Chu cofounded Reach Capital in 2015 alongside Carolan, Garvey, and Sosnik after the group spun out of NewSchools' venture-investing arm, which she also cofounded. Before that, Chu worked in equity research at Merrill Lynch and was a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley.
Since its founding in 2015, Reach has grown to one of the largest edtech-focused venture-capital firms, raising aDuring her time at Reach, Chu has led deals in stand-out edtech companies, including Handshake, the job-recruiting unicorn for college students, and the online college-course platform Campus.
When evaluating edtech founders, Chu told Insider she likes to see"what drives and motivates their boundless obsession" for solving problems in education.Katelyn Donnelly, Avalanche VCNew York and Austin, TexasBoundless Life, Humanly, Odyessy, Prisms of Reality, Prof Jim, Sparkwise, Tribute.
"We're not interested in platitudes and in the opinions of the crowd," Donnelly told Insider about her approach to investing at Avalanche VC."We seek out system rebels who seek to reimagine how learning and earning works."Shauntel Garvey
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