Kapor Capital
Kapor Capital is a venture capital investment firm. It invests in early stage startups whose business generates a positive social impact.
It is among the most active investors in the education technology field. According to venture capital database, CB Insights, it was the third most active Ed Tech investor from 2010–2015.[1]
It was founded by software entrepreneur Mitch Kapor and his wife, Freada Kapor Klein.
Contents
Portfolio
Education related companies make up a significant portion of Kapor Capital's portfolio:[2]
- alltuition: An online planners to help students and families manage the college financial aid process.
- Chromatik: a digital learning platform to help people practice, perform, and learn music.
- ClassDojo: A classroom behavior management tool.
- Clever: software that bridges applications to schools' student information systems.
- Desmos: an interactive math program.
- Engrade: Integrates people, tools, data, and curriculum in schools on one platform.
- ePals: an enormous K-12 online learning community.
- Fidelis: Education support to help military personnel transition to civilian life.
- Inkling: mobile learning platform.
- Magoosh: an online education company that got its start in standardized test preparation.
- MindSnacks: Mobile learning games for foreign languages.
- Motion Math: mobile learning games starting with math and aimed at young children.
- Mytonomy: a "near-peer" social network to bring alumni advice to high school students in a way that supports high school counselors.
- NoRedink: a web-based learning platform that helps students improve their grammar and writing skills.
- NovoEd: a platform for collaborative learning in massive open courses (MOOCs).
- Piazza: a Q&A platform for classrooms.
- Plaza Familia: Everything in education for Spanish speakers.
- Tioki: an online professional network for educators.
- UniversityNow: New Charter University (UniversityNow) a program that iaims to provide everyone with the opportunity to improve their lives through education.
People
- Mitchell Kapor, founder partner; described as 'a pioneer of the personal computing industry', he was founding chair of the Mozilla Foundation; creator of the open source web browser Firefox; and co-founder of The Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- Freada Kapor Klein, partner; founder of the Level Playing Field Institute.
- Benjamin Jealous, partner; former president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Contacts
- Website: http://www.kaporcapital.com
References
- ↑ Funding To VC-Backed Education Technology Startups Soars 96%, CB Insights, 17 July 2015
- ↑ Kapor Capital, EdSurge, accessed August 2015
