About EduLab Capital Partners
EduLab Capital Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of Boston, United States. As of Nov 2023, EduLab Capital Partners has invested in 15 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from EdTech to Enterprise Applications and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Authentica Solutions Overall, EduLab Capital Partners portfolio has seen 3 acquisitions, namely Plum.io, Mindprint Learning and Authentica Solutions. A lot of funds co-invest with EduLab Capital Partners, with names like Strada Education Network sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. EduLab Capital Partners has team of 5 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
EduLab Capital Partners' List of Top Investments
EduLab Capital Partners has a portfolio of 15 companies. Their most notable investments are in Ellipsis Education and examPAL.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Israel and 3 more locations. They have invested in EdTech, Enterprise Applications, Consumer and 3 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by EduLab Capital Partners:1. Plum.io
Provider of talent assessment platform measuring job fit and durable skills. The platform offers insights to match human potential to job needs. It provides personalized career insights and helps create high-performing teams. The platform enhances talent decisions across the employee lifecycle. It understands skills, quantifies job fit, and analyzes organizational culture.
Key facts about Plum.io
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Waterloo (Canada)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $12.1M
- Employee Count: 23 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Conconi Growth Partners, Real Ventures and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 21, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Provider of mentoring programs in partnership with universities. Provides mentoring programs to undergraduate, graduate, continuing education, professional, and online students. The platform offers programs in retention, student satisfaction, sense of belonging, resilience, and more for school students. Common discussion topics include career, work-school-life balance, academic success, and personal growth.
Key facts about Mentor Collective
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $27.5M
- Employee Count: 592 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Resolve Growth Partners, IU Ventures and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 24, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Riipen
Riipen is an online networking platform for students to connect with companies. Allows companies to offer projects & assignments for students and early graduates. Enables companies to communicate with users and post jobs. Focused on addressing job skill gaps in students. Also caters to educational institutes. Allows organizations to manage users, content, projects, and more.
Key facts about Riipen
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Vancouver (Canada)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $4.77M
- Employee Count: 288 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: MaRS Discovery District, Achieve Partners and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 11, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Online platform offering cognitive assessment learning solutions for children. The platform includes an online test to evaluate a child on 10 cognitive skills in the domains of Executive Function, Complex Cognition, Memory, Motor Functions, and more. The results are normed against same-aged peers followed by personalized recommendations from psychologists and teachers for learning strategies, apps, games, websites, and workbooks.
Key facts about Mindprint Learning
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Princeton (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $2.2M
- Employee Count: 12 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Martinson Ventures, EduLab Capital Partners and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jun 12, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Provider of K-12 computer science curriculum. It offers courses and resources for teachers delivering computer science education. It offers lesson plans, pacing guides, standards maps, and ongoing support.
Key facts about Ellipsis Education
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Carmel (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $6.97M
- Employee Count: 10 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Allos Ventures, Elevate Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 30, 2022, $*****
EduLab Capital Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
EduLab Capital Partners has invested in 15 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Authentica Solutions and most recent follow-on round was in JobHopin.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
EduLab Capital Partners' Investments by Stage
EduLab Capital Partners has made 9 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.56M and 5 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.09M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 9 |
Series A | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
EduLab Capital Partners' Investments by Sector
EduLab Capital Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the EdTech, Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, Consumer and Education. Notably, it has invested in 14 Tech companies, 11 Consumer (B2C) companies, 7 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
EdTech | 9 |
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
Consumer | 1 |
Education | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
EduLab Capital Partners' Investments by Geography
EduLab Capital Partners has made most investments in United States (8), followed by Canada where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 8 |
Canada | 2 |
Israel | 1 |
Japan | 1 |
Philippines | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
EduLab Capital Partners' recent investments
EduLab Capital Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by EduLab Capital Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Nov 2023 | United States | Seed | 2585 | - | |
Apr 19, 2023 | United States | Seed | 6438 | [+1] | |
Feb 21, 2023 | Canada | Series A | 4426 | [+6] | |
Dec 28, 2022 | United States | Series A | 6091 | [+4] | |
Aug 09, 2022 | United States | Series A | 6396 |
Acquired companies in EduLab Capital Partners' Portfolio
3 companies from EduLab Capital Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Plum.io in Apr 2026 by Phenom for $*****.Here are EduLab Capital Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Apr 28, 2026 | Feb 21, 2023 | Series A | 8100 | |
Dec 02, 2025 | Apr 19, 2023 | Seed | 8092 | |
Jun 29, 2017 | Nov 2023 | Seed | 7178 |
Team profile of EduLab Capital Partners
EduLab Capital Partners has a team of 5 members including 1 Partner and 1 Principal located in Japan and United States. EduLab Capital Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of EduLab Capital Partners
Over the past 8 years, 67 investors have co-invested in EduLab Capital Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before EduLab Capital Partners: Real Ventures, BDC and 19 others have invested in rounds before EduLab Capital Partners. There is 1 company where Real Ventures has invested before EduLab Capital Partners and 1 company where BDC has invested before EduLab Capital Partners.
- Top Co-investors of EduLab Capital Partners: 37 investors entered a company along with EduLab Capital Partners. These include investors like Strada Education Network (3 companies).
- Invested after EduLab Capital Partners: A total of 9 investors have invested in EduLab Capital Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Resolve Growth Partners (1 company), National Science Foundation (1 company) and CareSource (1 company).
Recent News related to EduLab Capital Partners
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MindPrint Learning Partners With Digital Promise; Raises $2M From Martinson VenturesEdTechReview•Apr 19, 2023•Mindprint Learning, Martinson Ventures, EduLab Capital Partners, ScoutFund
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Talent assessment software platform Plum snags $6mVCJ•Feb 21, 2023•Plum.io, JFF, Strada Education Network, Export Development Canada and 4 others
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Schola Closes $10M Series A to Further Improve Student Recruitment and Engagement in PK-12 SchoolsGlobeNewswire•Jan 17, 2023•Schola, CEP, Arizona Venture Development, Revolution and 5 others
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Ceresa Raises $3 Million to Help Companies Support Emerging Talent in Less Than 10 Minutes and $1 a DayPRWeb•Aug 09, 2022•Ceresa, Thomas Street Partners, EduLab Capital Partners, LiveOak Venture Partners and 4 others
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Education Software Firm Closes on $4M Seed RoundInside INdiana Business•Aug 06, 2021•Codelicious, Allos Ventures, EduLab Capital Partners, Sixty8 Capital and 1 other
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Elevate Ventures Invests in Air Carrier StartupInside INdiana Business•Aug 03, 2021•SimpleSortie, Elevate Ventures, Codelicious, EduLab Capital Partners and 3 others
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EduLab Capital Leads Round of Seed Funding for PromptAmerican Consortium for Equity in Education•Oct 19, 2020•Prompt, EduLab Capital Partners
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Vietnam-based job recruitment firm JobHopin closes series A roundTech in Asia•May 11, 2020•JobHopin, Translink Investment, KK Fund, Mynavi and 3 others
