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Education / Future of Work Pre-Seed / Inception specialist VCs
42 public firms are labeled Specialist, list “Education / Future of Work” as a sector focus, and identify “Pre-Seed / Inception” as an entry stage. These are reported categories; review each firm’s thesis and profile before reaching out.
includes only:SpecialistEducation / Future of WorkStage: Pre-Seed / Inception
| Acadian Venturesverifiedwww.acadianventures.com | Mostly Follow | $250k – $1m$250-500k · $500k-1m | 5–7%5-7% | Specialist | Education / Future of Work | New York | — | — | Jason Corsello, Thomas Otter, Audrey Handem | hello@acadianventures.com | |
| Actions Capitalverifiedactions.capital | Can Lead | $500K–$2MInitial check · Official website · https://www.actions.capital/ | Up to 10%< 5% · 5-7% · 7-10% | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech, Education / Future of Work | New York | — | — | Ryan Bloomer, Daniel Vásquez, Adriel Bercow, Felipe Gurgel | hello@actions.capital | |
| Acumen Americaacumenamerica.org | Can Lead | $250-500k | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech, Education / Future of Work | California | — | — | Catherine Casey Nanda, Amon Anderson, Omar Benitiz, Steven Peralta, Yichen Feng, Meaghan Gamboa | acumen-america@acumen.org | |
| Amplify Capitalamplifycapital.ca | Can Lead | $1-3m | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work | Toronto | CAD $60M Fund III | — | Kathryn Wortsman, Craig Hunter, Humza Salam | hello@amplifycapital.ca | |
| Angel Venturesangelventures.vc | Can Lead | $250K–$1MInitial check · Official website · https://www.angelventures.vc/usfund | — | Specialist | Fintech, PropTech / Construction, Food / Agriculture, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Education / Future of Work, Industrial / Manufacturing | Texas | — | — | Marcelo de la Garza,
Elisa Sepúlveda | — | |
| Behind Genius Venturesverifiedbehindgeniusventures.com | Mostly Follow | $100-250k | < 5%< 5% | Specialist | Education / Future of Work | California | — | — | Paige Finn Doherty, Andy Sran, Chinwuba Eze-Sike | hello@behindgeniusventures.com | |
| Better Venturesbetter.vc | Mostly Lead | $500k-1m | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Food / Agriculture, Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work, Deep Tech | California | $108M AUM across four funds | — | Wes Selke, Rick Moss, Lyndsey Boucherle | hello@better.vc | |
| Capital Fcapitalf.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Commerce / Marketplaces, Enterprise Software, Education / Future of Work | California | — | — | Margaret Coblentz, Dawn Dobras | founders@capitalf.vc | |
| Chingona Venturesverifiedchingona.ventures | Can Lead | $250K–$2MInitial check · Official website · https://www.chingona.ventures/ | 5–10%5-7% · 7-10% | Specialist | Fintech, Food / Agriculture, Education / Future of Work | Illinois | — | — | Samara Mejia Hernandez, Fernando Carranza | https://www.chingona.ventures/apply | |
| City Light Capitalcitylight.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Healthtech / Digital Health, Climate / Energy | New York | — | — | Josh Cohen, Tom Groos, Jeff Rinehart | info@citylight.vc | |
| Comcast Venturescomcastventures.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Climate / Energy, Education / Future of Work, Healthtech / Digital Health, PropTech / Construction, Gaming / Media / Sports | California | — | — | Allison Goldberg, Marc Silberman, Mike Shapiro, Shreya Pugalia | https://airtable.com/appuVP2OdQP7WuPUl/pagn9D2V3Jzh9Bz0t/form | |
| Cubit Capitalcubit.capital | — | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Climate / Energy, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Education / Future of Work, Gaming / Media / Sports | Texas | — | — | Trevor Rees-Jones, Philip Carson, Guilherme Hadlich, Thomas Kincaid | — | |
| Difference Partnersdifferencepartners.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work | New York | $30M committed fund | 2021 | — | info@differencepartners.com | |
