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New Markets Venture Partners

Investor type

VC / PE

Founded

2003

AUM

$248 M

Location

Fulton, Maryland, United States

Investment Ticket

$10-50 m

Investment Stage

Series A Seed Series B

Region of investment

North America
Investor profile last updated: 07 April, 2026

Profile

New Markets Venture Partners is a leading early- and growth-stage venture capital firm that invests in and helps build transformative education, information technology and business services companies that drive superior financial returns through high customer ROI.

New Markets is led by a veteran investment team with a 25-year track record of outperformance. As one of the leading education venture firms in the U.S., we maintain deep relationships with states, districts, universities, and other centers of workforce innovation that allow us to provide exceptional value to our portfolio companies. New Markets adds value to our portfolio companies before, during and after the investment process.

Industry

Education Healthcare Services Marketing and Advertising Software Transportation Financial Services Fintech Security Telecommunications HealthTech Media and Entertainment SaaS

New Markets Venture Partners Funds

Name Type
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Stage
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Region
Size AUM Launch date
New Markets Education Partners, L.P.
Venture Capital (VC)
Education
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
Marketing and Advertising
Media and Entertainment
Security
Software
Telecommunications
HealthTech
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$20 M
October 2012
New Markets Education Partners II
Venture Capital (VC)
Education
Healthcare Services
Security
Software
Telecommunications
HealthTech
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$68 M
April 2018
New Markets Education Partners III, LP
Venture Capital (VC)
Education
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
SaaS
Security
Software
Telecommunications
HealthTech
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$160 M
February 2023

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FAQs about New Markets Venture Partners

New Markets Venture Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm. It backs companies at Series A, Seed and Series B, writing tickets of $10-50 m.
New Markets Venture Partners is located in Fulton, Maryland, United States.
New Markets Venture Partners was founded in 2003.
New Markets Venture Partners invests in companies and startups in Education, Healthcare Services, Marketing and Advertising, Software, Transportation, Financial Services, Fintech, Security, Telecommunications, HealthTech, Media and Entertainment, SaaS.
New Markets Venture Partners invests in companies and startups in North America.
New Markets Venture Partners invests in companies and startups at Series A, Seed, Series B.
New Markets Venture Partners usually invests $10-50 m on average.
New Markets Venture Partners has around $248m assets under management.
New Markets Venture Partners last fund was created/launched in 2023-02-27
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