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Prenda: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Prenda is a tuition-free educational program that equips neighborhood volunteers, known as Guides, to oversee learning pods of the highest caliber for kids in grades K–8. We provide these teachers, who generally operate microschools out of their homes or nearby community centers, with assistance, materials, funding, and training. Prenda-certified teachers keep an eye on students' development and work with mentors to meet their educational needs. Every person is a born learner, explorer, wonderer, and scientist, and with the correct setting, kids may thrive, in our opinion.

www.prenda.com LinkedIn Mesa, United States 101-250 employees
Total raised
$36.0M
Rounds
2
Latest
Undisclosed round
Nov 2022

Prenda has raised $36.0M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $16.0M announced in Nov 2022.

That round is above the $7.6M median round size for United States companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Prenda Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$36.0M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$16.0M in Nov 2022
Employees
101-250
reported band
Headquarters
Mesa, United States

Latest funding round on record: Nov 2022.

Prenda Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$16.0M
Series B
$20.0M

Prenda raised $20.0M in a Series B announced in Jun 2022.

5 months later, an undisclosed round of $16.0M was announced in Nov 2022.

Prenda Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Kelly Smith
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Prenda team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Prenda Funding in Context

Segment
Companies
Median round
30,234
$7.6M

Prenda's latest round of $16.0M is above the median round in United States. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Prenda Funding FAQs

What does Prenda do?

Prenda is a tuition-free educational program that equips neighborhood volunteers, known as Guides, to oversee learning pods of the highest caliber for kids in grades K–8. We provide these teachers, who generally operate microschools out of their homes or nearby community centers, with assistance, materials, funding, and training. Prenda-certified teachers keep an eye on students' development and work with mentors to meet their educational needs. Every person is a born learner, explorer, wonderer, and scientist, and with the correct setting, kids may thrive, in our opinion.

How much funding has Prenda raised?

Prenda has raised $36.0M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $16.0M announced in Nov 2022.

When did Prenda last raise funding?

Prenda's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $16.0M, announced in Nov 2022.

Who is the CEO of Prenda?

Kelly Smith is listed as CEO at Prenda.

Where is Prenda headquartered?

Prenda is based in Mesa, Arizona, United States.

How many employees does Prenda have?

Prenda is in the 101-250 employee band.

About FundedIQ's Prenda Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Prenda is left off this page rather than filled in.

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