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HireVue's team built its new Match and Apply chatbot by unifying the latest large language model technology with 20+ years of deep knowledge and experience. Designed for rapid deployment, Match and Apply leverages generative AI, engaging in a natural conversational dialogue that potential hires have come to expect as consumers. Instead of relying on keyword matching or scripted prompts, Match and Apply adaptively considers a candidate for all relevant roles while personalizing the experience to ensure no opportunity is missed.  https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-hirevue-peoplefluent/ PeopleFluent, a market leader in workforce agility, integrated talent management, and learning solutions, today announced the newest addition to its product lineup: Stories. PeopleFluent Stories is an AI-powered skills enablement platform that assists organizations with upskilling and reskilling at scale, improving productivity, enhancing organizational agility, reducing hiring and training costs, and enabling cross-platform talent intelligence. https://hrtechfeed.com/new-hr-tech-from-hirevue-peoplefluent/ NEW YORK — Ropes, the AI-driven platform transforming how engineering talent is evaluated, announced today it has raised $3.1M in seed funding. The seed round, led by GSV Ventures with participation from Box Group, will accelerate the company's mission to bridge the gap between technical assessment and real-world performance. https://hrtechfeed.com/engineering-talent-skills-platform-raises-3-1-million/ LOS ANGELES — In a time marked by growing division, online extremism, and workplace uncertainty, a new report reveals an unsettling trend: misconduct is increasing—and much of it starts online. https://hrtechfeed.com/fama-online-threats-and-workplace-misconduct-are-on-the-rise/ SAN FRANCISCO — Marit Health today announced the launch of its community-powered, anonymous and verified salary sharing platform for physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs). Built by physicians and led by former Glassdoor and Transcarent executives, Marit offers free and real-time access to comprehensive compensation information, alongside schedule, shifts and benefits details, empowering clinicians to make more informed career decisions.   

Send us a Text Message.Join Alex Sarlin and guest host, Claire Zau, Partner at GSV Ventures, as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week

@1QLeadership Question: Can for-profit businesses be mission driven and drive profits all while delivering a public good? Joe Karlgaard, former Director of Athletics at Rice, discusses his current role advising entrepreneurs with GSV Ventures, a global education technology company. He talks about the education he is receiving in terms of how for-profit businesses can be profitable while still focusing on purpose.   in the near future, people will begin to wrap their heads around the new opportunities that can benefit college athletics people are what keep organizations valuing purpose ahead of profit in intense competition, delivering value to shareholders is top priority and can lead to organizations losing their souls   Karlgaard's focus on people, leadership, and organizational effectiveness stem from his experience in college athletics. He believes there is room for entrepreneurial growth in the industry without sacrificing the primary purpose of developing student-athletes. - One Question Leadership Podcast - Tai M. Brown      

Deborah Quazzo, co-founder of the ASU+GSV Summit and managing partner of GSV Ventures, joins us to talk about her observations of the education technology industry and the promising work leading to better education landscapes.

In this episode, we are joined by Claire Zau, Vice President at GSV Ventures. In her role in the company, she does extensive research into emerging educational technology that is transforming education at all levels. In our conversion, Claire shares her insights into trends, advantages, and challenges surrounding AI infused technology. She also provides a preview of the upcoming AI Revolution AIR Show Conference. Visit AVID Open Access to learn more.

Steve has been involved for almost 30 years with TV, book, and video game growth, working with big names such as Viacom, Disney, and GSV Ventures—a venture capitalist firm that invests in EdTech. Now, as the CEO of Sesame Workshop, he's leading the world-famous nonprofit educational organisation to help kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder, aiming to provide impactful early learning.Steve shares what he's learned from Big Bird, and how the quintessentially American show ‘Sesame Street' implements progressive ideas to teach children and raise their social and academic literacy—like greater tolerance and appreciation of different races, gender identities, and those with disabilities—and how the brand is evolving to reach more diverse cultures and countries around the world at a local level. He sees the future of ‘Sesame Street' streaming on YouTube in collaboration with children's YouTube stars, focusing more on emotional well-being.

In this week's Espresso, we cover investment updates from Truora, Global66, Circulo de Belleza, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] – Truora becomes Meta's new business solution provider[00:42] – Teachy closes a $1.6M pre-seed round[00:54} – Kapital launches an AI platform[01:08] – Torqi raises a $12M round[01:23] – Regcheq secures funding round of $2M[01:36] – Global66 becomes FC Bayern Munich's first regional partner in South America[01:55] – Mattilda raises $19M Series A round[02:11] – Glitzi announces partnership with Círculo de Belleza[02:27] – InvGate raises $35M to expand worldwide[02:43] – Crossing Borders Greatest Hits EpisodeResources & people mentioned:Startups: Truora, Teachy, Kapital, Torqi, Regcheq, Global66 FC Bayern Munich, Mattilda, InvGate, Glitzi, Círculo de BellezaVCs: NXTP, Roble Ventures, Galapagos Capital, Taram Capital, Grupo Sable, Consorcio, GSV Ventures, Riverwood Capital, Endeavor Catalyst

Este episódio foi gravado em inglês.In this episode, we welcome Deborah Quazzo, a highly influential industry figure and Managing Partner at GSV Ventures - a mammoth $950MM fund dedicated to education. Deborah's profound understanding of EdTech and AI's intersection paints a vivid picture of the future of learning. With accolades including being recognized twice among the top 100 seed investors and co-founding the esteemed ASU+GSV Summit, Deborah is a leader shaping the $7 trillion education sector. From her stints at Princeton and Harvard to serving on various educational boards, Deborah's insights are not to be missed.Tune in as we delve into AI's transformative power in education and how personalization is becoming a revolutionary approach in this space. 

