Brian Napack

CEO | Chairman | Director | Founder | Investor | Advisor

📍 Harrison, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 16 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2025
VC🌍 United States
16
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Portfolio

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Advisor / Investor
2025
We do systematic reviews in hours, not months.
Advisor / Investor
2025
DataJoint helps science teams reach reliable findings faster, with reproducible data pipelines, ML-powered workflows, and data ready for human and AI analysis.
Board Member
Aug 2024
As the largest audiobook publisher in the world, RBmedia has over 80,000 audiobooks and publishes over 9,000 new titles every year. Our powerful digital retail and library distribution network reaches millions of listeners around the globe—at home, in the car, and everywhere their mobiles devices go. Our titles are available on leading audio platforms, including Audible, Spotify, Apple, Google Play, Audiobooks.com, Storytel, OverDrive, Hoopla, and many more. RBmedia is owned by H.I.G. Capital and Francisco Partners. To learn more about RBmedia, visit www.rbmediaglobal.com.
Board Member
Mar 2024
Elentra is the leading health sciences education platform to manage and deliver curriculum, assess and confirm competencies, and ensure and report on compliance. Our advanced education management platform enables institutions to confidently graduate the next generation of health-care professionals.and learning platform providing learners, administrators, and instructors with an end-to-end solution. Key benefits include; real-time competency-based assessment, curriculum mapping/management, adaptive learning interventions, online exam delivery (proctored/secured) all built using our smart UI ethos.
Advisor / Investor
2024
Knowledge Gate Groups core vision is to accelerate research. We believe in using cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology to cut through manual processes faced in the scientific industry - thereby providing access to leading world experts in seconds. Knowledge Gate Group is passionate about connecting the best minds in the world with knowledge gaps that exist within the science. Thereby, accelerating life-saving research. Test your assumptions and qualify your strategic decision-making today.
Board Member
Jun 2017
As a global leader in assessment, reading, and math solutions for pre-K–12 schools and districts, Renaissance is committed to providing educators with insights and resources to accelerate growth and help all students build a strong foundation for success. Renaissance solutions reach more than 40 percent of US schools and more than half a million students in other regions across the world. Our portfolio includes solutions for assessment (Star Assessments, Star Phonics, myIGDIs for Preschool, FastBridge, DnA, and SchoolCity); practice (Accelerated Reader, myON, Freckle, and Lalilo); data-driven insights (eduCLIMBER and Schoolzilla); and teacher-facilitated instructional delivery (Nearpod).
late stageEducation
Board Member
Jun 2016
Please visit us at our new company page, HMH. We are an adaptive learning company that empowers educators. With a focus on what moves each learner, HMH delivers what teachers need to foster growth and build lasting momentum for all students. We create integrated K-12 learning solutions for core, supplemental, intervention, assessment, and professional learning--delivered on one streamlined platform. Our technology adapts to every learning environment, uncovering smarter insights about students and helping educators act on what motivates them. ​​ - 90% of U.S. K-12 schools use HMH programs. ​​ - 50 million students in 150 countries use HMHs research-backed learning programs. ​​ - 1.9 average years of student growth can be gained in one year by using HMH intervention solutions. ​​ Learn how HMH can help improve growth for every student in your district.
Board Member
Jul 2015
Leaders in Content Distribution
Board Member
Feb 2015
Synergis Education is a premium, full-service provider of educational services designed for College and University leaders who are not satisfied with the status quo. We assist our partner institutions in gaining regional prominence, enrollment growth, and overall sustainability for years to come through continual improvement and best practices. Synergis Education represents the future of non-profit/for-profit partnerships. Synergis was founded on the premise that a vibrant and sustainable future can be created for academic institutions with rich traditions and compelling missions by: 1. Aligning incentives between capital sources and accredited institutions; 2. Leveraging world class talent and technology -- Synergis Education’s EdVantage Learning System™ 3. Mobilizing private investment capital to fund innovation and produce best-in-class student outcomes; and 4. Maintaining an unrelenting commitment to a service focused partnership. Synergis Education’s Organizational Structure is centered on our three core principles; Partner Success, Student Outcomes and Financial Transparency. We build upon this structure with our four service areas; Integrity Resource Management System™, EdVantage Learning System™, EdVantage Information Systems™, and Extended Reach™.
