Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

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Overview

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative supports strong, independent leaders from academia and government, as well as the technology and non-profit sectors, to do the work possible. They engage directly in the communities they serve because no one understands their society’s challenges like those who live with them every day. These partners help them identify problems and opportunities, learn fast, and iterate toward their goals for the next century.

Highlights

Founded

2015

Industry

Impact Investing

Employees

501-1000

Investment

59

Lead Investment

26

Exits

8

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed

Investor Type

N/A

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, established in 2015 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed investments across Education, EdTech, Primary Education, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Consumer, Health Care, Enterprise Software, Funding Platform. The organization boasts a portfolio of 60 investments, with an average round size of $48.5M and 8 successful exits. Their recent investments include Bridge International Academies, Learn Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Novastar Ventures, CDC Group. The highest investment round they participated in was $276.3B. Among their most notable exits are Bridge International Academies and Learn Capital. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Jimmy Kittiyachavalit

Jimmy Kittiyachavalit

Engineering Manager

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Kevin Schuster

Project Manager, Justice and Opportunity Initiative

imagePlace Christina Quattrocch

Christina Quattrocch

Education, Senior Program Manager

imagePlace Vivian Wu

Vivian Wu

Managing Partner, Ventures

imagePlace Cornelia Bargmann

Cornelia Bargmann

President, Chan Zuckerberg Science

imagePlace Esther Pun

Esther Pun

Product Management, Education

Investment portfolio

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has made 59 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 07, 2022, when Sound Agriculture raised $75.0M.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has made 14 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Sep 15, 2022, when co:census raised $1.6M.

investments

59

Diversity investments

14

Lead investments

26

Number of exits

8

Investments

59

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Nov 08, 2022
medRxiv medRxiv
Health Carenull
Nov 14, 2022
Beep Saúde Beep Saúde
Health Carenull
Nov 30, 2022
ALPFA ALPFA
Associationnull
Dec 07, 2022
Sound Agriculture Sound Agriculture
Biotechnology75.0M

Exits

8

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

59

Investors

0

Funds

1

Funding Rounds

59

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has raised 59 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 07, 2022 from a Series D - Sound Agriculture round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Nov 08, 2022
Grant - medRxiv Grant - medRxiv
-0-
Nov 14, 2022
Series C - Beep Saúde Series C - Beep Saúde
-0-
Nov 30, 2022
Grant - ALPFA Grant - ALPFA
-0-
Dec 07, 2022
Series D - Sound Agriculture Series D - Sound Agriculture
-75.0M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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