JC

Jennifer Carolan

Co-Founder and Partner at Reach Capital

Palo Alto, California

VC

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

Skills

Supports
Program Development
Educational Technology
Non-profits
Grant Writing
Staff Development
Curriculum Design
Nonprofits
Higher Education
Venture Capital
Grants
Start-ups
Educational Leadership
Social Entrepreneurship
Public Policy
Fundraising
Strategy
Program Evaluation
Management
Philanthropy

Education

Investments

AfterSchool HQ

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

Mini Studio

Seed

Total Funding:

Stellic

Series A

Total Funding: $11M

Enable Us

Seed

Total Funding: $5M

Outschool

Series A

Total Funding: $240M

Rhithm

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

Backer

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $4M

PeopleGrove

Seed

Total Funding: $9M

Ellevation

Series B

Total Funding: $16M

BetterLesson

Venture Round

Total Funding: $21M

Work Experience

Stanford Digital Education

2023

  • Advisory Council Member

    2023

Loyola University Chicago

2023

  • Member Board of Trustees

    2023

Reach Capital

2015

  • Co-founder and General Partner

    2015

Seesaw Learning

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

Derivita

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

Stellic

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

Outschool

2018 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2023

Desmos

2019 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2022

Ellevation Education

2018 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2021

Nearpod

2015 - 2021

  • Member Board of Directors

    2015 - 2021