Board Member
Oct 2013
HotChalk, Inc.
late stageE-learning
Board Member
Mar 2013
Ascend Learning is one company with a powerful portfolio of brands rooted in purpose with a clear mission: to help change lives by providing software-based, data-driven educational support that accelerates learning, advances job readiness and enables employment success. We're committed to accelerating the learning pathways that can move people into careers where they have the knowledge and skills to have an impact and help change lives in the communities they serve. As a tech-enabled services company and national leader in developing and delivering online educational content, software, assessments, analytics and simulations serving students, educational institutions and employers, we focus on high-growth careers in a range of industries, with a special focus on healthcare and other high-growth, licensure-driven professions. Our brands are organized into three segments: healthcare, fitness and wellness, and safety and security. We help frontline healthcare workers, nurses, physicians, emergency medical professionals, personal and group fitness trainers, financial advisors, insurance brokers and cybersecurity and skilled trades professionals prepare for licensure and certification — people who make our communities healthier, safer and stronger. Headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America's 2023 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.
Board Member
Nov 2012
Education Management Corporation, with approximately 119,500 students as of April 2014, is among the largest providers of post-secondary education in North America, based on student enrollment and revenue, with a total of 110 locations in 32 U.S. states and Canada. The company, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, offers academic programs to students through campus-based and online instruction, or through a combination of both. The company is committed to offering quality academic programs and strives to improve the learning experience for its students. Its educational institutions offer students the opportunity to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees and certain specialized non-degree diplomas in a broad range of disciplines, including media arts, health sciences, design, psychology and behavioral sciences, culinary, business, fashion, legal, education and information technology. EDMC faculty are skilled instructors and trained professionals in their fields. Many faculty have extensive industry experience as well as the necessary academic qualifications. EDMC has proudly provided career-focused education for more than 40 years. Our value system is founded in the belief that excellence in education is measured by practical outcomes that enhance the lives of our students, enabling them to make important contributions in their workplace and in their communities. For years, our faculty and staff have been committed to educating students who care about the world around them, and strive to contribute in meaningful ways. Wherever an EDMC school can be found — a big city or a small town, the common thread that joins our schools and our students is the value of education in one's own career and life.
Experience · 20 entries
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Board (13)
2026
Executive Advisor and Limited Partner
Apr 2026
Nina Capital is a specialized venture capital firm investing in healthcare transformation powered by information technology led by need-driven founders.
2025
Advisor / Investor
2025
We do systematic reviews in hours, not months.
Advisor / Investor
2025
DataJoint helps science teams reach reliable findings faster, with reproducible data pipelines, ML-powered workflows, and data ready for human and AI analysis.
2024
Board Member
Aug 2024
As the largest audiobook publisher in the world, RBmedia has over 80,000 audiobooks and publishes over 9,000 new titles every year. Our powerful digital retail and library distribution network reaches millions of listeners around the globe—at home, in the car, and everywhere their mobiles devices go. Our titles are available on leading audio platforms, including Audible, Spotify, Apple, Google Play, Audiobooks.com, Storytel, OverDrive, Hoopla, and many more. RBmedia is owned by H.I.G. Capital and Francisco Partners. To learn more about RBmedia, visit www.rbmediaglobal.com.
Board Member
Mar 2024
Elentra is the leading health sciences education platform to manage and deliver curriculum, assess and confirm competencies, and ensure and report on compliance. Our advanced education management platform enables institutions to confidently graduate the next generation of health-care professionals.and learning platform providing learners, administrators, and instructors with an end-to-end solution. Key benefits include; real-time competency-based assessment, curriculum mapping/management, adaptive learning interventions, online exam delivery (proctored/secured) all built using our smart UI ethos.
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