Owl Ventures
Owl Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in EdTech, Other. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 14 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 14 companies on record
- Partners
- 11 listed
- AUM
- $2.2B
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- EdTech, Other
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
Last verified: 2026-05-17
Pre-Seed, Seed
$1.0M – $3.0M
$2.2B
14+ companies
11 partners
Investment Thesis
Largest education-focused venture firm; invests in education and workforce learning platforms, including enterprise upskilling.
How Owl Ventures invests
Owl 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.
Owl Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $2.2B in assets under management.
Investing since at least 2014, Owl Ventures has backed 14 companies in our records, including Brisk Teaching, Preply, uLesson. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2023.
Partners & Team
Aman Mahajan
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (14)
2023
Brisk Teaching
Brisk Teaching is an AI-powered Chrome extension that helps teachers automate their workload.
2021
Preply
Preply is an online educational platform that pairs students with private tutors remotely via online chat.
uLesson
uLesson is the first of its kind in Africa, focused on making curriculum relevant.
LeapFinance
Leap is on a mission to democratize access to a quality global education.
2020
Workera
Workera is focused on personalized data-AI skills transformation.
2019
Amira Learning
Amira listens to young students read aloud, assesses reading mastery, and provides real-time, personalized tutoring for every child.
Hazel Health
Hazel’s mission is to transform lives by providing all children access to high quality healthcare.
2017
Kiddom
Connecting curriculum, learning, and data in one place to help educators and learners unlock their full potential.
2014
Newsela
Great instruction starts with great content.
Other
Degreed
- •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 $1.0M – $3.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lyman Missimer, Vice President.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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