The Emerge Education team

I founded Emerge Education in response to the lack of capital available for exceptional entrepreneurs in Europe innovating in learning and work. If you are an investor and like the sound of what we do, speak to me.

I co-founded and exited a 300-person company called Tigerspike. At Emerge Education, I draw on my operational experience to design and implement growth services for the founders.

Passionate about Higher Education, I'm ex-CEO of UCAS, and hold advisory positions at organisations like The Open University & the Student Loans Company. At Emerge I convene my network to further innovation in HE.

Passionate about Workforce Development, I have chaired the Learning Technologies Conference since 2000, and since 2014 have produced the L&D Global Sentiment Survey annually. At Emerge I convene my network to further innovation in the enterprise.

I select and facilitate investments in the most promising companies and monitor our portfolio. Talk to me if you’d like to know how we make our decisions or if you want to co-invest

I source and select the most exciting companies at Emerge Education. If you are an entrepreneur wondering what we can do for you, contact me

I take care of our vibrant community at Emerge. Talk to me if you would like to become part of our edtech founders club or want to offer help to our portfolio.
Fund Advisors
Expert entrepreneurs who have invested in our fund

Founder, CFO and investor in some of the most successful learning technology companies such as 2U and Trilogy Education

I created the highest performing low-income school system in California, and now fund fast growing companies like Lamda and Outschool

I'm an Advisor and Exc Leader for companies transforming education such as Trilogy Education, Aula and Jolt. Former Imperial College Associate Dean.

Formerly Co-Founder & CTO @ SuperAwesome, the biggest kids technology company in the world.

I served as CAO at Trilogy where I helped build a >$100M education portfolio that enabled upward mobility for thousands of adult learners

I founded Janison, a publicly listed company that provides online assessment and learning platforms, used by millions of test-takers and learners worldwide

I founded Open Classrooms, a learning platform training 3 million people per month in 120+ countries

I founded Interfolio, a faculty information system, acquired in 2018, now serving over 300 college and university customers
Partners
We are backed by some of the largest distribution channels in education

Cambridge Assessment is an international exams group designing & delivering assessments to 8m+ learners in 170 countries

Jisc provides digital services, resources and infrastructure to most of UK’s colleges and universities

Nesta is an innovation foundation seeded by a £250m endowment, with a focus on learning & future of work

Universities UK is the representative organisation for the UK's universities, most of which are members

Cambridge University Press is the oldest & 2nd largest university press in the world
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