Fundraising Fox
/Companies
Sign in

Avela

Founded 2019 · 40 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors

Find your way into Avela

Sign up to see every warm intro you have to Avela

  • Paths you didn't know you had: your email and LinkedIn already hold routes to the Avela team. We find them for you
  • 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: the friend-of-a-friend routes that take hours to manually find through your inbox or LinkedIn
  • Answers now, not in days: momentum is everything in a raise. Skip asking around whether someone knows someone

Days of research, done the moment you sign in, with every route ranked by how warm it is.

Sign up with GoogleAlready have an account? Log in

Avela provides software to school districts, charter networks, and early childhood programs to streamline student enrollment and help families discover and apply to schools. The platform is grounded in 20+ years of research on school choice systems and enrollment equity.

EdTechGovTechSaaS

Founders & leadership

Avela was founded in 2019 by Dr. Joshua Angrist, Greg Bybee, and Parag Pathak.

DJDr. Joshua Angrist
Dr. Joshua AngristCo-Founder
GBGreg Bybee
Greg BybeeCEO & Co-FounderGreg Bybee is co-founder and CEO of Avela, a software platform that helps school districts and families manage student enrollment and school discovery.
PPParag Pathak
Parag PathakCo-FounderParag Pathak is Class of 1922 Professor of Economics at MIT, founding co-director of the NBER Working Group on Market Design, and founder of MIT's School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative. He co-founded Avela Education with Greg Bybee and Josh Angrist.

Investors · 4

Urban Innovationlisted by Urban InnovationSan Francisco · $500K – $3.5M

How we know: Urban Innovation's portfolio page · the VCSheet dataset · Not right? Tell us

Rethink Capital PartnersreportedNew York · $1M – $3M

How we know: press coverage · Not right? Tell us

Rethink EducationreportedWhite Plains

How we know: press coverage · Not right? Tell us

Related companies · 4

NicheNiche offers an online quiz that helps families search for and identify schools that fit their needs, letting users filter by location, grade level, school type, and religious affiliation. It serves parents choosing K-12 schools.
TruliaTrulia is a real estate platform that enables users to browse homes for sale and rental apartments, explore neighborhood insights, and discover communities through resident reviews and local information.
ParentsquareParentSquare provides a unified platform for K-12 schools to manage school-home engagement, communications, and administrative functions while integrating with student information systems. The system consolidates fragmented tools into a single platform designed to reduce IT burden, improve data security, and support compliance for school districts.
PeachJarPeachjar is a platform that connects parents and families with educational resources and community programs to support children's development beyond the classroom. The company partners with resource providers nationwide to help families access information and services related to children's growth and well-being.

Companies working in the same space as Avela.

In the news

Senior Product Manager (Avela.org) (San Francisco, California)jobsboard.edsurge.com · Mar 2026How the New Federal Bill (Big Beautiful Bill) Could Impact K–12 Public Education — Avelaavela.org · Jul 2025

Frequently asked questions

What does Avela do?
Avela provides software to school districts, charter networks, and early childhood programs to streamline student enrollment and help families discover and apply to schools. The platform is grounded in 20+ years of research on school choice systems and enrollment equity.
Who founded Avela?
Avela was founded by Dr. Joshua Angrist, Greg Bybee, Parag Pathak in 2019.
Who are Avela's investors?
Avela's investors include Ulu Ventures, Urban Innovation, Rethink Capital Partners, Rethink Education.