Bessemer Leads $15 Million Round in Brisk Teaching

<p><strong><span class&equals;"legendSpanClass"><span class&equals;"xn-location">SAN FRANCISCO <&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;strong>&&num;8212&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;c212&period;net&sol;c&sol;link&sol;&quest;t&equals;0&amp&semi;l&equals;en&amp&semi;o&equals;4391926-1&amp&semi;h&equals;208378526&amp&semi;u&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;briskteaching&period;com&percnt;2F&amp&semi;a&equals;Brisk&plus;Teaching" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">Brisk Teaching<&sol;a>&comma; an AI teaching and learning agent for K-12 schools&comma; announced the close of its <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;15 million<&sol;span> Series A funding round&period; Led by Bessemer Venture Partners&comma; with participation from previous investors Owl Ventures&comma; South Park Commons&comma; and Springbank Collective&comma; the funding will accelerate Brisk&&num;8217&semi;s evolution from a suite of AI-powered tools into a classroom agent that leverages its position in the browser to understand student and teacher needs to drive high-quality instruction and learning&period; With one million educators in over 100 countries already using Brisk&comma; the company will leverage this investment to expand its reach&comma; combat teacher burnout&comma; and provide much-needed personalized student support&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the midst of a historic teacher shortage caused by burnout&comma; Brisk is transforming classroom instruction with its AI-driven extension that seamlessly integrates into educators&&num;8217&semi; workflows while providing individualized support for students&period; By unifying traditionally separate teaching tasks like resource creation&comma; tutoring&comma; and grading&comma; Brisk leverages compounding feedback loops to personalize content and save K-12 educators up to 10 hours per week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Across every industry&comma; generative AI will automate most digital work in the next decade&period; In education&comma; this shift will be uniquely positive&comma; freeing teachers to focus on what matters most&colon; building authentic relationships with students&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Arman Jaffer<&sol;span>&comma; Founder of Brisk Teaching&period; &&num;8220&semi;The challenge is the fragmentation of legacy classroom tools&period; By living on top of existing apps&comma; Brisk is tackling this fragmentation and unifying workflows while building toward our larger vision&colon; replacing legacy categories with an AI-native edtech stack that enables true end-to-end automation&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since announcing a <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;5M<&sol;span> Seed round in <span class&equals;"xn-chron">September 2024<&sol;span>&comma; Brisk has expanded its user base five-fold&comma; becoming one of the most widely adopted education platforms in K-12 schools&period; In just a year&comma; Brisk has partnered with over 2&comma;000 schools while putting student privacy and security front and center&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"xn-person">Rachel Yurk<&sol;span>&comma; CTO at Pewaukee School District&comma; a current Brisk partner&comma; explains&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve reviewed hundreds of edtech applications&comma; and Brisk stands out due to the safeguards put in place to protect student data&semi; this was confirmed to us by the numerous organizations that have recognized Brisk&&num;8217&semi;s privacy measures&comma; including the Student Privacy Pledge and Common Sense Media&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With this funding&comma; Brisk Teaching will invest in product development to empower students&comma; teachers&comma; and administrators to personalize Brisk to meet their needs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;What got us really excited is that teachers and students absolutely love using Brisk—and the team is building on this momentum to create something much bigger&colon; an AI ecosystem that will replace the fragmented&comma; outdated tools that have held back innovation in education&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Kent Bennett<&sol;span>&comma; Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;