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Chalkboard Ventures

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$100K – $500K

Portfolio

9+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on early-stage EdTech companies innovating with classroom tools and gamified learning solutions.

Meet the Team

GF

Genna Franconi

General Partner

SJ

Sara Jones

Chief Financial Officer

CC

Christy Cross

Head of Growth

JS

John Stapleton

Chief Creative Innovation Officer

JM

Janis Middleton

Chief Inclusion Officer

Industry Focus

Invests In

EdTech
Other
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Hardware

Portfolio Companies (9)

Other

22

22squared

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Full-service media agency

TR

Trade School

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Modern creative agency

TH

The Home Depot

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

PU

Publix Super Markets

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

GR

Grammarly

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

SO

Southeast Toyota

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

BA

Baskin Robbins

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

OL

Old Castle APG

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

SE

Segway

Consumer Tech·Series C

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Personal transportation devices

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