Deborah Quazzo
Managing Partner of GSV Ventures | Co-Founder of ASU+GSV Summit
Chicago, Illinois
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2015 - Current
Managing Partner of GSV Ventures, a venture fund investing in education and workforce skills technologies that are disrupting the $7 Trillion sector. GSV’s premier portfolio of Learning and Talent Technology companies include Physicswallah, Classplus, Quizizz, GUILD, Domestika, learneo, ClassDojo, Degreed and Coursera. Exited holdings include PhotoMath, QuillBot, nearpod and Clever.
GSV Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in the education technology sector.
Co-Founder
2009
Co-Founder of the annual ASU+GSV Summit. Now in its 16th year, the ASU+GSV Summit celebrates innovations and innovators across the global “preK to Gray” learning and workforce skills landscape, and attracts over 15,000 attendees to three premier events in San Diego and Gurgaon, India.
ASU+GSV Summit is a social media production based company.
Board Member
2024
A non-profit in the Vail Valley with focus on athletics, education and culture.
Board Member
2021
BrightChamps is a learning education service provider company.
Raised $102,000,000.00 from Elev8 Venture Partners, Climber Capital and 100Unicorns.
Board Member
2020
Board Manager
2018
A portfolio company of Blackstone and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Board Member
2019
Board Member
2015
Degreed is an upskilling platform where individuals and organizations can discover content, build skills, and certify expertise.
Raised $462,741,463.00 from Dragon Capital and Mighty Capital.
Board Member
2021 - 2024
Simplilearn helps professionals around the world acquire the skills they need to succeed in today’s digital economy.
Raised $76,000,000.00 from Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings, DisruptAD and GSV Ventures.
Board Member
2019 - 2024
Intellispark helps schools to maximize student achievement through a data-driven, community-centered approach to student advising.
Raised $4,522,999.00 from Difference Partners.
Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
1978 - 1982
MBA
1985 - 1987