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Alicorn — Seed & Series A VC Firm

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Alicorn is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm investing in EdTech, AI / ML. The firm has 8 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
8 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
EdTech, AI / ML
Check size
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-11-07

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed, Series A

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investment Thesis

Early-stage investor with exposure to edtech software and AI-driven learning products. Fit is strongest where school distribution and consumer learning engagement reinforce one another.

How Alicorn invests

Alicorn is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on EdTech, AI / ML.

Alicorn manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

Alicorn has backed 8 companies in our records, including Axis, Lemonade, Glassbox.

Partners & Team

U

Unknown

GP

EdTech
AI
BE

Bart Engelander

Principal

SA

Sarah Ashford

Executive Assistant

Industry Focus

Invests In

EdTech
AI / ML

Funds

Alicorn Fund II

$200M2022
actively investing

Alicorn Fund I

$150M2020
fully deployed

Recent Activity

Raised Alicorn Fund II ($200M)

2022 · fund records

Raised Alicorn Fund I ($150M)

2020 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

AX

Axis

Accelerating the world’s transition to a modern workplace through secure connectivity.

LE

Lemonade

A certified B Corp revolutionising the world of insurance.

GL

Glassbox

Building software that enables companies to create frictionless digital journeys for their customers.

VO

Voyantis

Developed an AI powered LTV (lifetime value) platform.

PL

Pliops

Infrastructure / data storage·Growth-stage

Data storage acceleration hardware/software company.

CO

Codefresh

DevOps / cloud software·Growth-stage / secondary investment

DevOps / CI-CD platform for cloud-native software delivery.

MO

Mocha Tech

Mobile commerce / adtech / AI·Growth-stage / co-investment

Mobile commerce monetization company using AI/ML recommendations to improve discovery and monetization.

AN

Anodot

AI / observability / analytics·Growth-stage

AI-based business observability / anomaly detection platform for revenue and operations monitoring.

How to pitch Alicorn
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in EdTech, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Unknown, GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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