Imagine K12
AcceleratorPre-Seed–Seed · 4 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Imagine K12 supports early-stage education technology companies by combining Y Combinator's core acceleration program with education-specific resources and expertise. The firm leverages an established community of edtech founders to provide strategic guidance on sector-specific challenges, investor connections, and operational advice to help portfolio companies navigate the education market.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 52 of 83 portfolio companiesEdTech ×47SaaS ×25AI & Machine Learning ×11Marketplaces ×6Consumer ×5Future of Work ×5Developer Tools ×4Enterprise Software ×4
HQs:United States×30Canada×2Brazil×1Cyprus×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 29 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×122 founders×143 founders×14+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 33 founders with education data
Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×4Yale University ×3Stanford University ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2University of Cambridge ×2Washington University in St. Louis ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 38 founders with career history
Unreasonable ×3Cupertino Union School District ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 37 with degree data)
Portfolio companies · 83 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really likeBy year:2023 · 12016 · 12015 · 12014 · 14 dated
Danny King(Founder)in
Co-investorsFJ LabsKapor CapitalKima VenturesUncork Capital
AdmitSee is a platform where prospective college applicants can browse thousands of successful application essays, including "Why Us" supplements and Common App essays, along with sample applications and admission tips.
EdTechMarketplacesGreat Neck, US
Lydia Fayal(Cofounder)Stephanie Shyu(Cofounder)in
Allcancode is a hybrid development platform that supports no-code, low-code, and traditional coding in a single environment to accelerate product development.
Developer ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsUni.Fund
BloomBoard provides professional education and talent development programs for K-12 school districts, connecting educators with apprenticeship, certification, and degree programs through partnerships with higher education institutions.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR Tech
Jason Lange(Co-founder & Chair of the Board)inEric Dunn(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBirchmere Ventures
Chalk Schools builds operational management software for K-12 school districts, helping them manage finances, HR, and operations more efficiently.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareGovTechHR TechSaaS
Class Central is a search engine and review aggregator for online courses, indexing offerings from over 1,300 universities and 100 providers with more than 250,000 user reviews.
EdTechMarketplaces
Dhawal Shahin
ClassDojo is a global community platform connecting over 50 million teachers and families to share learning moments through photos, videos, and messages.
EdTechSaaSSocialSan Francisco, US
Sam Chaudhary(Founder/CEO)inLiam Don(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesFlucas VenturesGSV VenturesKapor CapitalKortschak Investments L.P.Lerer Hippeau+8 more
Classkick is a classroom platform that gives teachers real-time visibility into student work as students solve, write, and draw on uploaded PDFs, slides, images, and Google Docs, allowing instant feedback.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Co-investorsGreat Oaks Venture CapitalSocial Starts
CodeHS provides a K-12 computer science education platform with over 100 standards-aligned courses spanning computer science, cybersecurity, AI, and digital literacy, plus a browser-based coding environment, LMS, grading, and teacher training.
EdTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Zachary Galant(Executive Officer, Director)Jeremy Keeshin(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsKapor CapitalLearn CapitalSeven Peaks Ventures
DeansList provides software for K-12 schools to track student behavior, attendance, and interventions (PBIS, MTSS/RTI, restorative justice) and to communicate with families via automatically translated emails, texts, calls, and apps.
EdTechSaaSPalo Alto, US
Matthew Robins(President and Secretary)
Co-investorsFresco CapitalRocketship.vc
edshelf is a discovery platform that curates and recommends educational software, apps, and digital tools for teachers and students.
EdTechMarketplaces
Educents is an online marketplace connecting educators, parents, and homeschooling families with creators and publishers to buy and sell educational resources including curricula, lesson plans, apps, and learning materials.
ConsumerEdTechMarketplaces
Educreations builds creative tools that enable students and teachers to share ideas and collaborate on learning content.
EdTechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Uplatform is a B2B iGaming software provider offering sports betting, casino, and esports betting solutions to operators through an API-integrated platform with back-office tools and casino aggregator services.
GamingSaaSSports TechCyprus, CY
Emote is an AI platform for schools that analyzes student emotional, social, and academic data to enable teachers, coaches, parents, and other stakeholders to identify and coordinate early interventions.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechMental HealthSan Francisco, US
Julian Golder(Founder/CEO)inLei Xu(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Co-investorsRethink Capital Partners
Freckle is an adaptive learning platform offering student-paced and teacher-led practice exercises aligned to ELA and math standards.
Developer ToolsEdTech
Alexandr KurilinSidharth Kakkar
Co-investors500 GlobalFresco CapitalAsymmetric Capital PartnersBrenteca InvestmentsMintaka
Goalbook offers Toolkit, a software platform that helps special educators write higher-quality IEPs (Individualized Education Programs) and deliver specially designed instruction using research-based practices like Universal Design for Learning.
