Who invested in LearnVest

5 rounds we have observed, with the 13 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.

Financial Services

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$69Mraised across 5 rounds since 2009, from 5 sources

$1.1MSeed$4.4MSeries A$19MSeries B$17MSeries C$28MSeries D

Latest round: Series D, $28MApr 2014
Step-upi: 1.7×
Investors: 13

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The funding story

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

20102011201220132014

$1.1MSeed$4.4MSeries A$19MSeries B$17MSeries C$28MSeries D

First round: Seed, $1.1M
Biggest round: $28M
Usual gap between rounds: 15 months

The rounds

Apr 2014
Series D$28M1 new2 returning
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $27M sold, first sale Apr 2014
Jul 2013
Series C$17M5 new1 returning
- Accel
- American Express Ventures
- Conversion Capital
- Claritas Capital
- Ed Mathias
- Todd Ruppert
Reported by techcrunch.comSEC filing: $17M sold, first sale Jul 2013
Jul 2011
Series B$19M5 returning
Reported by techcrunch.comSEC filing: $5.0M sold, first sale Jul 2011
Apr 2010
Series A$4.4M1 new3 returning
Reported by bits.blogs.nytimes.comSEC filing: $4.4M sold, first sale Mar 2010
Aug 2009
Seed$1.1M6 new
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $676K sold, first sale Jun 2009

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

Alexa vo TobelExecutive Officer, Directori
John GardnerExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediAnn KaplanLee BarbaTheresia Gouw

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.

Seed2009Series A2010Series B2011Series C2013Series D2014

Accel

Rose Tech Ventures

Richmond Global

American Express Ventures

Trajectory Capital

PKS CapitalCircle Financial Group

Golden Seeds

Conversion Capital

Northwestern Mutual

The exit

ExitBuyerPriceWhen

AcquiredNorthwestern Mutual$250MMar 2015

From historical deal records. Wrong? Tell us.

Everyone who backed them

AccelVC firm4rounds

Rose Tech VenturesAccelerator3rounds

Richmond GlobalVC firm3rounds

American Express VenturesVC firm2rounds

Trajectory CapitalFamily office2rounds

PKS CapitalVC firm2rounds

Circle Financial GroupVC firm2rounds

Golden SeedsAngel network1round

Conversion CapitalVC firm1round

Northwestern MutualPrivate equity1round

Claritas CapitalPrivate equity1round

Ed Mathiasno record of our own yet1round

Todd Ruppertno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list LearnVest 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.