# EdSurge funding: rounds and investors > EdSurge has raised $5.4M across 4 rounds since 2012. Investors include NewSchools Venture Fund, Learn Capital and Allen & Company. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/edsurge (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *EdSurge* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 17 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. Edtech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$5.4M** raised across 4 rounds since 2012, from 4 sources **$400K** Seed **$1.5M** Series A **$960K** Series A **$2.5M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $2.5M Dec 2018 - **Step-up i:** 2.6× - **Investors:** 17 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. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 **$400K** Seed **$1.5M** Series A **$960K** Series A **$2.5M** Round - **First round:** Seed, $400K - **Biggest round:** $2.5M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 18 months ## The rounds - **Dec 2018** Round **$2.5M** *3 new* [Deborah Quazzo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deborah-quazzo) Golden Angels Jason Palmer Reported by Edsurge - **May 2014** Series A **$960K** *5 new* [Catamount Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catamount-ventures) [1776 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1776-ventures) [Steve Blank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-blank) [Women's Venture Capital Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/women-s-venture-capital-fund) Dale Dougherty From a historical funding record - **Feb 2014** Series A **$1.5M** *5 new* *1 returning* [Learn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/learn-capital) [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) [GSV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-capital) [John Katzman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-katzman) Lynda Weinman Matthew Hanson From a historical funding record - **Aug 2012** Seed **$400K** *4 new* [Allen & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allen-and-company) [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) [Washington Post](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-post) Nancy Peretsman Reported by techcrunch.com ## Founders and team From EdSurge's own website: 1 founder, 4 on the team. **Nneka McGee** Educator, Author, & Founder of Muon Global - **Daniel Obregon** Chief Marketing & Communications Officer - **Sarah Mckibben** Editor-in-Chief - **Hamza Feroz** Senior Business Manager - **Mi Aniefuna** Senior Research Manager Advisers *Adriana Lacy* ## 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. **Seed** 2012 **Series A** 2014 **Series A** 2014 **Round** 2018 [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) [Learn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/learn-capital) [Allen & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allen-and-company) [Catamount Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catamount-ventures) [GSV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-capital) [Deborah Quazzo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deborah-quazzo) [Washington Post](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-post) [1776 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1776-ventures) [Steve Blank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-blank) [Women's Venture Capital Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/women-s-venture-capital-fund) ## Everyone who backed them [NewSchools Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newschools-venture-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [Learn Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/learn-capital) VC firm **1** round [Allen & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allen-and-company) Wealth manager **1** round [Catamount Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catamount-ventures) VC firm **1** round [GSV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-capital) Investment firm **1** round [Deborah Quazzo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deborah-quazzo) VC firm **1** round [Washington Post](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-post) Startup **1** round [1776 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1776-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Steve Blank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/steve-blank) Angel **1** round [Women's Venture Capital Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/women-s-venture-capital-fund) VC firm **1** round [John Katzman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-katzman) Angel **1** round Dale Dougherty no record of our own yet **1** round Golden Angels no record of our own yet **1** round Jason Palmer no record of our own yet **1** round Lynda Weinman no record of our own yet **1** round Matthew Hanson no record of our own yet **1** round Nancy Peretsman no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=edsurge). ## Also claim to have backed them These 4 firms list EdSurge as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Teamworthy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/teamworthy-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Unreasonable Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unreasonable-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Mehta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mehta-ventures) Family office Per its own site [Mission Driven Fin...](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mission-driven-fin) Investment firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about EdSurge ### Who invested in EdSurge? EdSurge's investors include NewSchools Venture Fund, Learn Capital, Allen & Company, Catamount Ventures and GSV Capital, and 12 more on record. ### How much has EdSurge raised? EdSurge has raised $5.4M across 4 rounds since 2012. ### When did EdSurge last raise? EdSurge's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $2.5M in Dec 2018. ### What was EdSurge's biggest round? Its most recent round, $2.5M in Dec 2018, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed EdSurge first? EdSurge's first round on record, in Aug 2012, was backed by Allen & Company, NewSchools Venture Fund and Washington Post and 1 others. ### What stage is EdSurge at? EdSurge's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Dec 2018. ### Where is EdSurge based? EdSurge is based in the United States. ## Companies like EdSurge In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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