What Gives You Energy? E23 Adam Freed, Managing Partner of GSV Ventures and former C-level leader at Teachers Pay Teachers, Etsy and Google shares how life continues to challenge him to get closer to who Adam really is and serve from that integrated place, as husband, father and leader. How do you get to your […] The post What Gives You Energy? E23 appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Tess Michaels has found her way to have a big impact on the world around her by creating new financing solutions for students. The venture, Stride Funding, has acquired financing from top-tier investors like Graham Holdings, Slow Ventures, GSV Ventures, and Juvo Ventures.

This week's Espresso covers updates from uDocz, Impacta VC, DolarApp and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] - Finaktiva raises $25M in debt[00:54] - Interview with Gustavo Ribas, K Fund's Venture Partner[03:00] - Alima closes a $1.5M seed round[03:28] - Ubii closes its first investment round at $4.5M[03:47] - uDocz secures a $2M seed round[04:16] - Salkantay Ventures closes its first VC fund at $26M[04:40] - Impacta VC launches Impact Fundraising Strategy Program[05:04] - IDB Lab approves a $2M loan for Prestamype[05:25] - DolarApp announces a $5M seed round [05:47] - New Crossing Borders and Hacking Insurance episodesResources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: Finaktiva, Alima, Ubii, uDocz, Prestamype, DolarApp, Belo, Lizit, Efinti.VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Bancolombia, responsAbility, K Fund, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, The Dorm Room Fund, Seed9, Pareto, Salkantay VC, GSV Ventures, Impacta VC, IDB Lab, Kaszek Ventures.People: Gustavo Ribas, Nathan Lustig, Manuel Beaudroit, Rodrigo Alfonso, Daniel Botero, Andres Tobon.

Our guest today is Smita Deorah, co-founder and Co-CEO of Boulevard Leadership, better known for its edtech business LEAD. Smita and her husband Sumeet Mehta started LEAD in 2012. Today the company reaches a million students in 3500 schools in more than 400 cities in India. It is now a unicorn, privately valued at more than a billion dollars, by investors including WestBridge, Elevar Equity and GSV Ventures

In this episode, Smita Deorah (Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Lead School), joins our host Digjay, to talk about her path leading up to Lead School, the genesis phase and what led Smita to make Lead her life's work, how Lead plans to radically improve the state of education in India by transforming schools, the growth playbook & key challenges faced when building a scalable B2B product/service, what should founders focus on when hiring the core team for a mission driven startup like Lead, Smita's fundraising experience, Lead's criteria to select their investors & value-add from each of them, how being an entrepreneur has influenced Smita's personality over the years and more. Smita & Sumeet, founded Lead School (Lead) in 2012 with a vision to make global-standard education accessible and affordable to students, especially in non-metro cities. Lead integrates a world-class curriculum with technology that powers all stakeholders in a school environment. Today Lead caters to 5000+ schools in 500+ cities across India. This school edtech unicorn startup, was bootstrapped through 2017 & has subsequently raised >$100mm in funding from marquee investors like Elevar Equity, Westbridge Capital & GSV Ventures. Prior to Lead, Smita founded Sparsh, a non-profit that implemented a pre-school in a box solution in 16 pre-schools around Mumbai. Prior to that, Smita spent 9 years in Procter & Gamble Singapore and India as a leader in Finance, Treasury and Strategy. You can connect with her here on Linkedin or Twitter. ---- Show notes – (01:45) Smita's background & her path leading up to Lead School (07:15) What led Smita to start Lead & make this her life's work (10:30) The current state of India's primary education system & how Lead plans to radically improve the status quo (17:55) Lead's first principles approach of building a scalable B2B product; focus on the target audience, product design and measurable outcomes (23:25) The growth playbook; Key challenges faced when scaling up Lead (34:58) What should one over index on when hiring the core team for a mission driven startup like Lead? (39:15) Fundraising experience; Lead's criteria to select their investors (42:12) Value add from each institutional investor on the cap table - Elevar Equity, West Bridge Capital & GSV Ventures (47:15) How has being an entrepreneur influenced Smita's personality over the years? (54:00) Rapid fire and closing remarks ---- If you liked our episode, you can subscribe to our podcast on any podcast platforms of your choice (like Spotify & Apple iTunes). We would appreciate if you could leave us a review on Apple iTunes. This helps others discover the podcast organically. You can visit thevcpreneur.com and follow us on Twitter @thevcpreneur_ & Instagram @thevcpreneur for more episodes and interesting insights on the startup ecosystem. You can also follow our host Digjay here on Linkedin & Twitter

In this episode with Deborah Quazzo, we talk about her pathway to VC, including her time at Merrill Lynch and her experience with angel investing as well as her collaboration with Michael Moe in founding ThinkEquity Partners and GSV Ventures later on. We also touch on the current education technology space and the opportunities it holds for entrepreneurs passionate about solving problems. We conclude with a discussion about how GSV has been able to form such a diverse team, especially with women in leadership positions.

