Douglas I. Ostrover is a Co‐Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Owl Rock Capital Partners, the Co‐Chief Investment Officer of Owl Rock Capital Advisors, and is a member of the Advisors’ Investment Committee. The VC fund is the largest fund focused on the world’s edtech market, with over $1.2 billion in assets under management. Owl Ventures, a San Francisco-based education technology investment firm, has closed $315 million for its third fund. OWL Ventures, Ltd. (simply known as OWL) is an privately held Canadian holding company and venture firm. Managing Director at Owl Ventures San Francisco, CA ... CEO at Degreed San Francisco, CA. Founded originally as the holding company for the Battersea Group, an British-American media and entertainment company that was purchased by OWL in 2008 and would remain the company's sole asset for the first few years of OWL's incorporation, OWL would … He is an advisor to EIGHT VC Partners and Owl Ventures. Jeannie Chen. Nigerian educational and learning technology platform, uLesson announced today that it has closed a $7.5m Series A round. Owl Ventures is the largest venture capital firm in the world focused on the education technology market with over $1.2 billion in assets under management. Owl Ventures’ new pair of funds gives edtech a $585 million boost Finally, I’ll give an honorable mention to Lattice CEO Jack Altman’s New Year’s Eve filing, which shows that the … ULesson, an edtech startup based in Nigeria that sells digital curriculum to students through SD cards, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding. Owl has been a major investor in many of the fastest growing companies in the education market, including Accelerate Learning, Degreed, DreamBox Learning, Newsela, Noodle Partners, and Quizlet. Owl Ventures and Founders Circle Capital join existing investors in fueling the next stage of growth for Degreed, the leader in lifelong learning and skills development. Owl has been on a streak, having closed on a new fund every other year since its start. Byju Raveendran, founder and CEO of India’s best-funded education start-up Byju’s. His philanthropic involvements include serving on the board of directors of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce, The Western Wall Heritage Foundation, the Shalem Institute, the American Action Network, and the Republican Jewish Coalition. US-based Owl Ventures led the financing round. It launched in 2015 with $100 million, and re … Photo: Mint Qatar wealth fund, Owl Ventures invest $150 million in Byju’s Owl Ventures, the largest venture capital fund in the world focused on the education technology market with over $1.2bn in assets under management, has led a $7.5m Series A round in uLesson, a Nigerian technology platform. Owl Ventures is a Silicon Valley based venture capital fund that invests in the world's leading education technology companies.