# Branching Minds funding: rounds and investors

> Branching Minds has raised $1.4M across 7 rounds since 2014. Investors include Techstars, NewSchools Venture Fund and Kaplan EdTech Accelerator.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/branching-minds (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Branching Minds*

7 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Education

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.4M** raised across 7 rounds since 2014, from 7 sources

**$60K** Grant **$100K** Seed **$170** Seed **$320K** Seed **$20K** Seed **$850K** Seed

- **Latest round:** Venture Feb 2024
- **Biggest round:** $850K Seed · Jun 2015
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

**$60K** Grant

**$100K** Seed

**$850K** Seed

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Grant, $60K
- **Biggest round:** $850K
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 11 months

## The rounds

- **Feb 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* *1 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) Source recorded
- **Jun 2015** Seed **$850K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record
- **Jul 2014** Seed **$170** *3 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Kaplan EdTech Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaplan-edtech-accelerator) [Kaplan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaplan) From a historical funding record
- **Jul 2014** Seed **$320K** *1 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) From a historical funding record
- **Jul 2014** Seed **$20K** *1 returning* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) From a historical funding record
- **Jun 2014** Seed **$100K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record
- **May 2014** Grant **$60K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Branching Minds's own website: 1 founder, 22 on the team.

**David Magier** Co-Founder and Board Member

- **Abigail Woodworth** Chief People and Impact Officer
- **Alan Molina** Senior Data Engineer I
- **Alison Rowe** Senior Revenue Operations Manager
- **Amy Faust Fraser** Customer Success Manager
- **Ashley Pennell** Quality Assurance Engineer
- **Austin Griffith** Wanted to be a film director
- **Ben Mark** Director of Sales
- **Bruno Panuto Silva** Senior Software Engineer II
- **Caitlin Crossman-Hams** Senior Software Engineer II
- **Cassandra McKay** Director of Customer Success
- **Chris McInnis** Senior Information Technology Engineer
- **Christina Solinger** Senior Professional Services Manager, Product Adoption
- **Claire Wasserman** Strategic Customer Success Manager
- **Corinne Altrichter** Wanted to be a police officer
- **Craig Gooding** Wanted to be a railroad engineer
- **Crystal Holt** Manager
- **Deniqua Antoine** People Operations Manager
- **Denis Souza** Senior Software Engineer

And 4 more on the team.

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Grant** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2015 **Venture** 2024 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) [Kaplan EdTech Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaplan-edtech-accelerator) [Kaplan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaplan)

## Everyone who backed them

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **4** rounds

[NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Kaplan EdTech Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaplan-edtech-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round

[Kaplan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaplan) Investment firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Branching Minds as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Red House Educatio...](https://millionrounds.com/fund/red-house-educatio) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Branching Minds

### Who invested in Branching Minds?

Branching Minds's investors include Techstars, NewSchools Venture Fund, Kaplan EdTech Accelerator and Kaplan.

### How much has Branching Minds raised?

Branching Minds has raised $1.4M across 7 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Branching Minds last raise?

Branching Minds's most recent round was a Venture in Feb 2024.

### What was Branching Minds's biggest round?

Branching Minds's largest round on record is $850K (Seed), in Jun 2015.

### Who backed Branching Minds first?

Branching Minds's first round on record, in Jul 2014, was backed by Techstars, Kaplan EdTech Accelerator and Kaplan.

### What stage is Branching Minds at?

Branching Minds's latest named round is a Venture, in Feb 2024.

### Where is Branching Minds based?

Branching Minds is based in the United States.

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