GSV Ventures

Michael Moe and Deborah Quazzo are the firm's lead investors and managing partners. Moe brings a background in education investment banking and equity research, while Quazzo has spent decades as both an edtech founder and advisor. Their combined network, amplified by the ASU+GSV Summit they co-host annually, shapes the firm's deal-sourcing and investment committee decisions.

A significant portion of GSV's pipeline flows through the ASU+GSV Summit, an annual education innovation conference that attracts founders, university leaders, and investors from over 50 countries. The event effectively acts as a global filter for early-stage edtech, surfacing companies that often have not yet met generalist venture investors. The firm also leverages the deep education networks Moe and Quazzo built over decades in the sector.

GSV Ventures is a venture capital firm that manages third-party institutional capital through a series of fund vehicles. It is not structured as a family office. The firm operates alongside GSV Asset Management, a broader investment platform founded by Michael Moe that also includes a publicly traded fund and a wealth management advisory arm.

GSV Ventures invests across pre-seed, seed, Series A, and growth-stage rounds, with the common requirement being that a company operates somewhere along the learning and workforce development spectrum. The firm writes initial checks of varying size and reserves significant capital for follow-on investments in portfolio companies that achieve product-market fit and demonstrate scaling unit economics.

Yes. GSV invests globally in education technology, with active portfolio exposure to companies in India, Latin America, and Europe in addition to the United States. The international scope is reinforced by the ASU+GSV Summit, which has expanded to include satellite events focused on specific geographies, including India.

GSV Ventures is explicitly sector-concentrated on learning and workforce technology and generally avoids investments outside that mandate. The firm does not actively invest in biotech, hardware, consumer packaged goods, or general enterprise software that lacks a clear application to education, skilling, or talent development.

The summit is co-founded and co-hosted by Michael Moe and Deborah Quazzo alongside Arizona State University, but GSV Ventures and the conference operate as separate entities. The summit serves as a non-profit gathering focused on accelerating education innovation, while GSV Ventures is a for-profit venture capital firm. The shared leadership creates an unusual deal-sourcing advantage without creating a legal obligation for summit presenters to accept investment from the fund.