OUR portfolio

Our investments accelerate growth and stimulate private sector innovation and investment.

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  • Acrobatiq

    Next-gen adaptive learning solutions

    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Exit
    Acrobatiq

    Next-gen adaptive learning solutions

    Acrobatiq, a leader in adaptive learning solutions, received the foundation’s support to help grow its next-generation adaptive learning, courseware, and analytics program.
    Website
    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Exit
    Initial investment
    Series A
    Partnered in
    2015
    Headquarters
    USA
  • Aspire Public Schools: College for Certain

    Top-ranked school system for low-income students

    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Volume guarantee
    Status
    Exit
    Aspire Public Schools: College for Certain

    Top-ranked school system for low-income students

    Aspire Public Schools, a Charter Management Organization (CMO), is a top-ranked school system for low-income students.
    Website
    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Volume guarantee
    Status
    Exit
    Initial investment
    Non-profit
    Partnered in
    2010
    Headquarters
    USA
  • BloomBoard

    Education technology for teachers’ instructional practices

    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Active
    BloomBoard

    Education technology for teachers’ instructional practices

    BloomBoard, a software development company, is helping improve teachers instructional practices.
    Website
    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Active
    Initial investment
    Series B
    Partnered in
    2013
    Headquarters
    USA
  • Carnegie Learning

    Next-generation provider of education technology, curriculum, and professional learning solutions.

    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Active
    Carnegie Learning

    Next-generation provider of education technology, curriculum, and professional learning solutions.

    Carnegie Learning provides high quality, integrated K-12 education solutions to students and professional learning services to educators. Our investment supports the development of innovative solutions across the company’s product suite, with the goal of improving student achievement in the US.
    Website
    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Active
    Initial investment
    Growth
    Headquarters
    USA
  • Charter School Growth Fund

    Scaled debt solutions for charter management organizations

    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Debt
    Status
    Active
    Charter School Growth Fund

    Scaled debt solutions for charter management organizations

    The Charter School Growth Fund supports high-performing charter management organizations. Inclusive within its support, CSGF provided subordinated bridge loans to address financing gaps that charter management organizations face across their life cycle.
    Website
    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Debt
    Status
    Active
    Initial investment
    Fund
    Partnered in
    2011
    Headquarters
    USA
  • Civic Builders

    New schools in bankrupt city

    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Debt
    Status
    Exit
    Civic Builders

    New schools in bankrupt city

    Civic Builders built new schools in a bankrupt city where facilities assistance was otherwise available, with the support of the foundation and New Markets Tax Credits.
    Website
    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Debt
    Status
    Exit
    Initial investment
    Private
    Partnered in
    2013
    Headquarters
    USA
  • Owl Ventures

    Education technology investment fund

    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Fund
    Status
    Active
    Owl Ventures

    Education technology investment fund

    Owl Ventures is a global leader in education technology venture investing. The foundation invested in Owl Ventures Fund I to support early-stage investments in K–12 education technology companies in the U.S.
    Website
    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Fund
    Status
    Active
    Initial investment
    Fund
    Partnered in
    2015
    Headquarters
    USA
  • Reach Capital

    Education technology investment fund

    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Fund
    Status
    Active
    Reach Capital

    Education technology investment fund

    Reach Capital is a leading education technology venture capital investment firm. The foundation invested in Fund I and Fund II which invested in solutions that provide new ways to connect students, teachers, and families in a healthy ecosystem of education technology products and services across K–12 education and postsecondary in the U.S.
    Website
    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Fund
    Status
    Active
    Initial investment
    Fund
    Partnered in
    2015
    Headquarters
    USA
  • Uversity: Connections Matter

    Improved student enrollment and retention

    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Exit
    Uversity: Connections Matter

    Improved student enrollment and retention

    Uversity, a mobile app and data solutions company, partners with colleges and universities to improve student enrollment and retention.
    Website
    Focus areas
    U.S. Education & Opportunity
    Investment type
    Direct equity
    Status
    Exit
    Initial investment
    Series C
    Partnered in
    2010
    Headquarters
    USA