Our guest today is Mercedes Bent, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mercedes is focused on education and consumer early stage investing. Previously she was working in VR and a General Manager at General Assembly.

In this episode, we explore how EdTech is shifting and giving more power to parents and students. We look at social learning and gaming, which together offer a lot of promise for the future of education.

Here are some resources mentioned in our discussion: (links)

• Mercedes' post about the Lightspeed EdTech Portfolio - https://mercedesbent.co/2021/02/24/lightspeeds-edtech-portfolio/
• Mercedes post about 3 trends that are here to stay - https://mercedesbent.co/2021/08/03/edtech-post-pandemic-3-trends-here-to-stay/
• Fiveable and StudyStream are some social learning startups mentioned by Mercedes - https://fiveable.me, https://www.studystream.live
• Mercedes on the Ventures Stories podcast - https://soundcloud.com/venturestories/the-state-and-future-of-edtech

Where to learn more about Mercedes:

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/mercebent
• Personal Website - https://mercedesbent.co/
• Lightspeed Ventures - https://lsvp.com

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