In der Mittagsfolge sprechen wir heute mit Jan Bohnhorst, Country Manager Dach bei Domestika, über die erfolgreich abgeschlossene Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 110 Millionen US-Dollar. Mit dem Abschluss der Series-D erreicht Domestika eine Gesamtbewertung von 1,3 Milliarden US-Dollar und damit den Unicorn-Status. Domestika ist eine schnell wachsende Kreativ-Community, in der Expertinnen und -Experten ihr Wissen und ihre Fähigkeiten in Online-Kursen teilen können. Die Mission des Startups ist es, neugierige Köpfe aus der ganzen Welt zusammenzubringen, um ihr kreatives Potenzial voll ausschöpfen zu können. Die Online-Community, die als kleines Forum in Spanien startete, verfügt Produktionsstudios in zwölf Ländern und ist Heimat von über sieben Millionen neugierigen Menschen weltweit. Seit 2021 bietet Domestika auch erste Kurse für den DACH-Raum an. Zusätzlich sind alle Kurse mit Untertiteln versehen und in Englisch, Spanisch, Portugiesisch, Deutsch, Italienisch, Französisch, Polnisch und Niederländisch verfügbar. Die Finanzierungsrunde wurde von Zeev Ventures, GSV Ventures und anderen Privatinvestoren geleitet. Mit dem frischen Kapital sollen die lokalen Aktivitäten weltweit ausgebaut und beispielsweise mehr Kurse in deutscher Sprache angeboten werden. Domestika wurde 2010 von Julio Cotorruelo und Tomy Pelluz gegründet. One more thing wird präsentiert von Sastrify – Die smarte Lösung für das Management eurer Software-Verträge. Erhaltet jetzt eine kostenlose Analyse eurer SaaS Tools und alle weiteren Informationen unter https://www.sastrify.com/insider

We welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience! It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, YOUR guest is Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner at GSV Ventures & Co-Founder at ASU+GSV Summit, YOUR special guest cohost is Ryan Stowers, Executive Director at the Charles Koch Foundation, YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio, & YOUR sponsor is Unmudl! This is an episode YOU do not want to miss! Joe & Ryan talk with Deb about what she looks for when thinking about impact investing. They also talk about the future of the ASU+GSV Summit & her thoughts on the future of higher education. Enjoy! Deborah is the Managing Partner of GSV Ventures, a venture fund investing in education & workforce skills technologies that are disrupting the $7 Trillion sector & named to Insider's inaugural list of top 100 seed investors. In addition, she is Co-founder of the ASU+GSV Summit. The ASU+GSV Summit celebrates innovations & innovators across the global “preK to Gray” learning & talent landscape & attracts over 5,500 live & 10,000 virtual attendees. Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Learn what others are saying about their EdUp experience! ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! ● YOU can follow us on Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube Thank YOU for listening! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edup/message

This week in Indian startup news, Pine Labs files for confidential IPO in the US, Edtech startups looking to self-regulate the edtech sector and GlobalBees acquire three more D2C brands. In funding news, Lead School raises $100 million to become a unicorn, Refyne raises $82 million, FPL Technologies raises $75 million, and Curefoods raises $62 million. Pine Labs files for confidential IPO in the US: Indian fintech giant Pine Labs, which offers an end-to-end payment solution for merchants, has filed for a ‘confidential' IPO in the US - planning to raise around $500 million which would value the company anywhere between $5.5 to $7 billion. Unlike traditional IPOs, while filing a confidential IPO – a company does not need to disclose any details or their DRHP to the public until it is approved by the regulatory body. Edtech startups looking to self-regulate the edtech sector: A few weeks back, the Indian government had issued an advisory for parents and students - cautioning them against misselling done by some edtech companies. Amid all this, 15 edtech companies which include some of India's biggest edtech startups like Byju's, Unacademy, Vedantu, and upGrad have come together to set up an autonomous body called ‘India EdTech Consortium' under the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). With this, these companies want to create a self-regulatory code for the industry and adhere to a ‘common code of conduct'. GlobalBees acquires three more D2C brands: Thrasio-style D2C house of brands unicorn GlobalBees has acquired three more D2C brands this week - including The Butternut Company (a healthy snacks brand), Mush (a sustainable clothing brand) and Strauss (a sports and fitness equipment brand). With these acquisitions, GlobalBees already has 11 brands in their portfolio. The startup plans to acquire more than 100 brands within the next three years - across categories like FMCG, sports, lifestyle and home organisation. Lead School raises $100 million to become a unicorn: Edtech startup Lead School, which is focused on providing technology solutions to schools enabling them to conduct online classes via virtual classrooms, has raised $100 million in a round led by GSV Ventures and WestBridge Capital – making them India's 3rd unicorn this year. Refyne raises $82 million: Early wage access platform Refyne, which allows employees to access their salaries on-demand without waiting for the end of the month, has raised $82 million in a round led by Tiger Global Management. FPL Technologies raises $75 million: Fintech startup FPL Technologies, which operates credit scoring platform OneScore and issues its own credit card called OneCard, has raised $75 million from QED Investors, Janchor Partners, Sequoia Capital India, Matrix Partners and Hummingbird Ventures at a $750 million valuation. Curefoods raises $62 million: Cloud kitchen startup Curefoods has raised $62 million from Iron Pillar, Chiratae Ventures, Sixteenth Street Capital, Accel Partners and Binny Bansal (Flipkart co-founder).

