JK

John Katzman

Education Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, and (often unsolicited) Consultant

New York, New York

Investor
VC
Angel
CEO

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
Strategic Partnerships
Start-ups
Higher Education
Social Media
Business Strategy
Mentoring
Strategic Planning
New Business Development
Strategy
Mergers
Public Speaking
Product Management
Business Development
Staff Development
Nonprofits
SaaS
E-Learning
Mergers & Acquisitions

Education

Lists including John

AM
AR
AG
AH

Based in NYC

2600 people

AT
AS
AT
AH

All Series A Investors

14752 people

AM
AT
AS
AR

All Seed Investors

19695 people

Investments

Stellic

Series A

Total Funding: $11M

Uwill

Angel

Total Funding: $5M

Fluent City

Series A

Total Funding: $6M

Tinkergarten

Seed

Total Funding: $7.7M

Thinkster Math

Series A

Total Funding: $4M

Springboard

Seed

Total Funding: $67M

StudySoup

Seed

Total Funding: $2.3M

Rockit Online

Seed

Total Funding: $500K

EdSurge

Series A

Total Funding: $9M

panOpen

Seed

Total Funding: $780K

Work Experience

Noodle

2012

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2012

Carnegie Learning

2019

  • Board Member

    2019

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

2011

  • Board Member

    2011

YPO-WPO

1989

  • Member

    1989

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

2014 - 2018

  • Board Member

    2014 - 2018

Renaissance Learning

2014 - 2018

  • Board Member

    2014 - 2018

American Honors

2011 - 2018

  • Board Member

    2011 - 2018

NAIS

2009 - 2016

  • Board Member

    2009 - 2016

Fullbridge

2011 - 2014

  • Board Member

    2011 - 2014

2U

2008 - 2012

  • Chairman

    2012 - 2012

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2008 - 2011

    2U helps great universities like USC, Georgetown, and the UNC/Chapel Hill create and run high-quality, large-scale online graduate programs.