Graham Forman
Founder at Edovate Capital LLC
Profile
Graham is the founder and managing director of Edovate Capital.
He’s spent his career in education, entrepreneurship, and investing.
The first phase of his career was in education policy where he worked for U.S.
Senator Paul Simon and former California State Assemblyman, Senator, and Community College Chancellor Jack Scott.
He worked with school leaders addressing some of their biggest challenges in leading large school systems.
The second phase of his career was as a startup operator serving as head of sales, marketing, business development, and customer success in impact-focused SaaS companies serving education.
His last role included leading sales and business development for Netchemia.
During his tenure the company grew to serve more than 2,400 school districts and 20,000 schools in the U.S.
with a best-in-class talent management suite.
Netchemia was acquired by People Admin (backed by Vista Equity Partners) in 2015, which kicked off Graham’s third career phase where he founded Edovate.
In this role, he backs impact-focused seed stage K12 companies with investment and advisory support.
He lives in Denver with his wife and two children and enjoys travel, tennis, the outdoors, and cooking.
Graham Forman active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Edovate Capital LLC
 Edovate Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Edovate Capital LLC (Edovate Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Graham Formam. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. | Founder | 01/09/2013 |
LearnPlatform, Inc.
 LearnPlatform, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services LearnPlatform, Inc. engages in the provision of educational technology management business. It operates LearnPlatform, an online platform where educators and members of a school community can test, evaluate, and review a variety of educational technology, tools, products, and services. The company was founded by Karl Theodore Rectanus and Ben Gilman in 2014 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. | Director/Board Member | 01/08/2014 |
Former positions of Graham Forman
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Chalk AI, Inc.
 Chalk AI, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Chalk AI, Inc. is a company that offers solutions for real-time computation, feature store, monitoring, predictive maintenance, and more. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and was founded by Elliot R. Marx, Marc Freed-Finnegan, and Andy Moreland. The company provides feature pipelines in idiomatic Python powered by Rust, making it easy to declare data dependencies with Python type signatures. The company offers powerful data engineering workflows without the infrastructure headaches and handle the composition of pipelines to compute the features needed in real-time. Chalk AI also provides logs, metrics, and alerting, all built-in, and is integrated with Slack, PagerDuty, and Datadog. | Director/Board Member | 31/05/2022 |
Aegis Identity Software, Inc.
 Aegis Identity Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Aegis Identity Software, Inc. provided software solutions. The company was founded by J. Ralph Armijo and Robert Lamvik in August 2011 and was headquartered in Pueblo, CO. | Director/Board Member | 31/05/2017 |
Uvize, Inc.
 Uvize, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Uvize, Inc. provides social mentoring platform for higher education. Its platform features support mentor networks, one-on-one and group mentoring, mentoring by student peers and school advisors as well as mentor training. The company was founded by David Cass, David Parker, Bo Bergstrom and James Sanders in 2013 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO. | Director/Board Member | 30/08/2016 |
Schoolzilla PBC, Inc.
 Schoolzilla PBC, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Schoolzilla PBC, Inc. develops data systems for schools. It offers K–12 data platform that provides customizable dashboards, which enable educators and leaders to save time, gain critical insights, and understand student needs. The company was founded by Lynzi Ziegenhagen and Anna Utgoff and is headquartered in Oakland, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/01/2016 |
Branching Minds, Inc.
 Branching Minds, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Branching Minds, Inc. provides cloud-based application for learning and collaboration. The company was founded by Maya Gat and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | 31/12/2015 |
Training of Graham Forman
| University of California, Los Angeles | Masters Business Admin |
| The University of Chicago | Undergraduate Degree |
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eCivis, Inc.
 eCivis, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services eCivis, Inc. provides grants performance for local governments. It provides services through research, web based systems and training. The company was founded by Omie Ismail, William Ferguson, and W. Roger Gwinn in 2000 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA. | Technology Services |
Aegis Identity Software, Inc.
Aegis Identity Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Aegis Identity Software, Inc. provided software solutions. The company was founded by J. Ralph Armijo and Robert Lamvik in August 2011 and was headquartered in Pueblo, CO. | Technology Services |
Uvize, Inc.
Uvize, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Uvize, Inc. provides social mentoring platform for higher education. Its platform features support mentor networks, one-on-one and group mentoring, mentoring by student peers and school advisors as well as mentor training. The company was founded by David Cass, David Parker, Bo Bergstrom and James Sanders in 2013 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO. | Technology Services |
Netchemia LLC
 Netchemia LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Netchemia LLC provides cloud-based talent management software. It offers TalentEd Perform for management solutions for teacher evaluation; TalentEd Recruit & Hire for teacher recruitment and hiring and; netIEP for special education solutions. The firm serves the K-12 school districts. Netchemia was founded in 2001 by Juan Carlos Antequera, Eric Diebold and Christopher Weber and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS. | Technology Services |
Edovate Capital LLC
Edovate Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Edovate Capital LLC (Edovate Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Graham Formam. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. | Finance |
LearnPlatform, Inc.
LearnPlatform, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services LearnPlatform, Inc. engages in the provision of educational technology management business. It operates LearnPlatform, an online platform where educators and members of a school community can test, evaluate, and review a variety of educational technology, tools, products, and services. The company was founded by Karl Theodore Rectanus and Ben Gilman in 2014 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC. | Technology Services |
Schoolzilla PBC, Inc.
Schoolzilla PBC, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Schoolzilla PBC, Inc. develops data systems for schools. It offers K–12 data platform that provides customizable dashboards, which enable educators and leaders to save time, gain critical insights, and understand student needs. The company was founded by Lynzi Ziegenhagen and Anna Utgoff and is headquartered in Oakland, CA. | Technology Services |
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Branching Minds, Inc.
Branching Minds, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Branching Minds, Inc. provides cloud-based application for learning and collaboration. The company was founded by Maya Gat and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Chalk AI, Inc.
Chalk AI, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Chalk AI, Inc. is a company that offers solutions for real-time computation, feature store, monitoring, predictive maintenance, and more. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and was founded by Elliot R. Marx, Marc Freed-Finnegan, and Andy Moreland. The company provides feature pipelines in idiomatic Python powered by Rust, making it easy to declare data dependencies with Python type signatures. The company offers powerful data engineering workflows without the infrastructure headaches and handle the composition of pipelines to compute the features needed in real-time. Chalk AI also provides logs, metrics, and alerting, all built-in, and is integrated with Slack, PagerDuty, and Datadog. | Technology Services |
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