Jefferson Education Accelerator

Jefferson Education Accelerator

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Overview

The Jefferson Education Accelerator (JEA) brings together world-class researchers and promising education technology companies to identify solutions that are having a positive impact on student outcomes. Unlike other ed tech accelerators that focus on early-stage startups, JEA targets growth stage education companies, and provides them with business mentorship, access to a network of forward-thinking K-12 and higher education institutions, and the opportunity to work with leading researchers and practitioners to evaluate the efficacy of their products and tools. Through the Jefferson Education Fund, JEA also provides access to investment capital for select ventures in promising companies that show good results.

Highlights

Founded

2015

Industry

Education

Employees

1-10

Investment

3

Lead Investment

1

Exits

1

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

Accelerator

Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Jefferson Education Accelerator, established in 2015 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture investments across Collaboration, Software, Communities, SaaS, Education, Analytics, Financial Services, Venture Capital, News, Government. The organization boasts a portfolio of 3 investments, with an average round size of $2.5M and 1 successful exits. Their recent investments include KickUp, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Reach Capital, Rittenhouse Ventures, Motimatic. The highest investment round they participated in was $521.2M. Among their most notable exits are KickUp and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

N/A

Investment portfolio

Jefferson Education Accelerator has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 28, 2017, when Motimatic raised $3.4M.

Jefferson Education Accelerator has made 1 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on May 20, 2016, when KickUp raised $1.5M.

investments

3

Diversity investments

1

Lead investments

1

Number of exits

1

Investments

3

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
May 20, 2016
KickUp KickUp
Collaboration1.5M
Nov 08, 2016--null
Feb 28, 2017
Motimatic Motimatic
Education3.4M

Exits

1

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

3

Investors

1

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

3

Jefferson Education Accelerator has raised 3 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 28, 2017 from a Series A - Motimatic round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
May 20, 2016
Seed Round - KickUp Seed Round - KickUp
-1.5M-
Nov 08, 2016
Pre Seed Round - Formative Pre Seed Round - Formative
-0-
Feb 28, 2017
Series A - Motimatic Series A - Motimatic
-3.4M-

Investors

1

Jefferson Education Accelerator is funded by 1 investor(s). Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Kantor is the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
No
Grant - Jefferson Education Accelerator
1.5M

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
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1.0M

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