Tyton Partners Places Call for International Education Companies with Impact
Nominations for the 2018 Tyton Global Growth50 are open, recognizing growth-stage companies in the global education sector achieving impact at scale
BOSTON, Jan. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tyton Partners, the leading provider of investment banking and strategy consulting services to the global knowledge sector, today announced it will extend its Tyton Growth50 recognition of dynamic growth-stage companies in the education sector to firms operating outside of the United States. The Tyton Global Growth50 will recognize 50 enterprises operating in the education market outside the U.S. that are distinguished by having achieved impact at scale through a combination of strong financial performance, market penetration, and measurable customer outcomes. These attributes form the basis of the Tyton Growth Framework, which seeks to identify companies that are both effective in their educational impact and financially sustainable. In a funding environment that can sometimes overvalue what’s new, Tyton seeks to also credit impact and durability.
“Different geographies present different constraints and opportunities for companies operating in and around education,” said Adam Newman, Founder and Managing Partner at Tyton Partners. “But these varied conditions are inspiring unique innovations that offer new and relevant insights to the challenges being tackled by U.S. firms. Our aim is that the Tyton Global Growth50 can enhance the dialogue between best-in-class companies across borders.”
Past years’ Tyton Growth50 companies have included Civitas Learning, a leader in the rapidly expanding market for postsecondary student success analytics; Pluralsight, the fast growing online IT training provider; Flocabulary, the highly-engaging supplemental K-12 content provider; and the widely acclaimed coding bootcamp General Assembly, among others.
“We’ve seen a marked increase in cross-border activity in the education market over the past few years,” said Chris Curran, Founder and Managing Partner at Tyton Partners. “This includes the typical pattern of U.S. companies seeking new markets, but increasingly has also included non-U.S. firms looking to leverage their technology and expertise inside the U.S. The Tyton Global Growth50 are companies that have achieved scale and impact in large and growing markets outside of the U.S. From this momentum there is much that U.S. operators can learn.”
Over the next few months, members of the Tyton Partners’ team, which collectively possess several decades of transactional and advisory experience, will begin reviewing hundreds of companies against the Tyton Growth Framework to select finalists for the inaugural Global Growth50 list. This process involves an open submission process that begins today and will extend through the end of April 2018. Individuals are invited to share the names of companies they feel are achieving impact at scale outside the U.S. market. To be eligible, companies must be domiciled outside the U.S. and must generate more than 50% of their revenue from markets outside the U.S.
Selected companies for the Tyton Global Growth50 will be announced at the EdTechX Europe conference on June 19 in London. They will also be invited to attend an exclusive gathering of leaders and investors in Newport, Rhode Island in the fall of 2018.
To nominate a company for the 2018 Tyton Global Growth50, or to receive more information about this annual list, please visit Tyton Global Growth50.
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Michael White
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Tyton Partners
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About Tyton Partners
Tyton Partners is the leading provider of investment banking and strategy consulting services to the global knowledge sector. With offices in Boston, Stamford, CT, Chicago, and San Francisco, the firm has an experienced team of bankers and consultants who deliver a unique spectrum of services from mergers and acquisitions and capital markets access to strategy development that helps companies, organizations, and investors navigate the complexities of the education, media, and information markets. Tyton Partners leverages a deep foundation of transactional and advisory experience and unparalleled level of global relationships to make its clients’ aspirations a reality and to catalyze innovation in the sector. For more information, visit Tyton Partners or follow us @tytonpartners.