All Ventures
Zaption
Entrepreneur: Jim Stigler, Charlie Stigler
For-profit | Founded: 2013 | Visit the Site
Funds supported Zaption’s platform and suite of interactive tools to create, publish, and share interactive videos and provide information about how users interacted with a video through its analytic tools.
Zearn
Entrepreneur: Shalinee Sharma
Nonprofit | Visit the Site
Zearn was part of the Middle & High School Math Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Zearn’s comprehensive approach to learning and teaching math, combining personalized digital lessons with targeted small group instruction so that every teacher can reach every student, every day.
Zeta Charter School
Entrepreneur: Emily Kim
Nonprofit | Visit the Site
Zeta Charter Schools opened three public charters schools, which are all based in New York, NY. These schools will eventually serve over 2,000 students combined in grades K-12. Zeta’s mission is to build and sustain high-performing schools that forge thriving communities of lifelong learners, problem solvers, and innovators.
Zyrobotics
Entrepreneur: Dr. Johnetta MacCalla, Dr. Ayanna Howard
For-profit | Visit the Site
Zyrobotics was part of the Special Education Ed Tech Challenge. Funds supported Zyrobotics’ STEM educational products designed to make a difference in the lives of children with special needs ages three to 12 years old.
