Funded Education Startups in San Francisco
Disclosed round sizes in this San Francisco education set cluster mostly in the sub-$40M range, but one outlier stands apart: Sphere’s $21M Series A on 202…
Disclosed round sizes in this San Francisco education set cluster mostly in the sub-$40M range, but one outlier stands apart: Sphere’s $21M Series A on 2025-11-20 is the largest disclosed amount shown, dwarfing the next-largest disclosed rounds including Osso VR’s $66M (2022-03-24), BetterUp’s $125M (2021-02-25), and?—the data here shows those as larger than $21M, so the actual largest disclosed amount is BetterUp at $125M on 2021-02-25. That means the most recent high-ticket rounds are comparatively moderate: Sphere’s $21M is well below the earlier peak, while several later entries are much smaller (for example InsideTrack at $330K on 2025-06-17 and Asian at $1M on 2024-05-14). Timing also shows concentration at the 2022–2023 window: multiple large rounds land in early 2022 (e.g., Studio $50M on 2022-04-11 and Career Karma $40M on 2022-01-10), whereas the most recent 2025 entries are fewer and lower-quantity. Across 43 rows, 15 are labeled “Series Unknown” and 3 are “undisclosed,” creating a frequent classification gap when comparing stage and size. Geographically, all rows are already specified as San Francisco, so the main pattern to watch is temporal: the displayed span runs from 2020-05-06 (Emtrain) through 2025-11-20 (Sphere).
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Frequently asked
What’s the largest disclosed round in this San Francisco education list, and how does it compare to other disclosed amounts?
BetterUp’s $125M Series D (2021-02-25) is the top disclosed amount in the 43-row view. It sits far above the next-high disclosed rounds such as Osso VR’s $66M (2022-03-24) and Platzi’s $62M (2021-12-06), while several later entries are orders of magnitude smaller, including InsideTrack at $330K (2025-06-17).
Do rounds cluster in a particular date window, or are they evenly spread across 2020–2025?
The list is not evenly spread: there’s a dense run in 2022–2023, including multiple high-disclosed rounds in 2022 (Studio $50M on 2022-04-11; Career Karma $40M on 2022-01-10; Reforge $60M on 2022-03-03). The most recent year entries (2024–2025) appear more fragmented, including a $21M at 2025-11-20 (Sphere) but also smaller disclosed rounds like $35M (Hazel Health, 2025-06-10) and $30M (Riot, 2025-02-03).
How often are stage labels missing or not quantified, and what does that imply for stage-based analysis?
Stage is frequently unavailable: 15 of the 43 rows are “Series Unknown,” and 3 are “undisclosed” amounts (for example twenty on 2023-08-21 and Save Nature on 2023-08-16). This classification gap makes it harder to compare disclosed size across stages because stage is missing for a substantial fraction of entries.
Which stage buckets appear most consistently in the disclosed set?
Among explicitly labeled stages (excluding “Series Unknown” and blanks), multiple major rounds show up repeatedly: Seed and Series B each recur several times, with examples like Xip $5M Seed (2022-06-15), PlusPlus $6M Seed (2022-03-18), and NoRedInk $50M Series B (2021-08-24). The larger late-stage rounds also appear in labeled form, including Series C (Osso VR $66M on 2022-03-24) and Series D (BetterUp $125M on 2021-02-25).
Are there noteworthy low-amount outliers among disclosed rounds?
Yes. Several disclosed amounts are near the bottom of the disclosed range, including Asian at $1M (2024-05-14) and Climb Hire at $2M (2023-03-09). These low-ticket entries are paired with much larger disclosed rounds elsewhere in the timeframe, such as Forage $25M Series B (2021-08-20) and Blair $6M (2021-05-07), widening the dispersion within the same SF-focused category.
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