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Re-Defining Education Harnessing the Power of Technology for a Brighter Future

Backing world-class product teams to create the platforms of tomorrow

The next-generation founders are fundamentally rethinking

They'll change the game in... identity, gaming, community,

We're all about being there to back them when it happens.
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Consumer Spotlight

Canva

There's a reason that Canva founder, Melanie Perkins, was named to Forbes' Most Powerful Women list two years straight (2022 & 2023). Canva has witnessed a truly meteoric rise—harnessing global creative momentum and the AI x Creativity wave—and is currently used by over 170M users worldwide. We've been incredibly proud to back Melanie and her team since 2019.

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Consumer Companies

These companies are part of our extensive Consumer portfolio.

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Company
Investor
Location

Brainly

IPO
Acquired
Adam Valkin
New York

Bustle

IPO
Acquired
Adam Valkin
New York

Carma

IPO
Acquired
Adam Valkin
Asia Pacific

Cazoo

IPO
Acquired
Adam Valkin
London

Chief

IPO
Acquired
Ken Chenault
New York

CityMall

IPO
Acquired
Alex Tran
India

ClassDojo

IPO
Acquired
Hemant Taneja
California

ClassPass

IPO
Acquired
Adam Valkin
New York

Clay

IPO
Acquired
New York

CoachUp

IPO
Acquired
David Fialkow
Boston

Couchsurfing

IPO
Acquired
Joel Cutler
California

Cover

IPO
Acquired
Niko Bonatsos
California

Crossfit

IPO
Acquired
David Fialkow
Southwest

DECA

IPO
Acquired
Kyle Doherty
California

Discord

IPO
Acquired
Niko Bonatsos
California

Dubsmash

IPO
Acquired
Niko Bonatsos
California

Duckbill

IPO
Acquired
Boston

Ecologi

IPO
Acquired
Niko Bonatsos
London

Eeki Foods

IPO
Acquired
India

Elevate K-12

IPO
Acquired
Hemant Taneja
Midwest
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Consumer Team

Our Consumer team is comprised of experienced investors and former founders and operators with deep and diverse domain experience across the ecosystem, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Name
Location
Adam
Valkin
Cambridge
Alexa
Liautaud
New York
Catherine
Tu
New York
Johnson
Yang
New York
Jonny
Zhang
Cambridge
Ken
Chenault
New York
Niko
Bonatsos
New York
Nmachi
Jidenma
San Francisco
Tamanna
Khemani
San Francisco
Viet
Le
Berlin
Vincent
Zhu
New York

Catalyst Advisors

Andy McCall
Laszlo Bock
Lt. General Scott Howell
Paul Sagan
Phillip Riese
Robin Washington
Stephen Klasko
Teresa Carlson
Udi Mokady
Youngme Moon

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