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    Rethink Education

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2012
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    Rethink Education is a mission-driven venture capital firm and a venture strategy within Rethink Capital Partners, investing in companies that expand human potential and economic mobility at scale through education technology and related sectors.

    50% of their portfolio is in Education. Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $12.1M (across 39 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    38

    Fund Size

    $48.9M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    BJ

    Brad Jakeman

    Founding Managing Partner, Rethink Food

    RG

    Rini Greenfield

    Founding Managing Partner, Rethink Food

    AN

    Amy Nelson

    Managing Partner, Rethink Education

    HK

    Heidi Krauel Patel

    Managing Partner, Rethink Impact

    JA

    Jenny Abramson

    Founder & Managing Partner, Rethink Impact

    MG

    Matt Greenfield

    Founder & Managing Partner, Rethink Education

    JW

    Jonathan Winer

    Senior Managing Director, Rethink Capital Partners and President & CIO, Rethink Healthcare Real Estate

    DB

    David Braunstein

    Managing Director, Investments, Rethink Real Estate

    MP

    Malika Peltier

    Managing Director, Asset Management, Rethink Real Estate

    BD

    Bridget Duru

    Venture Partner, Rethink Education

    DB

    David Bramble

    JV Partner & Investment Committee Member, Rethink Community

    MM

    Monique Malcolm-Hay

    Partner, Rethink Education

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    40 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Understood Care logoUnderstood CareSeed$5MMar 2026
    RRasa LegalSeed$5MMar 2026
    Avela Health logoAvela HealthSeed$10MJan 2026
    Campus logoCampusSeries B$46MMar 2025
    Hiveclass logoHiveclassSeed$1.5MJan 2025
    Hiveclass logoHiveclassSeed$1.5MJan 2025
    Backpack Healthcare logoBackpack HealthcareSeries A$14MMay 2024
    YYoume HealthcareSeries A$14MMay 2024
    Teal HQ logoTeal HQSeed$6.3MJun 2022
    Meaningful Gigs logoMeaningful GigsSeed$6MMar 2022
    NoRedInk logoNoRedInkSeries B$50MAug 2021
    Formative logoFormativeGrowth$70MJun 2021
    Acadeum logoAcadeumSeries A$7MMar 2021
    Amira Learning logoAmira LearningUnknown$11MJan 2021
    Sora logoSoraSeed$2.7MOct 2020
    AAmerican Prison Data SystemsSeries B$5MJun 2020
    Adjacent Academies logoAdjacent AcademiesSeed$2.1MJan 2020
    KKenzie AcademySeries A$7.8MSep 2019
    KKenzieSeries A$7.8MSep 2019
    SV Academy logoSV AcademySeries A$9.5MJun 2019
    Crehana logoCrehanaSeries B$4.5MFeb 2019
    Imbellus logoImbellusSeries A$14.5MOct 2018
    Wonderschool logoWonderschoolSeries A$20MAug 2018
    Vidcode logoVidcodeSeed$1.5MJul 2017
    ABL Schools logoABL SchoolsSeries A$7.5MJun 2017
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    Top Co-Investors

    Kapor Capital6 shared
    Owl Ventures5 shared
    Strada Education Network4 shared
    Techstars4 shared
    Bloomberg Beta3 shared
    Reach Capital3 shared
    GSV Ventures3 shared
    Peak State Ventures3 shared
    Bisk Ventures3 shared
    LearnStart3 shared
    First Round Capital2 shared
    Lerer Hippeau2 shared
    Uprising2 shared
    True Ventures2 shared
    Samsung Venture Investment Corporation2 shared
    New Markets Venture Partners2 shared
    PACE Healthcare Capital2 shared
    Portland Seed Fund2 shared
    ECMC Group2 shared
    Spring Mountain Capital2 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026