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Deborah Quazzo

Managing Partner of GSV Ventures | Co-Founder of ASU+GSV Summit

Chicago, Illinois

Skills

Private Equity
Managerial Finance
Corporate Development
Venture Capital
Private Placements
Start-ups
Mergers
Acquisitions
Business Development
Business Strategy
Capital Markets
Competitive Analysis
Capital Raising
Due Diligence
WellSaid Studio

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2015

    Managing Partner of GSV Ventures, a venture fund investing in education and workforce skills technologies that are disrupting the $7 Trillion sector. GSV’s premier portfolio of Learning and Talent Technology companies include Physicswallah, Classplus, Quizizz, GUILD, Domestika, learneo, ClassDojo, Degreed and Coursera. Exited holdings include PhotoMath, QuillBot, nearpod and Clever.

  • Co-Founder

    2009

    Co-Founder of the annual ASU+GSV Summit. Now in its 16th year, the ASU+GSV Summit celebrates innovations and innovators across the global “preK to Gray” learning and workforce skills landscape, and attracts over 15,000 attendees to three premier events in San Diego and Gurgaon, India.

  • Board Member

    2024

  • Board Member

    2021

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

  • Board Manager

    2018

    A portfolio company of Blackstone and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

  • Board Member

    2019

2015

  • Board Member

    2015

2021 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2024

2019 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2024