Brief Biography
Esther Tricoche is an Associate Partner at NewSchools Venture Fund. There, she co-founded NewSchools Ignite, which has invested in ~60 products in edtech market gaps and provides formative research support to ventures. Prior to NewSchools, Esther was a founding team member, Program Manager and Acting Vice President at the Laura & John Arnold Foundation, where she led the education division and directed over $130 million to organizations across the country. Esther holds a degree in Cognitive Neuroscience from Rice University. She is an inaugural Aspen Institute - Pahara NextGen Fellow was named as a 2016 “Forbes 30 Under 30” leader in education.