Strategic Advising for Investors in Education

Partner with investment advisors who understand the education sector and deliver insight-driven strategies that support strong returns and meaningful impact.

Service Offerings

Understanding Your Needs

Whether you’re a private equity investor seeking sharp diligence and market insight, or an impact funder aligning investments with social outcomes, Tyton Partners delivers the clarity and confidence needed to make the right decisions.

Why Tyton Partners

Unmatched Education Sector Expertise

Strategy Consulting and Investment Banking Services

Rapid Access to Actionable Insights

Key investment questions we help answer include:

  • What does the competitive landscape look like across the education sector, and how is it evolving?
  • How do current and future market trends impact my investment strategy?
  • What risks, performance factors, and financial health indicators should I consider when evaluating potential investments?
  • How do I ensure alignment between financial returns and measurable impact?
  • How can I maximize valuation and position an asset for a successful exit?
  • What are the drivers and risks in this market?
  • How do stakeholders view this opportunity?

Solutions for your success

Tyton Partners provides investment advisory services for private equity firms and impact investors, combining rigorous market insight with sector expertise to support sound, strategic, and mission-aware decisions.

Buy-Side Due Diligence

Confirm or refine your thesis with rigorous market validation and voice-of-customer insight.

Investment Strategy Development

Build and validate a sector-focused thesis grounded in market opportunity and your mission objectives.

Sell-side Market Study

Craft a data-backed, credible market narrative that positions your asset for maximum value.

Investment Banking Services

Access the capital markets to grow your business and transform the global education and knowledge industries.

Real Results for Education Investors

Tyton Partners supports private equity and impact investors with market insight and strategic guidance to drive returns, reduce risk, and achieve lasting impact. Explore our client success stories:

Buy-Side Due Diligence for K-12 Extended Learnings Opportunities Space

Buy-Side Due Diligence

WHO

Mid-market private equity firm with an impact orientation

CHALLENGE

Evaluate key investment hypotheses and considerations for a target in the K-12 extended learning opportunities (ELO) space

Impact

Client sharpened its perspective on valuation and the target’s growth trajectory, guided by market insights and voice-of-customer analysis.

TYTON’S SOLUTIONS

  • Conduct primary and secondary research to deliver a distilled target investment case
  • Sharpen and refine the client’s assumptions relative to the target’s potential for share capture and margin expansion

METHODOLOGIES

  • Tested the target’s addressable market opportunity and competitive positioning
  • Designed and conducted voice-of-customer (VoC) analysis
  • Assessed the target’s trajectory vis-à-vis relevant market, competitive, and customer dynamics

DELIVERABLES

  • Assessment of the target’s ELO market trajectory
  • Synthesis of quantitative and qualitative VoC/VoDM analysis, informing five key hypothesis and investment considerations

Impact Investment Landscape Analysis

Market Mapping and Landscape Analysis

WHO

Upstart nonprofit impact investment facilitator

CHALLENGE

Detail the impact investing landscape in K-12 education to determine where and how systems change-focused innovation is occurring

Impact

Client gained a clear view of the current state, key challenges, and emerging opportunities in K–12 impact investing, positioning them to make informed strategic decisions.

TYTON’S SOLUTIONS

  • Created a database of leading impact investors in K-12 in the USA
  • Analyzed the database to construct infographics to inform the client’s report
  • Conducted interviews to derive key qualitative themes in K-12 investing

METHODOLOGIES

  • Developed a 130+ list of the leading investors in K-12
  • Assessed this list across ~20 metrics focused on impact and investment approach
  • Conducted an assessment of the annual capital deployment into K-12 by institutional capital allocators
  • Categorized the list of investors across multiple dimensions
  • Analyzed the metrics from the database in accordance with the organization types to provide a more robust understanding of the K-12 impact investing landscape
  • Transformed these insights into infographics to bolster the client’s public-facing report
  • Conducted interviews with 10 leading US investors in K-12
  • Synthesized the takeaways from the interviews into key themes and presented them as further evidence of dynamics in K-12 impact investing that were relevant to systems change

DELIVERABLES

  • List and analysis of leading K-12 investors
  • K-12 investor analysis infographics
  • Primary qualitative K-12 investment research and analysis

Growth Hypothesis and Market Dynamics for Autism-Focused Provider

Sell-side market study

WHO

Provider of tailored schools, programs, and services designed to meet the needs of individuals on the autism spectrum

CHALLENGE

Validate growth hypotheses and market dynamics to drive buyer interest

Impact

Client gained a clearer understanding of its position relative to key market dynamics and identified strategic growth opportunities through targeted market insights

TYTON’S SOLUTIONS

  • Identified key market dynamics influencing the value and growth potential of the business, with an emphasis on FAPE
  • Defined and validated the current market position, inclusive of market size and growth scenarios
  • Assessed competitive landscape to validate and refine market opportunity and position
  • Conducted key stakeholder interviews and voice-of-customer surveys
  • Developed core narrative and growth hypotheses

METHODOLOGIES

  • Defined and evaluated the market for autism-related schools and programs
  • Conducted TAM/SAM/SOM analysis for key market segments
  • Evaluated the growth potential of key market segments
  • Performed analysis of competitive landscape, including relative positioning and differentiation
  • Conducted 10 interviews with key stakeholders and subject-matter experts
  • Executed 200 voice-of-customer surveys
  • Determined key differentiators

DELIVERABLES

  • Argument for advantageous position to address evolving needs of K-12 school districts and students with autism
  • Core narrative
  • Growth hypothesis
  • Data on shifting district and student needs, addressing the trends of rising autism audience rates in the US

Take the Next Step Toward a Smarter Investment 

With decades of experience advising education investors, Tyton Partners provides the market intelligence and strategic guidance needed to navigate this complex sector. Whether you need buy-side diligence, portfolio strategy, or impact measurement, our team ensures your investment decisions are data-driven and built for success. Connect with us today to discuss your next education investment. 

Adam Newman

Founder & Managing Partner   

Gates Bryant

Senior Partner   

Andrea Mainelli

Senior Advisor   

Gregory Finkelstein

Managing Director   

Nick Kind

Managing Director   

Dr. Shlomy Kattan

Managing Director   

Mats Penberthy

Director   

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From investment banking to strategy consulting, our expertise helps advance change that transforms the education landscape. Because we’re not just experts in the Global Knowledge Sector.

We’re driving its future.

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