Companies · Edtech

Make School Inc.Winter 2012Inactive

San Francisco · CA, USA · Edtech · refined from filed group “Other · founded 2011 · http://www.makeschool.com

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Make School Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$27.3M
Total raised · real
3
Rounds
7.1×
Latest step-up
Top 10%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Tue Dec 04 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Make School Inc. looks over-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the edtech sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 2.71× the median modeled value of Series A Edtech companies in 2016–2018 (15 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 7.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 15 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

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Where it sits in Edtech

Make School Inc. is one of 262 Edtech companies tracked from San Francisco, CA, USA, on record since 2011. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 91% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

Make School is redesigning college for the 21st century. Students…

Make School is redesigning college for the 21st century. Our bachelor's degree program combines liberal arts, computer science theory, software development, and character development with an emphasis on preparing students for successful careers as software engineers, product managers, or entrepreneurs. Our alumni work at Facebook, Google, Apple, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Lyft and more. Our college is accessible to students of all backgrounds, 40% are underrepresented minority students and 50% come from low income families. Students pay tuition as a percentage of earnings once they are employed, directly aligning their incentives with ours. Make School is funded by Learn Capital, Y Combinator, Mitch Kapor, Alexis Ohanian, Tim Draper and others.

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As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
10
Investors (latest)
2018-12-04
First sale
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$125M$250M$375M$500MSeries A · 2016-08-12 Raised $10M (real) Modeled valuation $159M (est)$10M$159MSeries A2016Series A · 2018-05-11 Raised $2.1M (real) Modeled valuation $33M (est)$2.1M$33MSeries A2018Series A · 2018-12-04 Raised $15M (real) Modeled valuation $235M (est)$15M$235MSeries A2018+$2.1M+$15MCumulative $27M

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Series A$10.1M · 2016
Series A extension$2.1M · 2018
Series A extension$15.0M · 2018

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$235.2M
Base estimate est.
$18.8M
Conservative case
$1.3B
Upside case
$68.2M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the edtech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $158.8M · 2016-08-122016Series A · modeled $33.3M · 2018-05-11Series A · modeled $235.2M · 2018-12-042018
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
22%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
51%
Survival probability
28% low · 69% high
1.38×/yr
Annual markup
1.73×/yr upside case
6.0 yr
Elapsed time used
7.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
edtech
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
14 mo
Avg between rounds
$11.8M/yr
Capital velocity
9.9 yr
On record since
2016
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 262 companies in Edtech. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 11× above median
This company$27.3M
Sector median$2.4M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.7× above median
This company$15.0M
Sector median$5.5M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 12× above median
This company$235.2M
Sector median$19.9M

Raised more than 91% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 95% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series A) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #1 of 15.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$1.0M$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Calvert Education Services, LLC · Series A Raised $13.3M · modeled $208.9M (est)Grovo Learning, Inc. · Series A Raised $12.8M · modeled $177.4M (est)MarcoPolo Learning, Inc. · Series A Raised $10.9M · modeled $159.3M (est)Carolina Education & Ministry Investors Two, LLC · Series A Raised $8.4M · modeled $132.1M (est)Higher Learning Technologies Inc. · Series A Raised $12.8M · modeled $129.5M (est)Educational Products Holdings LLC · Series A Raised $6.1M · modeled $95.6M (est)QuickStart Learning Inc. · Series A Raised $5.5M · modeled $86.7M (est)Puzzlebox Academy Of Orlando Holding Llc · Series A Raised $5.5M · modeled $86.2M (est)Big Blue Swim School, Llc · Series A Raised $6.3M · modeled $78.4M (est)Quad Learning, Inc. · Series A Raised $46.2M · modeled $75.2M (est)Triumph Higher Education Group, LLC · Series A Raised $30.1M · modeled $70.6M (est)Make School Inc. (this company) Raised $27.3M · modeled $235.2M (est)Make School Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Make School Inc. this companySeries A$27.3M$235.2M2.71×
Calvert Education Services, LLCSeries A$13.3M$208.9M2.41×
Grovo Learning, Inc.Series A$12.8M$177.4M2.05×
MarcoPolo Learning, Inc.Series A$10.9M$159.3M1.84×
Carolina Education & Ministry Investors Two, LLCSeries A$8.4M$132.1M1.52×
Higher Learning Technologies Inc.Series A$12.8M$129.5M1.49×
Educational Products Holdings LLCSeries A$6.1M$95.6M1.10×
QuickStart Learning Inc.Series A$5.5M$86.7M1.00×
Puzzlebox Academy Of Orlando Holding LlcSeries A$5.5M$86.2M0.99×
Big Blue Swim School, LlcSeries A$6.3M$78.4M0.90×
Quad Learning, Inc.Series A$46.2M$75.2M0.87×
Triumph Higher Education Group, LLCSeries A$30.1M$70.6M0.81×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Series A$10.1M2016-08-12$46.0M$158.8M90%
Series A$2.1M2018-05-11$9.7M$33.3M90%
Series A$15.0M2018-12-04$68.2M$235.2M90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Series A$10.1M2016-08-12
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 21 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$2.1M2018-05-11
    • Raised 21 mo later, in step with the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 4.8× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 12 investors on this round.
  3. Series A$15.0M2018-12-04
    • Came back fast: 7 mo vs the ~15 mo sector norm.
    • Round 7.1× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 10 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2020 ~Q1
Modeled next raise · ~14mo cadence
$45.0M
Modeled next size est.range $29.2M$72.0M
7.1×
Last step-up
$11.8M/yr
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Robert Hutter6 other2016-08
Adam Draper2016-08
Ashutosh Desai2016-08
Jeremy Rossmann2016-08
Tom Willerer2018-12
Registry & provenance

Make School Inc. is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1706173
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Make School Inc. raised?
Make School Inc. has raised approximately $27.3M in disclosed capital across 3 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Make School Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Make School Inc. is approximately $235.2M (modeled range $18.8M–$1.3B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Make School Inc. at?
Make School Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Tue Dec 04.
What does Make School Inc. do and where is it based?
Make School Inc. operates in the Edtech sector, based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Make School is redesigning college for the 21st century. Students…
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