| ElevenX Capitalelevenxcapital.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Cybersecurity, Healthtech / Digital Health, Food / Agriculture | Florida | — | — | Anjli Jain | connect@elevenxcapital.com | |
| GOVO Venture Partnersgovovp.com | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Education / Future of Work, Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Florida | — | — | Rob Panepinto, Brian D'Ambrosio, Jonathan Kilman, Tim Tebow | https://govovp.com/contact/ | |
| GSV Venturesgsv.ventures | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Education / Future of Work | California | — | — | Deborah Quazzo, Adam Freed, Michael Cohn, Luben Pampoulov, Jason Horne, Claire Zau, Jennifer Lee, Abhishek Mishra, Mujtaba Wani | info@gsv.com | |
| How Women Investhowwomeninvest.com | Mostly Follow | $100k – $500k$100-250k · $250-500k | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work | California | $20M | — | Julie Castro Abrams, Aury Cifuentes, Carmen Palafox, Nancy Hayes, Lata Setty, Anne Myong | https://www.howwomeninvest.com/pitch-us | |
| Ingeborg Investmentsingeborginvestments.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Consumer, Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work | Arkansas | — | — | Olivia Walton, Anna Mason, Mira Kaufman | investments@ingeborg.com | |
| ISA Venturesisaventures.com | Mostly Follow | $25k – $1m$25-100k · $100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m | — | Specialist | Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work, Industrial / Manufacturing, Food / Agriculture, Fintech, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Iowa | $22 million | 2020 | Eric Engelmann | hello@isaventures.com | |
| Kyber Knight Capitalkyberknight.com | Mostly Lead | $250k – $3m$250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Commerce / Marketplaces, Education / Future of Work, PropTech / Construction | California | $120 million (Fund I) | 2023 | Sunny Dhillon, Linus Liang, Afnaan Hashmi | contact@kyberknight.com | |
| LearnLaunch Fund + Acceleratorlearnlaunch.com | Mostly Lead | $100k – $3m$100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Education / Future of Work | Massachusetts | — | — | Tetyana Astashkina, Jean Hammond, Matthew J. Rubins, Sagnik Ghosh | accelerator@learnlaunch.com | |
| Metrodora Venturesmetrodora.vc | Mostly Follow | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work | New York | $20.8M Fund I | 2021 | Chelsea Clinton, Caroline Kassie | info@metrodora.vc | |
| Oceans Venturesverifiedoceans.ventures | Mostly Lead | $1-3m | 7–12%7-10% · 10-12% | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Enterprise Software, Aerospace / Defense | New York | — | — | Steven Rosenblatt, Josh Rahn | hello@oceans.ventures | |
| Reach Capitalreachcapital.com | Mostly Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Healthtech / Digital Health | California | $265 million Reach V | 2023 | Jennifer Carolan, Wayee Chu, Esteban Sosnik, James Kim, Jomayra Herrera, Steve Kupfer, Caoimhe MacRunnels, Harry Luo | info@reachcapital.com | |
| Rethink Educationrethink-capital.com | Can Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech | New York | $48.9 million raised for Fund IV toward a $150 million target | 2025 | Matt Greenfield, Amy Nelson, Monique Malcolm-Hay | https://rethink-capital.com/contact/ | |
| Roble Venturesverifiedrobleventures.com | Mostly Lead | $250-500k | — | Specialist | Education / Future of Work | California | — | — | Sergio Monsalve, David Perez-Hernandez | emily@robleventures.com | |
| Samvid Venturessamvid.ventures | Mostly Follow | $100K–$500KStated investment range · Official website · https://www.samvid.ventures/about/ | < 5%< 5% | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, PropTech / Construction | New York | — | — | Pia Desai, Gemma Lenowitz Picot | — | |
