New Schools Venture Fund is a venture philanthropy firm that raises money on one hand from individuals and organizations and invests it in promising startups and companies on the other. They believe that they can foster change in the educational sector by encouraging bold and innovative entrepreneurs. They put a strong focus on evaluating the impact of the models they invest in and have a very highly professional selection process before investing. Of course, it is not only about the money and the team shares its broad experience and wise expertise with the organizations they accompany. They currently have 5 investment funds and just launched an initiative we already mentioned to promote online learning games called co.lab. They also make sure to share their systemic approach to change by organizing the NewSchools Summit every year where they invite educators, politicians, entrepreneurs to share perspectives and best practices.
New Schools Venture Fund facilitates innovation and change for the educational sector. An international pendant of this organization would be a good idea…
http://www.newschools.org/