Deborah Quazzo is the Managing Partner at GSV Ventures. GSV Ventures is a venture fund investing in education and workforce skills technologies that are disrupting the $7 Trillion sector and named to Insider's inaugural list of top 100 seed investors. In addition, Deborah is the Co-founder of the ASU+GSV Summit. Now in its 13th year, the ASU+GSV Summit celebrates innovations and innovators across the global “preK to Gray” learning and talent landscape and attracts over 5,500 attendees. Hear from Deborah on the history of GSV and the ASU+GSV summit, how has GSV's investment thesis or process changed as a result of the pandemic, GSV's investment strategy when investing into emerging markets such as India and Indonesia, de-risking investments, and more.

Our guest today is Deborah Quazzo, the cofounder and managing partner of GSV Ventures, one of the earliest and more prestigious venture funds investing in the entire spectrum of education from PreK to Gray including companies that we all use daily such as Coursera, Classdojo, Clever, Quizziz and many more. Deborah is also the cofounder of the annual annual ASU+GSV Summit which attracts over 5000 visitors each year, now 13 years in, and is where the major education trends are revealed each year.In this episode, we look at EdTech trends post-pandemic, glean a couple of key takeaways from the latest ASU+GSV summit, speculate on the race to the first $100B EdTech company, and, most importantly, talk about Return on Education and what a ROE school would look like.Here are some resources mentioned in our discussion:Check out the GSV portfolio, you will know a lot of the names: https://gsv.ventures/portfolio/Why not attend the Summit next year? https://www.asugsvsummit.com/We referenced this prior podcast episode: https://blog.enrollhand.com/consumerization-k12-education/Here are the key takeaways from the GSU+ASV summit:Fireside Chat with Eddie Glaude - https://www.asugsvsummit.com/video/stage-x-fireside-chat-with-eddie-glaude-and-josh-andersonIsabel Wilkerson on ASU+GSV: https://www.asugsvsummit.com/video/isabel-wilkerson-pulitzer-prize-winner-and-author-of-new-york-times-bestsellers-the-warmth-of-other-suns-and-caste-the-origins-of-our-discontent-discusses-truth-reconciliationWhere to learn more about Deborah:Twitter - https://twitter.com/deborahquazzoWikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_H._QuazzoOther - https://gsv.ventures/team/deborah-quazzo/Where to learn more about Enrollhand:Website: www.enrollhand.comOur webinar: https://webinar-replay.enrollhand.comOur free Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/schoolgrowth/

Welcome to the second episode of SCALE by Bangladesh Angels. In this podcast series, we talk to entrepreneurs and investors who built and invested in businesses that have gone on to raise or generate revenues of millions of dollars, employ hundreds or more employees and serve millions of users in order to unlock the secrets of scaling a company In the second episode of SCALE, we have Mukul Rustagi, Co-founder and CEO of Classplus, where he engages in a fireside chat with the BAN community and a host of other edtech founders from the Bangladeshi ecosystem on how Classplus has been able to raise $85 million on their way to becoming South Asia's emerging edtech company Classplus is a #SaaS platform that enables private coaching institutes to streamline their video distribution, payments, communication, and online assessments through a single platform. It is currently backed by global venture capitalists, serial entrepreneur-investors, and giant tech companies, such as RTP Global — a prolific investor in early-stage startups, Tiger Global Management , GSV Ventures, FALCON EDGE CAPITAL, LP, Times Internet, Blume Ventures, Sequoia Capital Surge, Spiral Ventures Pte. Ltd. and STRIVE.

