LearnStart is a dedicated seed-stage venture capital fund and specialized arm of Learn Capital, focused on transforming global education, human capital development, and EdTech. It invests in early-stage education technology companies, with a portion of capital reserved for early childhood development startups.
41% of their portfolio is in Education. Their most common stage is seed (56% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $6.2M (across 24 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
20
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Don Burton
Managing Partner
Michael Staton
General Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
27 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Millie | Series A | $12M | Feb 2025 |
 Millie | Series A | $12M | Jan 2025 |
| BBrains & Motion Education (BAM!) | Unknown | $18M | Mar 2024 |
 Skillprint | Seed | $3.5M | Jan 2023 |
 Neol | Seed | — | Jun 2022 |
| Neol | Unknown | $5.2M | Jan 2022 |
 Shikho | Pre-Seed | $275K | Jan 2022 |
 Englease | Seed | $3.4M | Dec 2021 |
 Framework | Seed | $2M | Nov 2021 |
 CreatorUp | Series A | $5M | Sep 2021 |
 Novakid | Series B | $35M | Aug 2021 |
| Shikho | Seed | $1.3M | Jul 2021 |
 Acadeum | Unknown | $5M | Mar 2021 |
| Acadeum | Series A | $7M | Mar 2021 |
 HowNow | Seed | — | Feb 2021 |
 YaizY | Seed | $2.1M | Jan 2021 |
 StayQrious | Seed | $2M | Sep 2020 |
| StayQrious | Seed | $2M | Jan 2020 |
| KKenzie Academy | Series A | $7.8M | Sep 2019 |
| KKenzie | Series A | $7.8M | Sep 2019 |
 Osmosis | Seed | $4M | Jun 2019 |
 HowNow | Seed | — | Jan 2019 |
 Concourse | Seed | $2M | Aug 2018 |
 NextStep | Seed | $2.1M | — |
| Skillprint | Pre-Seed | $3.5M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator3 shared
Rethink Education3 shared
Learn Capital2 shared
Wavemaker Partners2 shared
FJ Labs2 shared
New Markets Venture Partners2 shared
Draper Associates2 shared
Dream Incubator2 shared
TMV2 shared
BBG Ventures2 shared
Amboy Street Ventures2 shared
Joyance Partners2 shared
Pivotal Ventures2 shared
Foreground Capital2 shared
Ingeborg Investments2 shared
Shanda Group2 shared
Verissimo Ventures2 shared
Peak State Ventures2 shared
Strada2 shared
Fuel Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026