Bisk Ventures
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Bisk Ventures backs early-stage EdTech companies that are reshaping how people learn. The firm focuses on startups improving educational engagement, access, and effectiveness within the higher education and corporate learning markets, aiming to accelerate their growth and support the broader transformation of learning.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
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What they invest in
from 22 of 35 portfolio companiesEdTech ×19SaaS ×14AI & Machine Learning ×7Enterprise Software ×5Future of Work ×5HR Tech ×4Impact & Social Good ×2Marketplaces ×2
HQs:United States×13Singapore×2Philippines×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×23 founders×14+ founders×1
Investments · 35 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 · 12020 · 12019 · 22018 · 22015 · 17 dated
APL nextED provides a modular academic operations platform for higher education institutions, covering faculty workload management, compensation, contracts, accreditation, scheduling, and recruiting.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsElevate Ventures
A provider of expert-authored educational content and learning technology for nursing students, including adaptive quizzing tools to develop clinical judgment and prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX exam.
EdTechHealthtechBoston, US
Paul Crockett(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSundar Subramaniam(Director)Vikram Kaul(Director)Chris Kaiser(Director)
Cialfo is a platform for college and career exploration used by high school students, counselors, parents, and university recruiters to guide the college search and selection process.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaSSingapore, SG
Rohan Pasari(Co-Founder & CEO)Stanley Chia(Co-Founder)inWilliam Hund(Co-founder & Head of Product)William James Hund(Co-Founder & CPO)
Co-investorsDLF VentureAlto PartnersJanuary CapitalSEEDS CapitalSEEK InvestmentsTiger Global Management
Craydel operates an AI platform that matches students to universities based on their goals, budget, and academic eligibility, and helps them apply and track their applications through to receiving offer letters.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechMarketplaces
Co-investorsAngaza CapitalChui VenturesEnza CapitalLoftyInc CapitalNairobi Business Angel NetworkMetis Capital
Edukasyon.ph is an education-technology platform that gathers school and program information, learning-abroad opportunities, and gamified learning modules covering life skills such as financial literacy and civic education for Filipino learners of all ages.
EdTechLondon, PH
Henry Motte-Munoz(Director)
Co-investorsGobi Partners
Co-investorsFrontline Strategy Funds
Kira Talent offers a holistic admissions platform for higher education programs, combining on-demand timed video and written assessments with structured live interview technology to help schools evaluate applicants' skills and traits.
EdTechSaaS
Emilie Cushman(Founder)
Co-investorsETS Strategic CapitalRelay VenturesVenture Ontario
Knack operates a peer-to-peer learning platform that connects colleges and universities with high-achieving students to provide academic tutoring while offering student tutors paid, flexible employment.
EdTechMarketplacesSaaSBarrington, US
Megan Dusenbery(Chief Executive Officer)William Daugherty(Director)Charles Sanger Mellen(Executive Officer, Director)Lawrence Lein(Director)
Co-investorsElysium Venture CapitalMiami AngelsNew Markets Venture PartnersPrecursor Ventures
Miami, US
Samyr Quereshi(Director)Samyr A. Qureshi(Executive Officer, Director)Megan Dusenbery(Executive Officer, Director)David Stoker(Executive Officer, Director)Shawn James Doyle(Executive Officer, Director)Dennis Christopher Hansen(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsElysium Venture CapitalPrecursor Ventures
Localized offers expert-led training and certification programs for professionals and organizations in fields such as AI, carbon/ESG intelligence, virtual/remote collaboration, and career readiness.
EdTechFuture of WorkHR TechWashington, US
Ronit Avni(CEO)Devin Young(Chief AI Officer)
Co-investorsCapria VenturesOne Planet GroupMindshift Capital
Mainstay provides an AI-powered success coaching platform that engages students via personalized mobile messaging, helping colleges and universities improve enrollment, retention, and student outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsEastward Capital PartnersK Street CapitalECMC GroupInspired CapitalKhosla VenturesRelay Ventures+1 more
Make School was a non-profit organization that provided education and career support to underrepresented students in computer science, offering a project-based Bachelor's degree program that resulted in high-earning tech career placements.