WorkingNation is in San Diego this week for the 12th annual ASU+GSV Summit, the big three-day convening focused on innovations in education and technology, and their impact  on the way we acquire knowledge and skills. My guest on this episode of the Work in Progress podcast is Deborah Quazzo, managing partner of GSV Ventures and the co-founder of ASU+GSV, a collaboration between GSV and Arizona State University (ASU). The way we prepare for our future—the way we learn—has changed just as much as the way we work and the skills we need for a good job. As we've seen over the past 18 months, the adoption of education technology has accelerated as we've had to address the impact of the pandemic on our lives. "We really are here. It is truly the dawn of digital learning," Quazzo tells me in the podcast. "There has been a transformational change in the acceptance of digital learning and scaling solutions that has the opportunity to really make a difference in the lives of millions of people in ways that just had not happened here before, and the attraction of capital into the space is going to drive more and more innovation." The three days of conversation touch on all stages of learning, from "pre-K to gray", as Quazzo describes it. Given the impact of the pandemic on the workforce, many of those discussions zero in on how this ed-tech innovation can help close the skills gap. "It's really about what can this means for the transformation at scale for working adults who desperately need it, who probably even more desperately need it coming out of COVID. "We can finally really look where the puck is going and chase it. While it's hard not to talk about what we've just been through, we're trying to keep a focus on staying on the balls of our feet. How do we take advantage of this? How do we transform things? And how do we use the crisis to transform workforce learning, to transform reskilling, upskilling, higher education, and K-12 education. We're trying to push the conversation that way. "What we really hope is that people walk away feeling like the world really did change, and that learning has really become a centrally important cultural and economic sector and learning is just a critical economic sector for the world." You can listen to this Work in Progress podcast with Deborah Quazzo here, or download it wherever you get your podcasts. Check out what WorkingNation is up to at the ASU+GSV Summit this year.   Episode 196: Deborah Quazzo, ASU+GSV Summit co-founder, GSV Ventures Managing PartnerHost and Executive Producer: Ramona Schindelheim, editor-in-chief, WorkingNationProducer: Larry BuhlExecutive Producers: Joan Lynch, Melissa PanzerMusic: Composed by Lee Rosevere and licensed under CC by 4.0. Download the transcript for this podcast here.You can check out all the other podcasts at this link: Work in Progress podcasts

WorkingNation is in San Diego this week for the 12th annual ASU+GSV Summit, the big three-day convening focused on innovations in education and technology, and their impact  on the way we acquire knowledge and skills. My guest on this episode of the Work in Progress podcast is Deborah Quazzo, managing partner of GSV Ventures and […] The post The transformation of digital learning could transform millions of lives appeared first on WorkingNation.

Get more information on the ASU+GSV Summit August 9-11 in San Diego https://www.asugsvsummit.com/

On this episode of the Jason Cavness Experience I talk to Erin McCune of Easeenet CavnessHR Social Media cavnessHR website: https://www.cavnessHR.com Jason's email: jasoncavness@cavnessHR.com @cavnessHR across social media @jasoncavnessHR across social media We talk about the following Her sales background. Easeenet. How she became passionate about tech. Challenges of being an entrepreneur Erin's Bio • Bootstrapped & self-funded Easeenet.com for nearly three years, paying a full-time developer out of pocket. • Won the TiE Oregon Boot Camp pitch competition, selected as a finalist for “2 Minute Drill” on Amazon Prime Video, selected as a finalist for “Meet the Drapers” on Sony Entertainment following the pitch competition at GSV Ventures boot camp • 15+ successful years in technology and SaaS sales, sales management, sales training, and partnerships. • President's Club winner 6X (top sales award), consistently over quota, with the top sales team (out of 30-35 teams) three years in a row • Spent the last seven years at an OpenSesame, an Edtech startup Erin's Social Media Erin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mccuneerin/ Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/easeenet/ Company Website: https://easeenet.com/ Company FB: https://www.facebook.com/easeenet/ Company Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/easeenetofficial/?hl=en Company YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUBqYntvrSHtqV1W05PTkUQ Erin's email: erin@easeenet.com Erin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/erininpdx Erin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erininpdx/ Erin's gift For listeners that want to join us on Easeenet, I would love to offer you three months free. Go to https://easeenet.com/ and when you go to sign up, there's a there's a code section. Put in code estate3 and we will give your 3 free months. Erin's Advice Always fail faster. I think the biggest lesson I ever learned was and what was such an aha moment for me was somebody drew a stick figure on a page. They said most people think that success and failure are two opposing forces on you. You're either getting pulled towards success or pulled towards failure. In reality, it's not that way. Then they redrew the stick figure and then failure and then success. That's your path to success. Recognizing that you're gonna fail a bunch of times and that's actually propelling you on your path to success.

This week's guest is Tess Manning, Principal Investor at GSV Ventures. GSV Ventures is multi-stage fund investing in “PreK - Gray”. Tess and I talk about GSV's theses & the state of venture capital in the space, opportunities in workforce development, and more. Follow Spencer Kier on Twitter: twitter.com/SP1NS1R

Sophie is an investor at GSV Ventures, a multi-stage venture capital firm that specializes in education and workforce technology. She focuses on sourcing and conducting diligence on investment opportunities, covering early childhood and K12 EdTech companies across the US, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Prior to joining GSV Ventures as an investor, Sophie spent four years at Goldman Sachs building a team that works alongside every division of the firm to source and syndicate all of Goldman's direct, private-market investment opportunities. She graduated from Dartmouth College Phi Beta Kappa with a double major in Economics and Psychology. Sophie has a passion for behavioral economics and loves thinking about how to weave the decision sciences into new businesses to help them gain traction. In her free time, she enjoys running, spinning, hiking, and exploring new places in NYC. Sophie grew up in Newton, Massachusetts with two brothers, a sister, and a Goldendoodle named Roxy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/schoolish/support

