Claire Zau is a Partner and AI Lead at GSV Ventures. She leads GSV’s AI investment coverage and writes a newsletter on AI and education – aieducation.substack.com. She has worn many hats across both the GSV Ventures investment team and ASU+GSV Summit team, where she collaborated with thought leaders across the edtech ecosystem to develop program and thought leadership.

Jennifer Lee is a Partner at GSV Ventures. Prior to GSV, Jennifer was the Chief Growth Officer and a Board Member at Photomath (acquired by GOOG), where she was responsible for developing and managing the execution of Photomath’s growth strategy. Before Photomath, Jennifer spent over 14 years in the investing world, including time as a Principal at Learn Capital, where she worked on investments in Coursera, Photomath, GeniusPlaza, SoloLearn, VIPKID, and MentorCollective.

Luben Pampoulov is Partner at GSV Ventures and co-founder and Partner at GSV Asset Management. Luben brings strong experience as a growth investor in Consumer Technology and Edtech, having led GSV’s early investments in Coursera, Photomath, Spotify, Lyft, Snap and Dropbox. Prior to co-founding GSV, Luben was an Investment Analyst at San Francisco-based investment bank ThinkEquity Partners.

Raymond is an Associate at GSV Ventures based in Chicago. Prior to joining the GSV team, he spent three years as a consultant at EY-Parthenon, where he worked primarily on corporate strategy engagements and commercial due diligences with private equity clients. Raymond’s experience spans multiple sectors, with an emphasis on education technology. Raymond graduated with high honors from Michigan State University with a degree in Finance and Computational STEM.

Adam Freed is a Managing Partner at GSV Ventures, an education- and workforce-focused venture firm investing in transformative learning companies across the Pre-K to Gray spectrum.


Adam has spent much of his career building businesses and leading teams in high growth companies.  He is current board chair and former CEO of Teachers Pay Teachers.