app that transforms the way underrepresented high school students find a college that best fit them. The company uses technological innovation and authentic storytelling using video-based narratives and an adaptive recommendation system to help students identify colleges best equipped to support them and makebetter college decisions.BestFit was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York. | $100K | Grant | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Earn & Learn | Technology tools and professional development services to streamline and track employer engagement and work-based learning. | $100K | Grant | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Kollegio | Kollegio is an AI-driven platform for college applications. | $100K | Grant | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Pensieve | Pensieve is an AI educational platform that handles grading and provides feedback to colleges with lectures. | $100K | Grant | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Doowii | A predictive, generative-AI data platform that delivers meaningful insights to educators by re-imagining analytics for K-12 education. |  | Seed | Oct 10, 2024 |  |
| Daivergent | Daivergent is the first reimbursable job-readiness and care delivery platform for the 70 million adult disability population. Our software enables neurodivergent and disability talent to enter the digital workforce for the very first time, supporting industries from artificial intelligence to healthcare and beyond. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 28, 2024 |  |
| Making Space | Making Space is a talent acquisition and learning experience platform for companies to access pre-qualified underrepresented talent pools. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Apr 16, 2024 |  |
| Ziplines Education | Ziplines Education, an industry-leading education company, partners with universities to deliver industry-focused certificate courses that prepare professionals for today’s digital-first workforce so individuals can confidently pursue the career they’ve always wanted. The award-winning industry innovator launched in 2017 as GreenFig and relaunchedas Ziplines Education in early 2024. Today, dozens of leading U.S. colleges and universities trust Ziplines Education as their continuing education partner, including the University of Virginia School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Texas Tech University, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. To learn more about the company, visit ziplines.com and follow them on @ZiplinesEducation on Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, and on @ZiplinesEdu on Twitter. | $6.4M | Series A | Feb 21, 2024 |  |
| Savi | Savi is a social impact startup connecting the 46 million Americans with student loan debt to optimized repayment and forgiveness options. Our online tool shows borrowers a personalized view of their student loans and a path to student loan freedom. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 23, 2023 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gradient](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gradient-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Stand Together Ventures Lab — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amfam-institute-impact-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Audrey Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audrey-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ben Franklin Technology Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-franklin-technology-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BIP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bip-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does WGU Labs invest in?

WGU Labs invests primarily in Education, Artificial Intelligence and Training startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 16 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 WGU Labs?

Public channels for WGU Labs include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at WGU Labs?

The team at WGU Labs includes Brad Bernatek (Managing Director) and Jason Levin (Executive Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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