This week in Indian Startup News, Ola to set up the world's largest two-wheeler EV charging network, Tvasta builds India's first 3D printed house, Zomato files for IPO, Indian startups fight against COVID19, CCI approves BigBasket-Tata deal, Lenskart acquihires DailyJoy and Instamojo acquihires Showman. In funding news, OneWeb raises $550 million, Urban Company raises $190 million, upGrad raises $120 million, Stanza Living raises over $100 million, ElasticRun raises $75 million, Bizongo raises $51 million and LEAD School raises $30 million. Ola to set up world's largest two-wheeler EV charging network: Ola is setting up the world's largest two-wheeler EV charging network – Hypercharger Network. Their Hypercharger Network will consist of 100,000 charging points across 400 cities – expected to be completed in the next five years at an estimated cost of $2 billion. You will only be able to charge Ola's electric scooters at their hypercharger network and they will be able to charge the electric scooters up to 50% in just 18minutes – giving a range of 75 km. Tvasta builds India's first 3D printed house: Tvasta, a startup by three IIT Madras alumni, has built India's first 3D printed house. This is a 1 BHK house with a built-up area of 600 square feet. It demonstrates the ability of 3D printing in bringing down the time of building houses from 4-5 months to just 5 days but also reducing the cost by 20-30%. Zomato files for IPO: Indian food delivery startup Zomato has filed for the IPO – on track to becoming the first Indian unicorn to go for IPO. Through the IPO, Zomato will be raising $1.1 billion - $1 billion in fresh offering and $100 million coming from Info Edge selling their shares. Indian startups fight against COVID19: A bunch of Indian startups are working to fight the second wave of COVID19 – Delhivery is flying chargers to bring Oxygen concentrators into India, dating app TrulyMadly is using their matchmaking algorithm to match plasma donors with patients, NoBroker is organizing doorstep vaccination drives and MapmyIndia is installing free GPS devices in vehicles that are suppling essential medical equipment. CCI approves BigBasket-Tata deal: CCI has approved the acquisition of BigBasket by Tata Digital – as Tata looks to build their own Super App. Lenskart acquihires DailyJoy: Lenskart has acquihired Hyderabad-based grocery delivery startup DailyJoy to strengthen their Hyderabad tech centre. Instamojo acquihires Showman: Instamojo has acquihired vernacular content startup Showman to strengthen its tech and product capabilities. OneWeb raises $550 million: Satellite internet company OneWeb has raised $550 million from Eutelsat Communications after launching 36 more satellites into space. The company now has 182 out of 648 satellites in space for their constellation. Urban Company raises $190 million: On-demand home services provider Urban Company has raised $190 million at a $2 billion valuation – making it India's 11th unicorn this year. upGrad raises $120 million: Edtech startup upGrad has raised $120 million from Singapore's Temasek in their first external funding round. Stanza Living raises over $100 million: Student housing startup Stanza Living has raised more than $100 million in a round led by Falcon Edge. ElasticRun raises $75 million: ElstaicRun has raised $75 million in a round led by Avataar Ventures and Prosus Ventures to help neighbourhood stores in securing working capital and inventory. Bizongo raises $51 million: B2B platform for packaging products Bizongo has raised $51 million in their Series C round to expand into the Southeast Asian markets. LEAD School raises $30 million: Edtech startup LEAD School has raised $30 million in a round led by GSV Ventures and WestBridge Capital.

