Emily Foote

Emily joined Osage Venture Partners in 2020 and as a Principal.

Driven by the ideal of providing equal education opportunities for all learners, Emily co-founded Practice, a technology company, which was sold in December 2017 to Utah-based Instructure, a leading technology company in the education and corporate learning markets, respectively known as Canvas and Bridge. As co-founder of Practice, Emily guided the company from a video-based platform in the higher education market to a corporate learning solution and managed organizational growth across offices in Philadelphia and San Francisco. At Instructure, Emily wore many hats including VP of Strategy and, most recently, VP of Customer Success.

As a former Teach for America and KIPP teacher, special education lawyer and luddite, Emily now fully embraces technology’s potential to have massive impact on individuals, the communities they live in and the organizations they work for.

Emily is a graduate of Drexel Law, from which she graduated cum laude, of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education where she graduated with honors, and of the University of Pennsylvania, where she was captain of the lacrosse team, a journalist for the Daily Pennsylvanian and graduated cum laude. Emily served on the board of Philly Startup Leaders, an organization focused on supporting the growing number of Philadelphia-based entrepreneurs.

Emily resides in Philadelphia with her husband, David, and their two daughters and son.