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What does Owl Ventures invest in?
Owl Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (91% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Edtech.
Owl Ventures highlights
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11 rounds on record
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 91% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $10M
What they do
With $2.2B+ in committed capital across seven funds, Owl Ventures is the defining global investor in EdTech, backing companies at every stage that are transforming the future of education and work.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- Edtech
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first11 appearances
- 2025
3 rounds
- Oct
- Mar
- Feb
- 2016
1 round
- Oct
- 2015
6 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Apr
- 2014
1 round
- Sept
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration8 named
APAmit PatelManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
ICIan ChiuManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
ICIan ChuiManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
JSJed SmithManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
KEKate E ChhabraChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
TCThomas CostinManaging DirectoriForm ADV
TCTom CostinManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
VEVictor Ellis PattersonManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
We also hold 17 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$2.5Bassets it managesOct 2026
5+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- OWL Ventures, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 172513
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
42 of 60 we have independently watched raise
AblschoolsAmiralearningAuthenticasolutionsAuthoritiveBenchprepBetterlessonBlingBorderplusBriskteachingCodecademyDeephowDegreedDeweylearnFiveableGalenaGreenlightHoytrabajasIgnite-readingImbellusInterplaylearningKiddomKualiKyronlearningLabsterLeleketangLetrusLingoaceLingoliveMasterclassMaximallearningMightynetworksMorressierNewselaNoodlePanoramaedParentsquarePreplyQuantinuumQuizletRaiseRebelgirlsSanjiekeApnaClassClassplusappCoalasaudeDerivitaEthiqlyFizzFutreGeniallyGetanswersnowGocloudforceHazelHonorlockIlclassroomJotitLeapfinanceLinusprepNordangliaeducationand 4 more
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.