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.
54% of their portfolio is in Education. They made 3 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-a (54% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.2M (across 24 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
25
Fund Size
$160M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
26 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 FamilyWell | Series A | $8M | Nov 2025 |
| FFamilywell Health | Series A | $8M | Nov 2025 |
 Knack | Series B | — | Oct 2025 |
| 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 | 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 |
 Galvanize | Series C | $32M | Jul 2018 |
 Learnplatform | Seed | $3.2M | Jan 2018 |
 BetterLesson | Series B | $10M | Nov 2017 |
| MMashable | Series A | $14M | Mar 2014 |
| KKickboard | Series A | $2M | Feb 2013 |
| BetterLesson | Series A | $1.6M | Sep 2011 |
 Climb | Unknown | $9.8M | — |
 Pathstream | Series A | $12M | — |
 Credly | Seed | $7.1M | — |
| SSignal Vine | Series A | $2M | — |
 Fishtree | Series A | $3M | — |
 Noodle Partners | Seed | $14M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Catalyst Investors3 shared
Learn Capital3 shared
Bisk Ventures3 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
Rethink Education2 shared
Colorado Impact Fund1 shared
ABS Capital1 shared
NextView Ventures1 shared
Redpoint Ventures1 shared
Gaingels1 shared
First Round Capital1 shared
Uncork Capital1 shared
SV Angel1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026