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Published in Growth Shots

·Aug 11, 2022

Stars Through Thunderstorms

Faster, bigger, higher — that was the environment we lived in for the past 12 years. Founders raised money faster, rounds were bigger, and valuations higher. FOMO was real as was free capital. Investors rushed to pay for businesses two years forward, valuing them at an x multiple on y…

Edtech

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Stars Through Thunderstorms
Stars Through Thunderstorms
Edtech

9 min read


Published in Growth Shots

·Jan 4, 2022

Long Shots

Twelve years ago at my friend’s party, I saw an amazing new music app that let you stream songs. The service was still in beta and the experience was amazing — you could listen to any song from any device even when offline, and you didn’t have to buy à…

Edtech

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Long Shots
Long Shots
Edtech

9 min read


Published in Growth Shots

·May 18, 2021

GSV Edtech 150 — the Most Transformational Growth Companies in Digital Learning

By Luben Pampoulov, Mujtaba Wani, Kevin Zhang A year ago, we published the inaugural GSV Global Edtech 50 — a list of the 50 most important Edtech businesses in the world. At about the same time, 1.6 …

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GSV Edtech 150 — the Most Transformational Growth Companies in Digital Learning
GSV Edtech 150 — the Most Transformational Growth Companies in Digital Learning

6 min read


Published in Growth Shots

·Apr 5, 2021

Escape Velocity

When we evaluate companies, we look at business characteristics such as product quality, frictionless adoption, viral network effects, and market expansion. Size matters but product quality is just as critical. Most importantly, we focus on companies that can be the leader in their category and achieve disproportionate gains over time. …

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Escape Velocity
Escape Velocity

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Published in Growth Shots

·Mar 15, 2021

Game On

When I went to school in Austria, my exams were mostly long-form word problems. Whether in Math, Language learning, or Science, tests and exam problems were given to me in long paragraphs. When I studied for the SAT, I was surprised that most of the questions were multiple choice. Then…

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Game On
Game On

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Published in Growth Shots

·Feb 21, 2021

saMBA

One of my favorite cities in the World is Rio de Janeiro. I love the city’s natural beauty, and its unique mix of gardens, hills, beaches and the sea. …

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saMBA
saMBA

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Published in Growth Shots

·Feb 8, 2021

Zoomed Out

Over the past year, more than 1.6 billion students and teachers were forced to go to school virtually. While most Gen Z-ers adapted quite naturally, for many it was the first time to ever experience a virtual lecture on a device. Certainly for everybody, the future got pulled to the…

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Zoomed Out
Zoomed Out

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Published in Growth Shots

·Feb 1, 2021

ApprenticED

We’ve entered a new learning environment in which life-long learning services are rising in popularity among individuals, companies, and governments. As jobs are rapidly changing, the need for re-skilling and re-filling our knowledge tanks is increasing. …

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ApprenticED
ApprenticED

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Published in GSV Ventures

·Jun 25, 2020

Partnering with Photomath

We are excited to partner with the very talented team at Photomath, as part of their Series A-1. Based in Zagreb, Croatia the company is at the forefront of an emerging new trend in K12 and College education that we call RoboED. The app lets users scan math problems and…

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Partnering with Photomath
Partnering with Photomath

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Oct 27, 2019

Mind the Traps

Private market valuations are on the backswing, especially valuations of late stage private companies that were previously hyped. A series of red flags showed up over the last few months — the Fall of Wework, the Struggles of Uber, the Scares of Juul, just to name a few — causing…

Venture Capital

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Mind the Traps
Mind the Traps
Venture Capital

5 min read

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