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    Rethink Education

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2012

    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.

    51% 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 $12.7M (across 55 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    51

    Fund Size

    $48.9M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    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

    57 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Understood Care logoUnderstood CareSeed$5MMar 2026
    Rasa Legal logoRasa LegalSeed$5MMar 2026
    Avela logoAvelaSeed$10MJan 2026
    Avela Health logoAvela HealthSeed$10MJan 2026
    Rasa logoRasaSeed$5MJan 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
    Backpack logoBackpackSeries A$17MMay 2024
    Teal HQ logoTeal HQSeed$6.3MJun 2022
    Meaningful Gigs logoMeaningful GigsSeed$6MMar 2022
    CareAcademy logoCareAcademySeed—Jan 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
    Lessonly logoLessonlySeries C$15MJan 2020
    Acadeum logoAcadeumSeries B$11.9MJan 2020
    KK2PBridge$3.7MDec 2019
    KKenzie AcademySeries A$7.8MSep 2019
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026