Reach Capital

What is Reach Capital?

Reach Capital is an investment fund that focuses on various sectors including Software, Media, Education, Business Solutions, A.I. and Big Data, Future of Work, GovTech, Human Resources, Impact initiatives, and Consumer segments with a particular emphasis on Woman Focused ventures.

They have a range of investment stages they are interested in, from Pre-Seed to Series B.

Reach Capital has $82,000,000 assets under management. The fund typically invests anywhere between $25,000 to $100,000, with a sweet spot of around $50,000 for investments. The fund is categorized as 'Other', which indicates a non-traditional or diversely focused approach.

On their website, Reach Capital expresses a keen interest in applications of AI/ML to improve educational opportunities, including student-facing and back-end operational improvements.

However, they are not interested in ventures that fall into 'drill & kill' test prep or products that only serve the top 1% of the market. As part of their mission, they state their goal to invest in founders who empower everyone to thrive across learning, health, and work, thereby elevating potential and igniting purpose.

Reach Capital cites their commitment to stand with their portfolio companies from the early stages, offering hands-on support and treating founders like family. They emphasis their culture of investing with purpose, aiming to make an impact and drive social change by helping founders build high-quality, scalable products that consistently deliver value.

What they say:

Reach Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on education and workforce development. Our investments expand access to education and economic opportunities and inspire people to reach their full potential. We are currently investing out of our fourth fund of $215 million.

What we look for: We invest in everything related to the enabling learning and earning (Edtech, Future of Work)

How we help: We are one of the most diverse firms in venture capital with more than 20 years of classroom teaching experience across the team, Reach Capital has backed over 130 education companies, including many of the biggest and most beloved brands across early childhood, K-12, higher education and lifelong learning.