| Springbank Collectivespringbank.vc | Can Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work, Consumer, Fintech | New York | $40M | 2023 | Courtney Leimkuhler, Elana Berkowitz, Jen Lee Koss, Brian Nguyen | hello@springbank.vc | |
| Stand Together Ventures Labstventureslab.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work, Fintech, PropTech / Construction, Climate / Energy | Virginia | — | — | Jacob Rabinowitz, Jonathan Jou, Amina Resheidat, Robert Brook | https://stventureslab.com/work-with-us | |
| Storytime Capitalstorytime.capital | Can Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | 5–10%5-7% · 7-10% | Specialist | Education / Future of Work | Ontario | CAD $14M first close; CAD $25M–$30M target (Fund II) | 2025 | Neil Grunberg, Ryan Kimel, Lauren Epstein | https://www.storytime.capital/raise-from-us | |
| SuperAngel.Fundverifiedsuperangel.vc | Mostly Follow | $25k – $500k$25-100k · $100-250k · $250-500k | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Consumer, PropTech / Construction, Education / Future of Work | New York | — | — | Ben Zises | ben@superangel.vc | |
| Surface Venturessurface.vc | Mostly Lead | $500k-1m | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, Education / Future of Work | New York | $50M | — | Gyan Kapur, Dimitri Boguslavsky, Yash Rohera | gyan@surface.vc | |
| The 51 Venturesthe51.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech, Education / Future of Work, Enterprise Software, Commerce / Marketplaces | Alberta | Targeting $30M final close (Fund III; first close announced) | 2026 | Shelley Kuipers, Lauren Robinson, Judy Fairburn, Claudia Durkin | hello@the51.io | |
| Transcend Networktranscend-network.com | Mostly Follow | ≈ $50K–$100KInitial check · Official website · https://transcend-network.com/fund | — | Specialist | Education / Future of Work | California | — | — | — | — | |
| Triple Impact Capitaltripleimpactcapital.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work | California | — | — | Justin Smithline, Bennett Thomas | https://airtable.com/shr4y03ClYkwOCoUO | |
| Urban Innovation Fundurban.vc | Mostly Lead | $500K–$3.5MStated investment range · Official website · https://www.urban.vc | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Fintech, PropTech / Construction, Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work | California | $121M latest fund | — | Julie Lein, Clara Brenner, Andrew Felbinger, Jenieri Cyrus | pitch@urban.vc | |
| Village Capitalvilcap.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Education / Future of Work, Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech | District of Columbia | — | — | Heather Matranga, Michael Davis, Meredith Storton, Husein M. Merchant, Cali Simmons, Jesse Karuga | impactinvesting@vilcap.com | |
| Visible Venturesvisibleventures.com | Mostly Follow | $250k – $3m$250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Consumer | Massachusetts | — | — | Lori Cashman, Neidelyn Pina, Donald Finley, Athena Zhang, Madeline Murphy | https://visibleventures.com/pitch/ | |
| Wedbush Venturesverifiedwedbushventures.com | Mostly Follow | $100k – $500k$100-250k · $250-500k | < 5%< 5% | Specialist | Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Commerce / Marketplaces, Education / Future of Work | California | — | — | Petra Stuhmeier Griffith, Ashley Aviram | https://airtable.com/appaWYKUUQyvcpiaq/pagSQc8P58Am9EcPi/form | |
| Workshop Venture Partnersworkshop.dev | — | — | — | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Climate / Energy | Massachusetts | — | — | Chad Laurans, Eleanor Laurans, Mike Berlin, Eddie Branchaud, Jason Carter | — | |
| Yellow Rocks!yellowrocks.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Fintech, Enterprise Software, Gaming / Media / Sports | California | — | — | Sergei, Roman, Dmitriy, Sasha | hello@yellowrocks.vc | |
| Zeal Capital Partnerszealvc.co | — | — | — | Specialist | Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work | Utah | — | — | Nasir Qadree, Stefanie Thomas Martin, Leo Peyronnin, Adam Smith, Royce Shey | — |
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