Deborah Quazzo

CEO

Chicago, Illinois, United States40 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-Founder of the influential ASU+GSV Summit.
Managing Partner at a leading education-focused venture fund.
Expert in education and workforce technology investments.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in EdTech and Venture Capital, specializing in education technology investments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalBusiness Development

Other Skills

AcquisitionsBusiness StrategyCapital MarketsCapital RaisingCompetitive AnalysisCorporate DevelopmentDue DiligenceManagerial FinanceMergersPrivate EquityPrivate PlacementsStart-upsWellSaid Studio

About

Co-Founder of the annual ASU+GSV Summit. Now in its 17th year, the ASU+GSV Summit celebrates innovations and innovators across the global “preK to Gray” learning and talent landscape and attracts over 15,000 learning and workforce leaders. Live in San Diego April 12-15, 2026 Register at: asugsvsummit.com

Experience

Harvard graduate school of education

Member of the Board of Advisors Dean's Leadership Council

Sep 2025 – Present · 6 mos

Toddle - your teaching partner

Board Member

Apr 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ellucian

Board Member

Apr 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos · Reston, Virginia, United States

Disco

Board Member

Dec 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Brightchamps

Board Member

Oct 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

Uplimit

Board Member

Sep 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Turnitin

Board Member

Jul 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 8 mos

Ascend learning

Board Manager

May 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 10 mos

A portfolio company of Blackstone and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Degreed

Board Member

Oct 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Gsv ventures

Managing Partner

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 2 mos · Chicago, IL and San Francisco, CA

Managing Partner of GSV Ventures, a venture fund investing in education and workforce skills technologies that are disrupting the $7 Trillion sector. GSV’s premier portfolio of Learning and Talent Technology companies include Physicswallah, Classplus, Quizizz, GUILD, Domestika, learneo, ClassDojo, Degreed and Coursera. Exited holdings include PhotoMath, QuillBot, nearpod and Clever.

Private EquityVenture CapitalBusiness DevelopmentDue Diligence

Asu+gsv summit

Co-Founder

Apr 2009 – Present · 16 yrs 11 mos · Chicago, IL and San Francisco, CA

Co-Founder of the annual ASU+GSV Summit. Now in its 17th year, the ASU+GSV Summit celebrates innovations and innovators across the global “preK to Gray” learning and talent landscape and attracts over 15,000 learning and workforce leaders to three premier events in San Diego and Gurgaon, India.