EdTechSaaS
Co-investorsSustainVC
Hāpara provides classroom monitoring and student safety tools for K-12 schools, including browser monitoring, student movement tracking, and messaging features integrated with Microsoft 365 Education.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsMontage CapitalRethink Capital Partners
Jumpcut provides tools and services to help content creators achieve viral growth and establish revenue streams from their work.
EdTechLos Angeles, US
Kong Pham(Founder/CEO)inJesse Jhaj(Founder/Chief Content Officer)inPeter Lu(Founder/COO)in
Co-investors500 GlobalBase Venture Management, Inc.Outbound VenturesOyster VenturesY CombinatorAtomic
Kaymbu's Lesson Manager enables early childhood education programs to organize, distribute, and scale curriculum lessons and weekly templates while reducing educator workload.
EdTechCambridge, US
Kin Lo(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPeter Bell(Director)Wayee Chu(Director)
Co-investorsDecathlon Capital Partners
KickUp is a management system for K-12 schools that combines professional development, coaching, classroom walkthroughs, and staff evaluation into a single platform, giving school leaders performance data to connect professional learning with teacher outcomes.
EdTechSaaSWashington, US
Jeremy Rogoff(CEO)inVicky(COO)Victoria Kinzig(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsLighthouse Network Ventures LlcRittenhouse VenturesRobin Hood VenturesSustainVCEdovate CapitalImpact Engine
Kodable is a K–5 STEM education platform that teaches kids digital literacy, typing, and coding through play-based games and self-guided lessons.
EdTechGaming
Jon Mattingly(Founder)in
Co-investors500 Global
Bloom Institute of Technology delivers coding bootcamp education focused on preparing students for employment as software developers, serving employers seeking trained technical talent across the United States.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of WorkSan Francisco, US
Austen Allred(Co-founder & CEO)inZoran(COO)
Co-investorsHemisphere Ventures LLCOutbound VenturesSocial StartsTandem CapitalZillionizeBalaji Srinivasan
Leada provides training courses that teach employees at companies how to use data tools and programming languages like SQL, R, and Python to answer business questions relevant to their roles.
EdTechLos Angeles, US
Brian Liou(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Co-investorsSilicon BadiaSLVC
Co-investorsTIMIA Capital
Mosa Mack Science provides a curriculum of story-based science lessons, mysteries, labs, and engineering challenges for elementary and middle school students (grades 4–8) that emphasizes real-world phenomena and critical thinking.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechNew York, US
Lissa Johnson(Founder, CEO)in
Mystery Science provides a standards-aligned elementary science curriculum with hands-on, phenomena-driven lessons, investigations, and assessments for K-5 students and teachers.
EdTechImpact & Social Good
Doug PeltzKeith Schacht
Co-investors500 Global
Nimble is a platform that connects teachers with K-12 schools and districts to improve hiring and workforce management.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSMiami, US
Lauren Dachille(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsDorm RoomTarget GlobalY CombinatorAccelBreyer CapitalDatabricks Ventures+4 more
NoRedInk is an online writing and grammar curriculum that offers adaptive practice exercises, scaffolded essays, quick writing prompts, and diagnostics aligned to state and national standards.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Jeff Scheur(Founder and CEO)inGeoff Brovich(CFO)inRebecca Sanchez(SVP of Product)inEd Cudahy(CTO)inJennifer Dearman(Chief Customer Officer)in
Co-investors500 GlobalFresco CapitalGSV VenturesHyde Park Venture PartnersKapor CapitalReach Capital+8 more
Padlet creates web-based tools like timelines and maps that serve as alternatives to traditional documents and presentations for sharing information.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nitesh Goel(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsFundersClubY CombinatorBloomberg BetaMaverick VenturesMonk's Hill Ventures
Panorama Education provides a data platform for K-12 school districts to integrate and visualize student academic, behavioral, attendance, and engagement data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEdTechSaaSLos Angeles, US
Aaron Feuer(Founder/CEO)inAlexander Tanner(Executive Officer, Director)David Carel(Cofounder)inXan Tanner(Cofounder)
BoardAndrew Parker(Director)Jed Smith(Director)
Co-investorsOwl VenturesUncork CapitalWebb Investment NetworkY CombinatorEmerson Collective InvestingGeneral Atlantic
Extern is a platform connecting college students with remote, short-term project-based work experiences at companies, combining practical experience with structured training to build career-ready skills.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaS
The page displays a catalog of women's fashion apparel — dresses, T-shirts, coats, and casual sets — with listed prices, in the style of an online clothing retailer.
