Matters Graph Sector Coverage

From early childhood education, k12, higher education, employer-sponsored and industry certification promulgated learning, education and workforce development’s ubiquity has long captured the attention of investors—but often faces significant uncertainty from both shifting trends and funding risks.

CDD in the education space needs to include a holistic understanding of:

• the funding and regulatory environment; preferences from learners, educators, administrators, educators, and employers;
• solid understanding of partners, implementers and other channel participants; and
• technology disruptors.

Critical diligence topics include credibility, satisfaction, differentiation, and the impact of products and services; potential technical integration points (whether software, curriculum, products, processes or programs).

“Voice of Customer” research is essential in wrestling a range of topics from whether or not an asset’s offerings are truly career-enabling to how switching decisions are evaluated and which budgets are likely to be tapped for funding (and the predictability of budget renewal).

Matters Graph has experience across a wide range of asset types including: edtech for early child education, k12 education textbooks and curriculum support, higher education media, and workforce development and management.

Recent Matters Graph Education and Workforce Development project examples include (for details on Matters Graph diligence exercises that are covered by PitchBook, click on the PitchBook icons below to view deal details):