Upskilling platform Degreed has raised $153 million in Series D funding. The investment, which was co-led by Sapphire Ventures and Riverwood Capital, values the company at $1.4 billion. Dan Levin, former COO of Box will succeed Chris McCarthy as CEO of Degreed.  The funding will be used to accelerate product development, enhance data infrastructure, fuel global expansion, and pursue strategic acquisitions. Technology enhancements will focus on upgrading Degreed’s reporting and analytics, ensuring best in class security, and enhancing integrations that take Degreed deeper into users’ daily workflow. “Investing in skills, culture, and career growth has become a critical differentiator for employers,” said Jeff Parks, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Riverwood Capital. “Under Chris’ leadership, Degreed has transformed the learning experience and upskilling conversation. We are thrilled to build on that vision in partnership with Dan and this incredible team, and are focused on the next phase of their scalability journey and supporting their mission to equip people with the skills they need to redefine their careers, their companies, their fields, and the world.” The total funding round including equity and debt reached $183 million and included participation from current investors Signal Peak Ventures, Owl Ventures, GSV Ventures, Founders Circle, Contour Investment Partners, Section Partners, and Alliance Bernstein, as well as new investor Firework Ventures. https://hrtechfeed.com/upskilling-platform-degreed-raises-153-million-series-d/ obvite has launched Jobvite Academy, a new online learning center for talent acquisition (TA) teams to modernize their recruiting skills. Traditionally, recruiters have had to learn on the job or seek training on their own. Now, TA professionals and their teams can enhance their recruitment expertise with Jobvite Academy. Jobvite Academy is designed to upskill and broaden the knowledge of recruiting teams, resulting in better productivity and results for organizations regardless of their tech platform. Jobvite Academy features cost-effective and self-guided certification programs created and led by a faculty of experts and covers the knowledge needed for TA professionals to develop more innovative action plans informed by best practices. This includes providing vendor-agnostic training on critical recruiting skills, key competencies, and proven industry best practices. Jobvite Academy will include a range of certification options including these initial programs: Recruitment Marketing (available now), with Applicant Management and Effective TA Operations both coming soon. Each program can be completed at one’s own pace, includes seven learning modules, and qualifies for SHRM and HRCI credits. Participants will also receive two workbooks and one exam to ensure hands-on experience and course completion. https://hrtechfeed.com/jobvite-academy-launches-to-help-educate-talent-acquisition-professionals/  Hired has announced its new unified solution and rebrand following its acquisition by Vettery and The Adecco Group in November 2020. Hired has absorbed Vettery to operate as a single platform that matches a highly-curated pool of motivated candidates with fast-growing, innovative companies.   The new, combined solution expands Hired’s pool of candidates beyond tech to sales roles as well.  Besides continuing to offer remote roles globally, Hired is now available to candidates in four new markets – Atlanta, Dublin, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia – bringing the platform’s number of concentrated regions to 18 of the leading tech hubs in the world across the U.S., Canada, UK, and Ireland.  Hired aims to demystify the opaque hiring industry by giving both candidates and employers accurate information, equal access to opportunity, and unparalleled transparency. As G2’s leading Diversity Recruiting Software, Hired’s unique offering includes customized assessments and salary bias alerts to help remove unconscious bias in the hiring process. Cangrade, a leading bias-free AI-based hiring solution that predicts job candidate success, launched its Job Description Decoder, an easy and free way for organizations to reduce bias, improve their talent pipeline, and find the right fit for their roles by identifying the soft skills their candidates need for success. Cangrade’s Job Description Decoder is a powerful, easy-to-use tool built on Cangrade’s powerful psychometric data and I/O psychology. With a short survey, the Job Description Decoder pinpoints which soft skills will lead to success in a company’s open role, how to pinpoint those soft skills in an interview, and how to advertise for those skills. https://hrtechfeed.com/hr-tech-bytes-hired-cangrade/ ZipRecruiter now lets employers know when candidates are in high demand and encourages them to act fast, before it is too late Many employers lose top candidates to more agile competitors by taking too long to contact them. Now, ZipRecruiter helps employers avoid this costly mistake by giving them valuable information about the status and availability of applicants they are considering. When employers browse through applicants, an “Act Fast!” label notifies them if candidates are being actively recruited by other employers and encourages them to reach out quickly. The label indicates that the candidate has received a signal of intent from multiple other employers in recent days. https://hrtechfeed.com/ziprecruiters-new-act-fast-alert-helps-businesses-secure-top-candidates/ Fuel50, creator of a talent marketplace platform, today announced it has raised $15.5M (USD) in Series B funding, led by PeakSpan Capital and Shearwater Capital. With deep AI personalization and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, Fuel50 mobilizes talent through an AI-powered opportunity marketplace that delivers internal talent agility and workforce reskilling. With the new funds in place, Fuel50 will be increasing its presence across the US, EMEA, and Australasia, while accelerating product innovation to include deep analytics and talent intelligence. To date, Fuel50 has raised approximately $28.2 million. Fuel50 is an award-winning talent marketplace platform that delivers career path transparency, mobilizes talent, and evolves an organization’s workforce for the future. Featuring AI-driven talent and skills forecasting from the world’s fastest-growing talent experience platform,  https://hrtechfeed.com/talent-marketplace-fuel50-raises-15-5-million-in-series-b/

Have you heard of Masterclass, Coursera, Turnitin, Coursehero, and Handshake? Our guest today is the Head of Talent at GSV Ventures, an early-stage investment fund that has invested in all of these companies and manages over $270M in assets. We are lucky to have Amanda Porter who supports talent acquisition and performance management across GSV Ventures and its portfolio companies. --- Here are some questions we will be answering: - How to know if VC is right for you? - How do you break into VC? - What are the personality traits of an ideal professional in VC? - How sports can translate to real-world job skills? - Is working for a startup beneficial prior to joining a VC? - What to research about the VC firm prior to a coffee chat or interview? - What questions are asked in VC interviews? --- Connect with Amanda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/porteramanda/ Get 1-on-1 Career Coaching: https://www.careercoachingcompany.com/ Follow our Host, AJ Eckstein, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-aj-eckstein/ Read the episode transcript: https://thefinalround.com/episode7/ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gdFrKRGQ_lM --- Disclaimer: The opinions and views expressed in this podcast are of the host and guest and not of their employers.

