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NewSchools Venture Fund
Investor · Oakland, CA, United States · North America
NewSchools Venture Fund is a nonprofit venture philanthropy that raises charitable donations and grants them to early-stage education entrepreneurs. It provides one-year unrestricted grants of $150,000 to $250,000 along with coaching and community to organizations reimagining public education.
Invests inEducation
In its own wordseducationk-12edtechinnovative schoolslearning differencesteaching
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Or find every investor that fitsNewSchools Venture Fund lists 174 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Education (77%), Healthcare & Biotech (9%) and AI & Machine Learning (5%). 91% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Charter School Growth Fund, Workshop and Brass Ring Ventures.
No funding round on record names NewSchools Venture Fund yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not NewSchools Venture Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 174. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 77% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 5% | 18% |
| Human Resources | 3% | 1% |
| Fintech | 1% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 1% | 5% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 1% | 7% |
| Gaming | 0% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Charter School Growth Fund | 16 |
| Workshop | 4 |
| Brass Ring Ventures | 3 |
| Difference Partners | 3 |
| LearnLaunch Fund + Accelerator | 3 |
| Grid110 | 2 |
| Ruthless For Good Fund | 2 |
| A-Street Ventures | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 98th | 174 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 93th | 77% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers17299%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company21%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Charter School Growth Fund
Compare NewSchools Venture Fund head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
174 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company designs and provides hands-on math projects and games for students in grades 3-9. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| 4th-Dimension Leaders provides strategic consulting services and various programs for educational leaders and organizations to increase impact and transform values | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| The company creates educational games to help students learn and apply their knowledge | EducationGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Activate MO is a dedicated advocacy non-profit focused on educating, training, and uplifting families and youth leaders across Missouri. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Acuarela Biliteracy Works develops instructional materials for dual language programs. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| AI for Equity builds public goods and leader capacity to help students flourish in the age of AI. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds and improves inclusive communities through coaching, professional learning, and expanding networks. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| ALL In Education works to change the reality of Latino students and families being excluded from education decision-making spaces by focusing on Latino leadership development | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| The Anchor School is a tuition-free public charter school that partners with 6th through 12th grade students to develop their knowledge, skills, and confidence, and also offers various community programs and services | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| The APTI Model provides evidence-based social-emotional learning strategies and tools to educational systems and organizations. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a tuition-free charter high school in Houston. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a free education tool for teachers and students | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Aventura Community School is a public bilingual charter school that offers a project-based learning approach and a focus on global competence. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Barbershop Books provides literacy programs that celebrate and affirm the interests of Black boys in neighborhood barbershops | Education | Portfolio page | ||
Education | Portfolio page | |||
| Bernalillo Public Schools operates schools and provides education to students in the area. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Bilingual Generation helps children stay connected to heritage languages and culture | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Central Brooklyn Literacy Academy is a NYC public school for students with dyslexia and language-based learning differences. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| The Black Educators Advocates Network exists to transform the environment, practices, and policies that affect the educational experience for Black educators, administrators, students, and parents. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| BrainScience Works creates a supplemental reading program for struggling readers and children learning to read | Education | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- newschools.org
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 174
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