Emerge
Mark Rudnick is a seasoned education professional with extensive experience in higher education and workforce development. Currently serving as a Venture Partner at Emerge Education since April 2022, Rudnick focuses on addressing the skills gap by investing in innovative founders. In the role of Vice President for Learning Partnerships at Guild Education since September 2019, Rudnick leads the team managing relationships with a network of learning partners to enhance career mobility and upskilling opportunities for working adults. Prior to these roles, Rudnick held several positions at edX, including Director of Partner Success, where responsibilities encompassed managing global university partnerships and delivering training services. Rudnick's background includes experience as an independent education consultant, a professor at Hansei University, and roles focused on marketing and content development in the ed-tech sector. Rudnick holds a bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon University with a double major in History and Policy and English, along with a minor in International Relations.
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Emerge
Emerge - The first check for founders defining the future of work and learning Emerge is a global pre-seed fund backed by 100+ of the world’s best future of work and learning operators. Our vision is to democratise access to opportunity – by being a catalytic partner for early-stage founders, providing first-cheque financial support, ongoing expertise and access to a community who have ‘been there and built it’ with unrivalled market-specific know-how. Founded in 2014 as Europe’s only edtech specialist fund, Emerge now invests in B2B and B2C startups across all categories enabling people to grow and fulfil their potential, from early childhood, K12 and higher education through to lifelong learning, workforce development, career navigation and the future of work. Emerge has invested in over 80 companies, now valued at over $2b and impacting more than 31M people worldwide, including Yoto, Causaly, Colossyan, Edurino, Mattilda, Unibuddy, MyEdSpace and Solvely. Emerge invests anywhere between $250k and $2.5M at pre-seed and seed. The team welcomes direct applications - apply through our website. Read more about Emerge’s investment thesis and the startup ideas we’re excited by in our Fund II manifesto linked below.