Nonprofit venture philanthropy, founded 1998 in Oakland, funding and supporting educator and entrepreneur teams building K-12 education innovations nationwide.
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NewSchools Venture Fund is a nonprofit venture philanthropy firm founded in 1998 and headquartered in Oakland, California. It finds, funds and supports teams of educators and entrepreneurs developing innovations aimed at improving the K-12 education system in the United States. Investees are selected from thousands of applicants nationwide and are chosen for ideas with potential to achieve outstanding results for students. The organisation has committed over $511 million in capital and has supported some 1.5 million educators and leaders.
Its work spans four areas: early-stage venture investing in education innovation; support for the creation of innovative charter and district schools; the development of technology tools that better support student learning; and the cultivation of pipelines of diverse senior leaders in education. Technical domains covered include education technology, learning tools development and K-12 education innovation, within industry verticals such as public education, charter schools and district schools.
NewSchools Venture Fund describes itself as mission-driven, with stated commitments to diversity and equity in reimagining learning so that all children have the opportunity to succeed. It states that it takes a position on what change must look like in public education, values bold ideas from educators and entrepreneurs, and measures its work against results for students. Investment activity is nationwide across the United States.
