Lumina Foundation

Lumina Foundation

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Overview

Lumina Foundation is an independent, private foundation committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with degrees, certificates and other high-quality credentials to 60 percent by 2025. Lumina’s outcomes-based approaLumina Foundation is an independent, private foundation committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with degrees, certificates and other high-quality credentials to 60 percent by 2025. Lumina’s outcomes-based approach focuses on helping to design and build an equitable, accessible, responsive and accountable higher education system while fostering a national sense of urgency for action to achieve Goal 2025.ch focuses on helping to design and build an equitable, accessible, responsive and accountable higher education system while fostering a national sense of urgency for action to achieve Goal 2025.

Highlights

Founded

2000

Industry

Education

Employees

51-100

Investment

74

Lead Investment

56

Exits

3

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity

Investor Type

N/A

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Lumina Foundation, established in 2000 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity investments across Enterprise Software, Internet, SaaS, Education, Training, Information Technology, Venture Capital, FinTech, Corporate Training, Finance. The organization boasts a portfolio of 66 investments, with an average round size of $5.3M and 3 successful exits. Their recent investments include Credly, New Markets Venture Partners, University Ventures, City & Guilds Group, Lion Brothers Company. The highest investment round they participated in was $12.9B. Among their most notable exits are Credly and New Markets Venture Partners. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Amber Garrison Duncan

Amber Garrison Duncan

Strategy Director

imagePlace Erin Archer

Erin Archer

Chief Financial Officer

Investment portfolio

Lumina Foundation has made 74 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 17, 2024, when Chaffey College raised $50.0K.

Lumina Foundation has made 12 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Feb 15, 2022, when Capital B raised $300.0K.

investments

74

Diversity investments

12

Lead investments

56

Number of exits

3

Investments

74

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jul 17, 2024
The State University of New York The State University of New York
Education50.0K
Jul 17, 2024
Owens Community College Owens Community College
-50.0K
Jul 17, 2024
Chaffey College Chaffey College
Education50.0K
Jul 17, 2024
Jefferson State Community College Jefferson State Community College
-50.0K

Exits

3

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

74

Investors

0

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

74

Lumina Foundation has raised 74 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 17, 2024 from a Grant - Jefferson State Community College round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jul 17, 2024
Grant - The State University of New York Grant - The State University of New York
-50.0K-
Jul 17, 2024
Grant - Owens Community College Grant - Owens Community College
-50.0K-
Jul 17, 2024
Grant - Chaffey College Grant - Chaffey College
-50.0K-
Jul 17, 2024
Grant - Jefferson State Community College Grant - Jefferson State Community College
-50.0K-

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
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1.0M

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