JFF Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)
JFF Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm investing in EdTech, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Partners
- 11 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- EdTech, Other
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-02
Seed
$250K – $2.0M
11 partners
Investment Thesis
JFF Ventures backs future-of-work and workforce innovations, including education technologies that improve access, skills, and career pathways. The fund is mission-driven and highly adjacent to EdTech SaaS serving institutions and teams.
How JFF Ventures invests
JFF Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on EdTech, Other.
JFF Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
Partners & Team
Taylor Maag
Director of Workforce Policy
Mark Genua
Director of Solutions Design and Delivery
Francene Kennedy
Director
Terry Grobe
Program Director
Mindy Martin
Executive Director
Gregory Desantis
Vice President, Education
Alison Schmitt
Director
Josh Copus
Senior Director
Sophie B
Director
Amy Girardi
Executive Director Program Manager
Michele Madansky
Managing Director
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.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Taylor Maag, Director of Workforce Policy.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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