Reach Capital

Our portfolio companies improve access, quality, and outcomes. Our name, ‘Juvo,’ means to help, support, and further - reflective of our belief that empowered entrepreneurs are creating innovative solutions to unlock the learning potential of every individual. Our mission is to empower entrepreneurs, invest in innovative solutions, and optimize learner outcomes from early childhood to adulthood. Big Ideas + Practical Innovation We believe big ideas and practical innovation that can be scaled globally are necessary to reinvent the accessibility, affordability, delivery, alignment and experience of education. Like never before, the 21st century allows for technology-enabled education solutions to improve outcomes for all learners worldwide.

GSV Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm investing in the most important founders and leaders across the global “Pre-K to Gray” digital learning and workforce skills landscape. Investments include ClassDojo, Clever (exited), Coursera, Degreed, Gradescope (exited), Guild, Learneo (formerly Course Hero), Nearpod (exited), PhotoMath (exited), Physicswallah and QuillBot (exited) amongst other notable investments in education technology leaders positioned to achieve disproportionate gains. GSV Ventures manages over $1.0bn in assets across three funds and several SPVs, and partners include Michael Cohn, Adam Freed, Jason Horne, Michael Moe, Luben Pampoulov, Deborah Quazzo and Tiffany Taylor. Critical platforms for GSV Ventures’ investing activity also include the All Eyes on India Summit and the world-renowned ASU+GSV Summit, drawing some of the globe’s most prominent speakers including Tencent Co-founder and Yidan Prize founder, Charles Chen; Stanford Dean, Dan Schwartz, Bill Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Sal Khan, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Arne Duncan, Bari Weiss, Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein, Sheryl Lee Ralph, amongst many, many others.

LearnLaunch Fund + Accelerator is an impact-driven VC fund and accelerator that invests in and supports entrepreneurs on the mission to transform education positively. We run investment-focused accelerator programs for edtech companies across Early Childhood Education, K-12, Higher Ed, and Workforce Edtech. Using our unique mix of milestone-based funding, 1x1 Venture Partner support, and deep set of mentors, we work with impact-driven entrepreneurs on achieving product-market fit and developing scaling strategies. Our relationship-driven approach supports funding, partnerships, and growth for the long-term

Emerge is a community-powered seed fund, home to practical guidance for founders building the future of learning and work. At Emerge, our purpose is to democratise access to opportunity. That’s why we invest in companies that use innovation and technology to bridge the divide between the people who need access to opportunities to acquire skills - and industry that needs access to skilled workers. Emerge invested at pre-seed in game-changing companies like Engageli (raised a $33m Series A), Yoto (raised a $17m Series A) and Unibuddy (raised a $20m Series B). Emerge has a portfolio of 73 companies that have collectively raised over $500m and achieved a combined market cap of over $1.5bn.

We build companies that harvest the power of technology and AI, evidence-based methods, and our deep understanding of consumers’ psyche to deliver ground-breaking solutions to neurodiverse young humans across a variety of life-dimensions, including cognitive, behavioral and emotional health, social wellness, learning and employment. Our differentiated strategy and unique approach are fueling the creation of innovative solutions at an order-of-magnitude larger scale than anything seen before, delivering a life-changing impact for neurodiverse young-humans, their families and their entire ecosystem. Who we are We are a nimble team of experienced investors, entrepreneurs and doers who believe that the world was not built with neurodiverse humans in mind and we feel a sense of urgency to change that. We are quirky and neurodiverse ourselves, and we don't hide it. We practice what we preach. Our Vision We created Planet 9 Studio to reimagine the path for neurodiverse children, teens & young adults (“young humans”) to unleash their potential, achieve their goals and enjoy thriving and fulfilling life journeys that they deserve across a variety of life-dimensions, including cognitive, behavioral & emotional health, social wellness, learning and employment. Our Mission Leveraging our deep understanding of consumers’ psyche and our extensive experience in this category, we build companies that harvest the power of technology, Artificial Intelligence, and evidence-based methods to deliver wide range of high-impact solutions to neurodiverse young humans, their families, and other key stakeholders in their lives Our unique and “untethered” approach is driving the creation of solutions at an orders-of-magnitude larger scale than anything seen before and that are set to deliver an industry and life-changing impact on the lives of neurodiverse young-humans and the entire ecosystem surrounding them. Our Studio Model The reason we chose to build a startup-studio to bring our vision to life is twofold. The first is simple: the very broad range of consumers we’re serving and the intricate and acute pain points they are facing daily are quite unfathomable, yet the solutions available are few and far between. For over a decade, through our experience and expertise and deep understanding of consumers and market dynamics, we’ve amassed a treasure trove of strategies and ideas to solve these vast industry gaps that will most effectively come to life by building multiple companies, not just one. The second reason we chose to build a startup-studio is to avoid the very high failure rate (+90%) of young startups. As a startup-studio, we can reduce these high failure rates as we act in essence like a womb by providing for all the essential needs of the “unborn” seed-ideas from day one to a successful launch and post launch growth support. We are able to master the startup-creation process and scale it via a strong bench of in-house experienced entrepreneurs, our deep category expertise, and frictionless access to funding via investors who are also our co-founders. Why “Planet 9”? Two Caltech astronomers, Konstantin Batygin & Mike Brown, found the existence of a potential new planet named “Planet 9” (or “Planet X”) that is 10X bigger than earth. Planet 9 gravitationally dominates its neighborhood of the solar system - a region of domination larger than any of the other known planets - a fact that Brown says makes it "the most planet-y of the planets in the whole solar system." Since only two planets have been discovered since ancient times, the discovery of Planet 9 means that “a pretty substantial chunk of our solar system is still out there to be found, which is pretty exciting." Our vision is to build the “Planet-9” solution for neurodiverse humans: a solution that is massively bigger in scale and impact than anything built before, it’s closer and easier to build than what key industry stakeholders may think, and we can use the power of technology to get there.

We believe in innovative education to prepare current and future generations for the challenges of the 21st century. We believe that social impact and financial performance are intimately correlated in a virtuous dynamic: for products and services to be used or purchased over and over again, they must bring a meaningful positive impact to their users. We evaluate our funding opportunities using a risk-return-impact model. We believe in diversity to create a more inclusive world: we invest in teams who better reflect the diversity of human beings they serve. How we define impact We are convinced that for Edtech & Future of Work products to succeed in the long term, they must improve learning outcome and be available to the greatest number of learners and workers. We measure the social impact of Edtech start-ups by evaluating how much they benefit our society. We have defined our own proprietary methodology which evaluates Reach, Inclusion and Learning Outcome. These are the three key objectives that we track in order to fund projects that are sustainable and can be widely adopted. Creating a better world We believe that education plays a central role in development and is the bedrock for the realization of other rights. We contribute to 8 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN and are signatory & member of various renowned sustainable organizations.