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What does University Ventures invest in?
University Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (69% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Ed-tech, Edtech and Education.
University Ventures highlights
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21 rounds on record
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Mostly Series A and Seed: 69% of its rounds
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Led 1 rounds
What they do
University Ventures invested in the future of higher education from 2011 through 2018.From their own website
- Type
- Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Up to $10M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- Ed-techEdtechEducation
- Based in
- New York, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first21 appearances
- 2019
5 rounds
- Oct
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- 2018
5 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Jul
- Feb
- Jan
- 2017
7 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- May
- Mar
- Feb
- 2016
1 round
- Jul
- 2015
2 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- 2012
1 round
- Jun
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 registration5 named
DSDaniel Shlomo PiankoManager of the Sole General PartneriFiling they signed
DFDavid FiguliManageriFiling they signed
DFDavid FuguliManager of the Sole General PartneriFiling they signed
GAGregg Alan RosenthalManager of the Sole General Partner of the IsssueriFiling they signed
RDRyan David CraigManager of the Sole General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 5 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
$363Massets it managesOct 2026
2+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- University Ventures Funds Management, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 163575
Funds on its Form ADV
11 private funds, $420M in gross assets · filed Mar 2024
- University Ventures SPV-I, L.P.Non-qualifying venture capit43 investors$182M
- University Ventures Fund II, L.P.Non-qualifying venture capit20 investors$177M
- Achieve Partners SPV I, L.P.Non-qualifying venture capit17 investors$17M
- University Ventures Fund I, L.P.Non-qualifying venture capit9 investors$13M
- University Ventures Fund I BECO-Investment, L.P.Non-qualifying venture capit2 investors$11M
- Beacon-UV Fund, L.P.Non-qualifying venture capit2 investors$9.0M
- University Ventures Fund I PB and Affiliates Co-Investment, L.P.Non-qualifying venture capit4 investors$5.0M
- University Ventures Income Share Agreement Fund I, L.P.Non-qualifying venture capit2 investors$4.5M
- USA Funds-UV Co-Investment Fund, L.P.Non-qualifying venture capit2 investors$972K
- ZOMA-UV Fund, L.P.Non-qualifying venture capit2 investors$3K
And 1 more on the filing.