Focus Areas

Education hasour undividedfocus.

We keep our fingers on the pulse of the education landscape, with a concentration on technology and innovation.

|Our Focus Areas

ETS Strategic Capital keeps its fingers on the pulse of the education landscape, from K-12 through workforce/corporate learning. Within this spectrum, we continually seek to identify and mine opportunities, with a concentration on technology and innovation.

|Our focus areas

We seek innovative ideas and technologies of strategic value in these six key areas:

Higher Ed

Higher Ed

Recruitment, retention and admission process management, assessment and post-graduation career readiness

K-12

K-12

In-person and distance learning, assessment, teaching and tutoring for the global student audience

Workforce / Corporate Learning & Assessment

Workforce / Corporate Learning & Assessment

Preparation and credentialing of skills for the new economy, including upskilling and reskilling

Innovative Technologies for Education

Innovative Technologies for Education

Technologies to improve the way we build, deliver, and support services, including automation and AI

Language Learning and Assessment (LLA)

Language Learning and Assessment (LLA)

Language Learning and Assessment (LLA) tools and product offerings for different ages, demographics and markets

White Space

White-Space

New business areas, business models and revenue-generating sources, including IP monetization

ETS Strategic Capital has been a fantastic partner to MPower, in just a short timeframe we have created opportunities to collaborate on expanding access to higher education for individuals around the world.

– Manu Smadja, CEO MPower Financing

|How we invest

  • Equity Investments

    Equity Investments are typically targeted for Series B, Series C or later, where companies already have proven product/market fit, initial customers, and developed business-model, and are seeking further new growth capital to scale the business. (Earlier-stage investment may be possible in select situations.)

  • Mergers/Acquisitions

    Our M&A deal focus is generally targeted at middle-market scale deals (smaller or larger acquisition deals may be possible in select cases).

  • Growth Partnerships

    Growth Partnerships are broadly defined, but could consist of joint-ventures (JVs), channel-partner or distribution agreements, Intellectual Property (IP) licensing and technology-transfer relationships and similar strategic value-add business partnering relationships.

|Our portfolio

We partner with transformative companies that meet our criteria for growth potential and alignment with our mission.

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