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GSV Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

GSV Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in EdTech, Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 90 portfolio companies in our records.

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

AUM

$650M

Portfolio

90+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2013Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

EdTech and workforce upskilling specialist; backs platforms for learning, skills, and career outcomes.

How GSV Ventures invests

GSV Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on EdTech, Other.

GSV Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $650M in assets under management.

Investing since at least 2013, GSV Ventures has backed 90 companies in our records, including Voxy, MasterClass, CourseHero. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2013.

Meet the Team

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Deborah Quazzo

Managing Partner

EdTech
Workforce
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Deborah Quazzo

Managing Partner

EdTech
AI in Education
K-12

Industry Focus

Invests In

EdTech
Other

Portfolio Companies (90)

2013

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Voxy

Enterprise & Professional Learning & Talent·Not specified

Personalized, cloud-based language learning platform changing the way the world learns English. Voxy provides adaptive, career-aligned courses and personalized English language instruction to corporations, educational institutions, and governments globally.

Other

MA

MasterClass

Learning platform
CO

CourseHero

Learning platform
GU

Guild Education

Career Coaching
MA

Mastery Connect

K-12 EdTech
CL

ClassDojo

CL

Class Technologies

CO

Coursera

GU

Guild

LE

Learneo

How to pitch GSV Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in EdTech, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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