Voices of eLearning brings audiences a wide-ranging interview with one of the biggest proponents of EdTech and education for all. Host JW Marshall welcomed Deborah Quazzo. Quazzo is Managing Partner at GSV Ventures and the Co-Founder of ASU+GSV Summit. Quazzo has been in the space for over 25 years as an investor, philanthropist, and evangelist. “I always thought it was a category that deserved more investment because it was solving real societal challenges. Now seeing it come to fruition is a bit of silver lining of COVID with a rush of capital,” Quazzo said.One of the most important parts of her EdTech career is the Summit, which she founded in cooperation with Arizona State University (ASU). “It's a fantastic partnership, and we've been able to accomplish great things around the transformation of education delivery,” Quazzo shared. The 2020 event was only weeks away when the pandemic hit, which meant a quick pivot and postponement. They did hold the event virtually, welcoming over 15,000 attendees, representing 70% of the world's countries. The central theme—how to improve the delivery of education for all, and technology is moving that forward. There's still work to be done.“We thought we had fixed the digital divide with schools wired, but we didn't solve it at home. Low-income students didn't have devices or bandwidth,” Quazzo said. That's changing, and it took the pandemic to put in more front and center. Moving forward, Quazzo shared she thought the future was hybrid learning, as it could feel the individual learning gaps of all varieties. The landscape of education goes beyond K-12, and some companies are stepping up to make this happen. “We need to educate the 70% of the population that doesn't have a college degree. They don't necessarily need a degree but some sort of skill mastery to maintain economic relevance. All people deserve access to the future.”

Zostel vs Oyo: Zostel and Oyo have been engaged in a legal battle for more than 3 years. When Oyo refused to acquire Zostel back in 2016, Zostel believed that they had signed a binding agreement but Oyo considered it to be a non-binding agreement. Zostel believes Oyo owes them a 7% stake in the company for transferring their business as part of the deal. The tribunal has finally come to a decision that is still a little vague. The tribunal has said that Zostel is entitled to costs in the cause without putting any monetary value but it also said that ‘definitive agreements have yet to be executed'. CCI asks MakeMyTrip to relist Oyo rivals Treebo and FabHotels on its platform: Back in 2018, Oyo had signed a commercial agreement with MakeMyTrip and soon Oyo's rivals Treebo and FabHotels were delisted from MakeMyTrip. In 2019, FHRAI had filed a complaint against MakeMyTrip for stifling competition by not letting Treebo and FabHotels use MakeMyTrip's platform. While the probe is still underway, CCI has asked MakeMyTrip to relist both Treebo and FabHotels providing them interim relief. Paytm's new app turns smartphones into POS machines: Paytm has launched a Smart POS app that can turn any NFC-enabled android smartphone into a POS machine. In order to process payments using their Smart POS app, customers simply need to tap their credit/debit cards at the back of a merchants' smartphone. Acquisitions: Tata is reportedly in talks with an online search engine for local businesses Just Dial for an acquisition or a strategic alliance. Logistics technology startup FarEye has acquired another logistics technology startup PY Technologies to scale customer implementation and incubate new ideas. VerSe Innovation, the parent company of dailyhunt and Josh, has acquired photo-sharing platform Vebbler to boost the camera and social capabilities of its short video app Josh and build a comprehensive product platform for Indian language users. Turtlemint raises $46 million: Turtlemint has raised $46 million in series D from Jungle Ventures, GGV Capital, American Family Ventures, Mass Mutual Ventures, SIG, Sequoia Capital India, Blume Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Dream Incubator and Trifecta Capital. NODWIN Gaming raises $22.5 million: NODWIN Gaming, a subsidiary of IPO-bound Nazara Technologies, has raised $22.5 million from PUBG Mobile developer Krafton. Ecom Express raises $20 million: Ecom Express has raised $20 million from the CDC Group. Quizizz raises $12.5 million: Quizizz has raised $12.5 million from Eight Roads Ventures, GSV Ventures, Rocketship.vc, Nexus Venture Partners and Prime Venture Partners. Riscovry raises $5 million: Riskcovry has raised $5 million from Omidyar Network India, Pentathalon Ventures, DMI Sparkle Fund, Bharat Inclusion Seed Fund, Varanium Capital and Better Capital. Follow Backstage with Millionaires to remain updated with our latest developments. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/backstagewithmillionaires/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bwmillionaires/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backstagewithmillionaires/ Discord: https://discord.gg/XySGGhXKep

About Deborah Quazzo:My next guest on The One Percent Project is the Managing Partner of GSV Ventures and the Co-founder of ASU Summit, the incredible Deborah Quazzo. Coursera, Course Hero, Guild Education are among a few Edtech unicorn outliers that GSV has invested in over the years and Bill Gates, Barack Obama, George Bush are among the few superstars whom she has hosted over the 11 years of the summit. In this conversation she talks about:Her career: How she got into Venture Capital, after having worked for the likes of JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch and why EdTechThe 5P framework to analysis and valid businesses and ideas. How businesses with Purpose the fifth P, will have a higher outcome.Why is the Asian EdTech market attractive, especially India and Indonesia?How companies are utilising EdTech platforms for upscaling their employees?The impact of Covid on primary, secondary and tertiary education?How the GSV team grooms its portfolio of companies?The key difference between the US and the Asian ecosystemHer learning from organising the ASU EdTech Summit and hosting guests such as Bill Gates, Barack Obama, George Bush, Byju and many other superstarsThree ways to support the podcast:#1 Share the episode with family and friends on social media with #OnePercentProj using the share button on the site.#2 Take a few seconds to give us a rating on Apple Podcasts. This helps new folks find us organically. Rate#3 Leave a review if you feel inclined. We read every single message and love feedback. Review