# Owl Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Owl Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 11 investments on record, latest Oct 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Owl Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet New fund $271M, Jan 2022 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Edtech

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 11 on record

Since the last cheque **374** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$13M** Rounds led **2 of 11** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Owl Ventures highlights

- 01 11 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 91% of its rounds
- 03 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:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Edtech
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **11 appearances**

- **2025** 3 rounds
- **Oct** **[Starbridge.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/starbridge-ai)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$42M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Brisk](https://millionrounds.com/company/brisk)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$15M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Starbridge](https://millionrounds.com/company/starbridge)** Seed · AlleyWatch **$10M** *Led*
- **2016** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Securly](https://millionrounds.com/company/securly)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$4.0M** *Led*
- **2015** 6 rounds
- **Nov** **[Quizlet](https://millionrounds.com/company/quizlet)** Series A · US **$12M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Newsela](https://millionrounds.com/company/newsela)** Series B · US **$15M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[LearnZillion](https://millionrounds.com/company/learnzillion)** Series B · US **$13M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[DreamBox Learning](https://millionrounds.com/company/dreambox-learning)** Series B · US **$10M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Panorama Education](https://millionrounds.com/company/panorama-education)** Series A · US **$12M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Raise Labs, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/raise-labs-inc)** Series A · US **$4.5M** With 6 others
- **2014** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Newsela](https://millionrounds.com/company/newsela)** Series A · US **$6.0M** With 4 others

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 registration **8 named**

AP **Amit Patel** Managing Director i Filing they signed

IC **Ian Chiu** Managing Director i Filing they signed

IC **Ian Chui** Managing Director i Filing they signed

JS **Jed Smith** Managing Director i Filing they signed

KE **Kate E Chhabra** Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV

TC **Thomas Costin** Managing Director i Form ADV

TC **Tom Costin** Managing Director i Filing they signed

VE **Victor Ellis Patterson** Managing Director i Filing 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

**$2.5B** assets it manages Oct 2026

**5+** funds on file numbered funds in its name

**Registered** investment adviser full 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

[Ablschools](https://millionrounds.com/company/abl-schools)[Amiralearning](https://millionrounds.com/company/amira-learning)[Authenticasolutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/authentica-solutions)[Authoritive](https://millionrounds.com/company/authoritive)[Benchprep](https://millionrounds.com/company/benchprep)[Betterlesson](https://millionrounds.com/company/betterlesson)[Bling](https://millionrounds.com/company/bling)[Borderplus](https://millionrounds.com/company/borderplus)[Briskteaching](https://millionrounds.com/company/brisk-teaching)[Codecademy](https://millionrounds.com/company/codecademy)[Deephow](https://millionrounds.com/company/deephow)[Degreed](https://millionrounds.com/company/degreed)[Deweylearn](https://millionrounds.com/company/deweylearn)[Fiveable](https://millionrounds.com/company/fiveable)[Galena](https://millionrounds.com/company/galena)[Greenlight](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenlight)[Hoytrabajas](https://millionrounds.com/company/hoytrabajas)[Ignite-reading](https://millionrounds.com/company/ignite-reading)[Imbellus](https://millionrounds.com/company/imbellus)[Interplaylearning](https://millionrounds.com/company/interplay-learning)[Kiddom](https://millionrounds.com/company/kiddom)[Kuali](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuali)[Kyronlearning](https://millionrounds.com/company/kyron-learning)[Labster](https://millionrounds.com/company/labster)[Leleketang](https://millionrounds.com/company/lele-ketang)[Letrus](https://millionrounds.com/company/letrus)[Lingoace](https://millionrounds.com/company/lingoace)[Lingolive](https://millionrounds.com/company/lingo-live)[Masterclass](https://millionrounds.com/company/masterclass)[Maximallearning](https://millionrounds.com/company/maximal-learning)[Mightynetworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/mighty-networks)[Morressier](https://millionrounds.com/company/morressier)[Newsela](https://millionrounds.com/company/newsela)[Noodle](https://millionrounds.com/company/noodle)[Panoramaed](https://millionrounds.com/company/panorama-education)[Parentsquare](https://millionrounds.com/company/parentsquare)[Preply](https://millionrounds.com/company/preply)[Quantinuum](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantinuum)[Quizlet](https://millionrounds.com/company/quizlet)[Raise](https://millionrounds.com/company/raiseme)[Rebelgirls](https://millionrounds.com/company/rebel-girls)[Sanjieke](https://millionrounds.com/company/sanjieke) Apna Class Classplusapp Coalasaude Derivita Ethiqly Fizz Futre Genially Getanswersnow Gocloudforce Hazel Honorlock Ilclassroom Jotit Leapfinance Linusprep Nordangliaeducation and 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.

New fund on file

**$271M**

raised in Jan 2022

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$13M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$10M**

Led 2 of 11 rounds **18%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2025

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *7*
- Series B said *3*
- Seed said *1*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Owl Ventures put money into.

[**Starbridge** $10M · Feb 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/starbridge)

## Quick answers about Owl Ventures

### 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.

### How active is Owl Ventures?

11 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Oct 2025.

### What has Owl Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Starbridge.ai (Series A, Oct 2025), Brisk (Series A, Mar 2025) and Starbridge (Seed, Feb 2025).

### How big are Owl Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $13M.

### Does Owl Ventures lead rounds?

Yes: it led 2 of its 11 investments on record (18%).

### Where does Owl Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Owl Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2025.

### What kind of investor is Owl Ventures?

Owl Ventures is a VC firm based in San Francisco, United States.

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