Jason Palmer

Jason Palmer is General Partner at New Markets Venture Partners, one of the nation’s leading education-focused venture capital firms. New Markets focuses on innovative, high impact, early and growth stage edtech companies that improve student outcomes while building profitable organizations. Jason is a board director for Climb Credit, KidztoPros, Motimatic, Mursion, PAIRIN, Signal Vine, and Village Capital.
Jason previously served as Deputy Director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, leading postsecondary innovation efforts to improve the outcomes of disadvantaged college students. Jason also founded and grew three investor-backed technology and services companies before holding executive positions at Microsoft, SchoolNet, Kaplan and StraighterLine.