The Emerge Education team
Jan Lynn-Matern
Founder & Partner
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.
Nic Newman
Partner
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.
Mary Curnock Cook
Network Chair
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.
Lucy Lynn-Matern
Principal
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
Mario Barosevcic
Principal
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
Shinaz Navas
Associate
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
Annamária Kiraly
Research Operations
Having run event businesses for the last 10 years, I support event logistics and special research projects
Fund Advisors
Expert entrepreneurs who have invested in our fund
Rob Cohen
Senior Advisor, 2U & Trilogy Education
Founder, CFO and investor in some of the most successful learning technology companies such as 2U and Trilogy Education
John Danner
MD, Dunce Capital
I created the highest performing low-income school system in California, and now fund fast growing companies like Lamda and Outschool
Diane Morgan
former Global MD, Trilogy Education
I'm an Advisor and Exc Leader for companies transforming education such as Trilogy Education, Aula and Jolt. Former Imperial College Associate Dean.
Josh Wöhle
former co-founder & CTO, SuperAwesome
Formerly Co-Founder & CTO @ SuperAwesome, the biggest kids technology company in the world. Today I help people become better learners as Co-Founder & CEO @ Bloom Learning.
Ahmed Haque
former Chief Academic Officer, Trilogy Education
I served as CAO at Trilogy where I helped build a >$100M education portfolio that enabled upward mobility for thousands of adult learners
Wayne Houlden
Founder, Janison
I founded Janison, a publicly listed company that provides online assessment and learning platforms, used by millions of test-takers and learners worldwide
Pierre Dubuc
Co-founder & CEO, Open Classrooms
I founded Open Classrooms, a learning platform training 3 million people per month in 120+ countries
Steve Goldenberg
Founder & CPO, Interfolio
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
Cambridge University Press is the oldest & 2nd largest university press in the world
Grupo Triradentes is one of the largest private higher education institutions in Brazil
Universities UK is the representative organisation for the UK's universities, most of which are members
Co-Investors
Some of the VCs and institutions who have invested into our portfolio companies
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