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How we work

A partnership, not a transaction.

We are founders ourselves. We have built, sold and operated education businesses. We understand what an operating partner can genuinely add — and where they should stay out of the way.

Four stages, in order, with clear terms at each one. Nothing starts until both sides agree what the next stage looks like.

The process

From first conversation to second market.

01

Assess

We look at what you already have.

Student demand, completion rates, faculty, brand and unit economics. We are not evaluating your potential — we are measuring what is already happening and where it is constrained.

Two weeks. No cost. No obligation.

What we need from you

+Enrolment and completion data
+Current pricing and cost base
+An honest account of what is breaking

What you get

→A written assessment of the business
→The constraints ranked by impact
→A view on whether we are the right partner
02

Structure

We agree on a position and a plan.

Minority or majority, what we fund, what we operate, what stays entirely yours. The academic product is always yours. The commercial machine is where we take responsibility.

Clear terms. Defined responsibilities. No unnecessary complexity.

What we need from you

+A decision on control and scope
+Alignment on the 24-month plan
+Standard legal and financial diligence

What you get

→A single agreement, plainly written
→A funded plan with named owners
→No hidden conditions
03

Build

We integrate the operating stack.

Platform, content infrastructure, enrolment, payments, compliance and acquisition. Existing students are migrated without interrupting a live cohort.

You retain control of the academic product.

What we need from you

+Access to current systems and content
+Your faculty's time for content production
+Patience through one migration

What you get

→One platform for every delivery mode
→A real support and enrolment function
→Cohort economics you can act on
04

Scale

We open the next market.

Accreditation mapping, clinical and language adaptation, distribution partnerships and paid acquisition, run market by market rather than all at once.

Together, we determine whether the next opportunity is a new country, a new vertical or a new format.

What we need from you

+Faculty willing to teach internationally
+Appetite to adapt, not just translate
+A shared definition of the next milestone

What you get

→A second market inside 24 months
→Local partnerships already in place
→A repeatable route to the third

We do not turn schools into something they are not. We make what already works reach more people, in more places, with better margins.

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What we look for

Who we partner with.

We are selective. We would rather do fewer things properly.

We look for

+Education businesses with existing paying students, not concepts
+Healthcare, aesthetic medicine or allied health as the core subject
+Founders who want to keep teaching and stop firefighting the business
+Programmes that can be delivered online, in person or through blended learning
+A realistic path towards a second market within 24 months

What we don't do

—We do not buy out founders simply to replace them
—We do not fund pure content libraries with no assessment or measurable outcome
—We do not invest in clinical practice itself — we invest in education

Next step

Start with the assessment.

Two weeks, no cost, no obligation, and you keep the analysis whatever we decide together afterwards.