GSV Ventures is a female-led, multi-stage venture capital firm investing in the global education technology sector across the "Pre-K to Gray" spectrum. Founded by Deborah Quazzo, the firm backs transformative learning and workforce skills companies and is currently investing out of its $300 million Fund III.
63% of their portfolio is in Education. Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $36.8M (across 76 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
68
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Sergey Karayev
Partner and Co-Founder of Volition
Adam Freed
Managing Partner
Arne Duncan
Managing Partner, Emerson Collective; former U.S. Secretary of Education
Scott Kinney
Managing Director in Education Technology, Devonshire Investors
Abhishek Mishra
Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 TAP | Unknown | — | Feb 2026 |
 PAC | Series A | $7.6M | Jun 2025 |
 Ropes | Seed | $3.1M | Apr 2025 |
 Amigo | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Physics Wallah | Series B | $210M | Sep 2024 |
 Uplimit | Series A | $11M | Jul 2024 |
 Mattilda | Series A | $19M | Jul 2023 |
 Dreamscape Learn | Series A | $20M | Jan 2023 |
 Maximal Learning | Seed | $5.7M | Jan 2023 |
 Kyron Learning | Series A | $14.6M | Jan 2023 |
 Udocz | Seed | $2M | Sep 2022 |
 tango | Series A | $14M | Jun 2022 |
| Physics Wallah | Series A | $100M | Jun 2022 |
 Disco | Series A | $20M | Mar 2022 |
 Tutored by Teachers | Series A | $10M | Feb 2022 |
 Domestika | Series D | $110M | Jan 2022 |
 LEAD | Series E | $100M | Jan 2022 |
 Course Hero | Series C | $380M | Dec 2021 |
 Clasp | Series A | $12M | Dec 2021 |
 KaiPod Learning | Seed | $1.5M | Nov 2021 |
 Abwaab | Series A | $20M | Nov 2021 |
 EdSights | Series A | $5M | Sep 2021 |
 Apna | Series C | $100M | Sep 2021 |
 NoRedInk | Series B | $50M | Aug 2021 |
| tango | Seed | $5.7M | Aug 2021 |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 7 September 2026