Education Design Lab — Seed VC Firm
Education Design Lab is a Seed venture capital firm based in Washington, District of Columbia investing in EdTech, Other.
- Partners
- 11 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- EdTech, Other
- HQ
- Washington, District of Columbia
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- AUM
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Last verified: 2026-10-18
Seed
11 partners
Investment Thesis
Venture philanthropy focused on K-12 education, backing early-stage entrepreneurs reimagining public education. This is not a traditional VC fund, but it is a specialist education investor.
How Education Design Lab invests
Education Design Lab is a vc firm based in Washington, District of Columbia. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on EdTech, Other.
Partners & Team
Rachel Kahn
Senior Director of Community College Growth
Colin Reynolds
Senior Director, Strategy
Tait Kellogg
Director of Learning and Evaluation
Tara Laughlin
Director of Skills Development
Lisa Larson
CEO
Julienne Vinson
Vice President of Human Resources
Laura Faulkner
Senior Director, Growth
Laurence Roth
Chief Growth Officer
LaSha Norris
People and Culture Manager
Naomi Boyer
Senior Vice President Digital
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Industry Focus
Invests In
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in EdTech, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Rachel Kahn, Senior Director of Community College Growth.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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