EdTechImpact & Social GoodSan Francisco, US
Ashutosh Desai(Founder)inJeremy Rossmann(Founder)
BoardRobert Hutter(Director)Tom Willerer(Director)
Co-investorsKapor CapitalY Combinator
MeasureOne is a platform-as-a-service for automated access to consumer-permissioned data — including income, education, employment, insurance, and brokerage data — along with document processing.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Dan Feshbach(Executive Officer, Director)William Banks(Executive Officer, Director)Elan Amir(Chief Executive Officer)Yaron Oren(Chief Revenue Officer)
Namecoach offers audio name-pronunciation recordings that embed online so people can learn how to correctly say each other's names, and supports gender pronoun communication.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPalo Alto, US
Praveen Ramesh Shanbhag(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors640 OxfordAiSprouts VCAUTHENTIC VENTURESForefront VentureImpact America FundMetaplanet+5 more
Nexford University is an accredited online university offering competency-based bachelor's and MBA programs designed around employer-demanded skills, with lower tuition and faster, flexibly paced graduation than traditional institutions.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechImpact & Social GoodWashington, US
Co-investorsAngaza CapitalDoha Tech AngelsNew Markets Venture Partners
Open Presence builds student engagement and learning software for colleges and universities.
EdTech
Reuben Pressman
Co-investors500 GlobalFlorida Funders
Pathify offers a Campus Experience Platform (CXP) that unifies a university's SIS, LMS and other campus tools into a single mobile and web dashboard for students, advisors and administrators.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSGreenwood Village, US
Chase Williams(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)James McCubbin(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Christopher Hagan(Executive Officer)Matthew Hammond(Executive Officer)
BoardRoy McKelvie(Director)Mike Hill(Director)
Co-investorsFive Elms Capital
Pathstream partners with businesses to provide skill development and career-growth programs for their frontline workforce, helping team members build job-relevant skills.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSan Francisco, US
Paul Freedman(Director)Eleanor Cooper(Co-founder & CEO)inLauren(Co-founder & SVP of User Experience)inJohnsie(Chief Revenue Officer)inJo-Ann(COO)inAmy(SVP of Product)in
Co-investorsNew Ground VenturesNew Markets Venture PartnersECMC GroupRethink Capital PartnersRethink Education
PeopleGrove provides a platform that connects education and employment, helping students access career-aligned experiences, alumni engage with their institutions, and programs meet accreditation and reporting requirements.
EdTechFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Adam Saven(Executive Officer, Director)Reilly Davis(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardChian Gong(Director)
Co-investorsGSV VenturesLaunchCapitalReach Capital
Co-investorsNew Ground Ventures
Qualified provides automated coding assessments and a developer-friendly IDE for evaluating technical competency.
Developer ToolsHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsHinge CapitalMichelson 20MM Foundation
ReUp Education partners with colleges and state higher education systems to help them re-enroll and support returning adult students, offering patented persona technology, 1:1 success coaching, self-serve planning tools, and strategic insights.
EdTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Paul Freedman(Executive Officer, Director)Nitzan Pelman(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Sanders(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJonathan Mokrauer(Director)Ryan Craig(Director)
Co-investorsImpact Engine
Stellic is an academic planning and advising platform for universities that lets students map degree requirements, plan and change courses, and track progress toward graduation.
EdTechSaaS
Sabih Bin Wasi
Co-investorsGood AI CapitalOperator CollectiveRethink EducationECMC GroupImpact EngineReach Capital+1 more
Co-investorsFresco CapitalSony Ventures Corporation
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMainstay · vctavern.com · May 13, 2026
PeopleGrove · bitscale.ai · Dec 10, 2025
Craydel · techcabal.com · May 15, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Bisk Ventures made?
- Bisk Ventures has 35 tracked investments.
- What stage does Bisk Ventures invest at?
- Bisk Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Bisk Ventures focus on?
- Bisk Ventures focuses on EdTech, Impact & Social Good.
- Who does Bisk Ventures co-invest with?
- Bisk Ventures most often shares deals with Angaza Capital, Michelson 20MM Foundation, New Ground Ventures, among 44 tracked co-investors.
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