New Markets Venture Partners is a leading early- and growth-stage venture capital firm that invests in transformative education and workforce technology companies. The firm focuses on double-bottom-line investing to improve educational and employment outcomes, having invested in over 38 companies across two decades.
50% of their portfolio is in Education. They made 3 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-a (47% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.4M (across 30 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
28
Fund Size
$160M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
32 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 FamilyWell | Series A | $8M | Nov 2025 |
 Familywell Health | Series A | $8M | Nov 2025 |
 Knack | Series B | — | Oct 2025 |
 Nexford | Series A | $10.8M | Jun 2024 |
| BBrains & Motion Education (BAM!) | Unknown | $18M | Mar 2024 |
 Concentric | Series A | $5M | Oct 2023 |
 DataPeople | Series A | $13M | Jun 2023 |
 Nexford University | Series A | $8M | Sep 2022 |
 Regent Education | Growth | — | Jun 2022 |
 Nexford University | Series A | $8M | Jan 2022 |
| Nexford | Series A | $8M | Jan 2022 |
 CreatorUp | Series A | $5M | Sep 2021 |
| AAmerican Prison Data Systems | Series B | $5M | Jun 2020 |
 Presence | Series D | $27M | May 2020 |
 PresenceLearning | Series D | $27M | May 2020 |
 Climb | Unknown | $50M | Jan 2019 |
 Galvanize | Series C | $32M | Jul 2018 |
 Learnplatform | Seed | $3.2M | Jan 2018 |
 BetterLesson | Series B | $10M | Nov 2017 |
| NNoodle Companies | Seed | $5M | Jan 2016 |
| MMashable | Series B | $17M | Jan 2015 |
| MMashable | Series A | $14M | Mar 2014 |
| PresenceLearning | Series B | $8M | Apr 2013 |
| KKickboard | Series A | $2M | Feb 2013 |
| BetterLesson | Series A | $1.6M | Sep 2011 |
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Top Co-Investors
Learn Capital5 shared
Bisk Ventures5 shared
Future of Learning Fund4 shared
Future Africa4 shared
Catalyst Investors3 shared
Great Road Holdings3 shared
Owl Ventures3 shared
University Growth Fund2 shared
Nexus Venture Partners2 shared
GreyMatter Capital2 shared
.406 Ventures2 shared
LearnStart2 shared
Village Global2 shared
Bain Capital Double Impact2 shared
Social Starts2 shared
private angel investors2 shared
Impact Engine2 shared
Acumen2 shared
Third Prime2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026