Owl Ventures

Venture Capital
101investments
4exits
$261.6Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
1,195open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Owl Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to education technology. It backs companies across the learning journey, from early childhood and K-12 to higher education, workforce training and lifelong learning, investing from early stages through growth rounds. The firm was founded in 2014 by Tory Patterson and Amit Patel and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
101
56 of them startups
Hiring now
46
1,195 open roles
Deals in 12 months
1
1 as the lead
Rounds in 12 months
7
$261.6M raised
Exits
4
Focusshare of its companies
Education 66%Artificial Intelligence 14%Software 12%Financial Services 8%Professional Services 7%Health Care 4%Internet Services 4%Information Technology 3%
Where its companies are
United States 50%India 4%Germany 3%Nigeria 2%Spain 1%Denmark 1%Singapore 1%United Arab Emirates 1%
Stage of its companies
Series A 33%Series B 33%Pre-seed & seed 33%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 101 investments
Amira LearningVenture round $5M · 1 mo ago · 7 roles DeweyLearnSeries A $5M · 3 mo ago · 3 roles OrdoVenture round $100k · 4 mo ago Scaled CognitionSeries A $100M · 4 mo ago · 5 roles AnswersNowSeries B $40M · 9 mo ago CloudforceSeries A $10M · 9 mo ago · led a round · 2 roles PreplyVenture round $101.5M · 10 mo ago · 119 roles StashSeries H $146M · 17 mo ago DeepHowConvertible Note $5M · 18 mo ago StudyFetchVenture round $10M · 18 mo ago · 18 roles Brisk TeachingVenture round $15M · 19 mo ago · 1 role JotitSeed $10M · 21 mo ago · led a round
1,195 open roles at 46 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Quantinuum35 new roles in 30 days Preply32 new roles in 30 days Nordangliaeducation29 new roles in 30 days Apna19 new roles in 30 days Speechify12 new roles in 30 days Thinking Machines Lab11 new roles in 30 days
New in the portfolioadded to its portfolio page in 6 months
Bridge-itadded Oct 25 · 1 role Ordoadded Oct 25 Bite Ninjaadded Oct 25 GrowthSchooladded Oct 25 · 8 roles
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
GSV Ventures 8 shared NEA 7 shared Y Combinator 5 shared Lightspeed Venture Partners 5 shared Techstars 5 shared Imagine K12 4 shared 500 Global 4 shared GV 3 shared Great Oaks Venture Capital 3 shared Peak XV Partners 3 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
GSV Ventures Imagine K12 New Markets Venture Partners PHX Ventures Trilogy Equity Partners SJF Ventures Runway Growth Capital Union Square Ventures
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 4 rounds in the press that name it

Visa sponsorship

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H-1B filings in 12 months
1
Green card filings
$353k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Financial and investment analysts
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The salary offered for each occupationVisa pass · 90 credits
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco United States
HQ
A global team with local impact
10-50 est. staff
50 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94111
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