Bisk Ventures
Venture capitalPre-SeedβSeries A Β· 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 Β· 3 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 16 of 37 portfolio companiesEdTech Γ13SaaS Γ10AI & Machine Learning Γ5Enterprise Software Γ5HR Tech Γ4Future of Work Γ3Impact & Social Good Γ2Data & Infrastructure Γ1
HQs:United StatesΓ12SingaporeΓ2PhilippinesΓ1
Investments Β· 37 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 Β· 12020 Β· 12019 Β· 22018 Β· 22015 Β· 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
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
Sundar Subramaniam(Director)Paul Crockett(Executive Officer, Director)Chris Kaiser(Director)Vikram Kaul(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)William Hund(Co-founder & Head of Product)William James Hund(Co-Founder & CPO)
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)
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)
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
William Daugherty(Director)Charles Sanger Mellen(Executive Officer, Director)Lawrence Lein(Director)Megan Dusenbery(Chief Executive Officer)
Miami, US
Samyr Quereshi(Director)Megan Dusenbery(Executive Officer, Director)David Stoker(Executive Officer, Director)Shawn James Doyle(Executive Officer, Director)Dennis Christopher Hansen(Executive Officer, Director)Samyr A. Qureshi(Executive Officer, Director)
Localized is a career intelligence platform that connects global talent β students, graduates, and young professionals β with industry experts, skills training, and employers to build future workforce skills.
EdTechFuture of WorkHR TechWashington, US
Ronit Avni(CEO)Devin Young(Chief AI Officer)
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)Tom Willerer(Director)Robert Hutter(Director)
MeasureOne is a platform-as-a-service for automated access to consumer-permissioned data β including income, education, employment, insurance, and brokerage data β 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 provides AI-powered audio name pronunciation solutions that integrate into business and educational tools to help users pronounce names accurately.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPalo Alto, US
Praveen Ramesh Shanbhag(Executive Officer, Director)
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
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)
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
Andrew Wait(Director)Nick Hammerschlag(Director)Carl Lu(Director)Andre Bennin(Director)Paul Freedman(Director)Eleanor Cooper(Co-founder & CEO)
San Francisco, US
Adam Saven(Executive Officer, Director)Chian Gong(Director)Reilly Davis(Executive Officer, Director)
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
Jonathan Mokrauer(Director)Paul Freedman(Executive Officer, Director)Nitzan Pelman(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Sanders(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRyan Craig(Director)
Frequently asked questions
- 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.
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