These days, we’re hyper-focused on marketplaces, communities and social platforms. We love these platforms for…
Portfolio
Education is – besides health care – one of the verticals with the most amount of opportunity still left in the digital world. And still a lot of innovation in this space in the past few years was rather incremental (e.g. online test prep, language learning) than ground breaking. Things are starting to change and […]
These days, we’re hyper-focused on marketplaces, communities and social platforms. We love these platforms for…
Back in July, we wrote about network effects in marketplaces and social platforms and how…
Education is – besides health care – one of the verticals with the most amount of opportunity still left in the digital world. And still a lot of innovation in this space in the past few years was rather incremental (e.g. online test prep, language learning) than ground breaking.
Things are starting to change and I was very excited that I got the opportunity earlier this year to invest alongside Union Square Ventures in Edmodo, a social learning network for teachers, students and schools. Edmodo “provides classrooms a safe and easy way to connect and collaborate, offering a real-time platform to exchange ideas, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices”. It has the power to help teachers engage students and allow students to reach their potential.
Education in the digital world feels like the 2nd or 3rd inning of a 9 innings baseball game and there is a realistic chance that we will not only be able to redefine in the next decade how students learn but make education universally accessible. I hope that Edmodo can play a crucial role in that process.
The company announced today a huge Series B round led by Matt Cohler from Benchmark and Reid Hoffman from Greylock with both joining the Edmodo board, helping the company to execute even faster on its vision to build the educational graph for learning.
Data / AI / ML
This November marks three years since the launch of ChatGPT. That moment brought AI into the mainstream, with large language models (LLMs) seen as the breakthrough technology powering it. Since then, innovation in AI has been relentless — perhaps one of the fastest cycles we’ve ever witnessed in tech. It’s worth pausing to reflect on […]
It’s hard to believe that it has been three years since my first day at…
“It takes 10 years and $30m to become a great investor.” This quote has stuck…