E-commerce
Py operates mobile apps and a hiring platform that uses skills assessments to match candidates with tech jobs.
EdTechSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsDorm RoomY Combinator
Raise Me is a social enterprise that enables high school students to earn micro-scholarships from colleges and universities starting as early as 9th grade based on academic achievement, volunteer work, and extracurricular activities.
EdTech
Co-investorsGSV VenturesOwl VenturesTeamworthy VenturesMontage Ventures
Remind provides mobile-first, two-way messaging for education, letting teachers, administrators, students, and families communicate without sharing personal phone numbers.
EdTechSaaS
Brett Kopf(Co-founder)inDavid Kopf(Co-founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalBling CapitalGSV VenturesKleiner PerkinsSpiral VenturesTeamworthy Ventures+1 more
RocketLit develops an adaptive reading platform that adjusts text complexity for individual students and a science assessment tool that provides practice problems and performance analytics for teachers and administrators.
EdTechLos Angeles, US
Brendan Finch(Founder/CEO)inGrenard Madrigal(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Rumie offers "Bytes," short bite-sized learning modules on a range of topics that users can access during everyday screen time for personal development.
ConsumerEdTech
Jinal Jhaveri(Founder)in
Co-investorsReach CapitalRuna CapitalZenStone Venture Capital
Securly builds digital safety and security solutions for K-12 schools to protect students and support educators.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEdTechSaaSSan Jose, US
Vinay Mahadik(Executive Officer, Director)Bharath Madhusudan(Founder)in
Co-investorsDefy PartnersOwl VenturesSalesforce Ventures
Sense Education is an AI-driven assessment platform that analyzes student submissions and provides educators with personalized feedback at scale.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
Ronen Tal Botzer(Founder)inSeth Haberman(CEO)inEmily Becher(Co-CEO)
Co-investorsY CombinatorMindset VentureBlue Earth Capital AGCapricorn Investment GroupEnergy Impact PartnersIDO Investments+5 more
Sesame was an education product serving teachers and students, described as telling the stories that report cards cannot.
EdTech
Showbie is an education platform that consolidates instruction, feedback, assessment, communication, and reporting into a single app for teachers, schools, and multi-school organizations such as trusts, municipalities, and districts.
EdTechSaaSEdmonton, CA
Colin Bramm(CEO and Co-Founder)inRoy Pombeiro(CTO and Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsPoint NineRhino VenturesEdmonton UnlimitedFresco CapitalYaletown Partners
Socrative is a classroom assessment and engagement platform that enables educators to conduct real-time quizzes, polls, and interactive activities with automatic grading and detailed performance analytics.
EdTechSaaS
Co-investorsBantam Group
Sown To Grow provides a K-12 social-emotional learning platform with CASEL- and ASCA-aligned curriculum, student pre/post surveys, and professional development for educators.
EdTechSaaSOakland, US
Rupa Chandra Gupta(Executive Officer, Director)inDennis Li(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsTop Corner CapitalScout Fund
Swing operates a technology platform that connects qualified substitute teachers with schools and districts facing educator shortages.
Developer ToolsEdTechHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mike Teng(Executive Officer, Director)inOsbert FenginMatt CooperinAsha Visweswaran(Executive Officer, Director)Laura Melahn(Director)David Su(Director)
Co-investors500 GlobalMoment Ventures, LlcOwl VenturesRunway Growth CapitalUlu VenturesEdovate Capital+1 more
TapToLearn develops game-based educational apps covering subjects like math, spelling, grammar, geography, and science for kindergarten through middle school students.
ConsumerEdTechGamingSan Francisco, US
Roby Thomas John(Founder/CEO)inAvinash Pandey(Co-Founder)inAamir Poonawalla(Founder)inPriyanthy Aprain Srampical(Founder)Sreejit Jayanthan(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
SchoolStatus provides data-driven software solutions to K-12 school districts across the United States to improve student attendance, family engagement, and literacy outcomes.
Data & InfrastructureEdTechSaaS
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Crypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesRaise · bloomberg.com · Jul 9, 2026

Nimble · techcrunch.com · Jul 5, 2026
Peekapak · techstars.com · Mar 31, 2026
Securly · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
CodeHS · help.codehs.com · Feb 19, 2026
Freckle Education · capitalbrief.com · Sep 8, 2025
Remind · e27.co · May 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Imagine K12 made?
- Imagine K12 has 83 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Imagine K12 invest at?
- Imagine K12 invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Imagine K12 focus on?
- Imagine K12 focuses on EdTech.
- Who does Imagine K12 co-invest with?
- Imagine K12 most often shares deals with Y Combinator, 500 Global, GSV Ventures, among 60 tracked co-investors.
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