1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

CJM | Goldman Hall

Career Education: Investing in Early Stage Companies and Diverse Leaders

It’s been a tough year for education technology startups–35% drop in seed funding across all sectors and 50% decrease in investment in education technology companies. In the current environment, seed-stage education startups with less than $2 million in revenue will have the greatest difficulties navigating choppy economic waters to find customers and investors in order to survive. Seed funding provides education companies with the resources needed to continue to survive and grow. But just 19 of 739 institutional seed investors in the education technology sector are purely education focused and funding for career education still lags other areas in the sector.

Join the conversation as impact investors reveal why they are digging deep and investing in career readiness startups and companies with diverse leadership to foster innovation in career-focused education, intentional postsecondary pathways, and workforce development.

This session is brought to you in partnership with American Student Assistance (ASA).

Speakers

Rilwan Meeran

Head of Impact Investing

ASA

Allison Baum Gates

General Partner

SemperVirens Venture Capital

Carolyn Ezelino

Director, Private Investments

Sonen Capital

Matthew Greenfield

Managing Partner

Rethink Education

Mark Grovic

General partner

New Markets Venture Partners

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