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Cherry Tree, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is an investment banking firm that specializes in serving education-related businesses. The firm advises business owners, financial sponsors, and large corporations in their M&A transactions, funding efforts and other advisory needs.

ClassLink is the global leader in identity and access management for education. School systems around the world rely on ClassLink for access, automation, and analytics products that create more time for learning. Education leaders turn to ClassLink for evidence on screen time and how edtech usage connects with student outcomes. ClassLink empowers 25 million students and staff in over 3,000 school systems. Visit classlink.com to learn more.

SchoolDay, formerly GG4L, is the leading ecosystem orchestration provider for education, helping school districts and edtech vendors securely manage and govern their complex digital learning environments. With nearly a decade of experience, SchoolDay enables safe, standards-based data exchange that protects student, educator, and staff information while supporting compliance with regulations such as FERPA.

Serving more than 35,000 schools, 3,000+ districts and colleges, 15 million students, and hundreds of EdTech vendors, SchoolDay combines privacy-first architecture, secure interoperability, ecosystem visibility, and tokenized data exchange to reduce cyber risk, simplify operations, and give schools greater control over their educational data ecosystems.

Tutored by Teachers (TbT) closes the opportunity gap for high-need K-12 students through virtual instruction, aimed at learning acceleration and addressing unfinished learning. TbT consistently drives double-digit  academic gains for its students through small group high-impact tutoring, delivered by certified and experienced U.S.-based teachers. That’s why some of the largest school districts in the country, like Indianapolis and Metro Nashville Public Schools, trust TbT to support their students through its research-based programs in ELA and Math.

Otus empowers educators to maximize student performance with a comprehensive K-12 assessment, data, and insights solution. Committed to student achievement and educational equity, Otus combines student data with powerful tools that provide educators, administrators, and families with the insights they need to make a difference. Built by teachers for teachers, Otus creates efficiencies in data management, assessment, and progress monitoring, helping educators focus on what matters most—student success.

Urban Arts is a national nonprofit that teaches digital game design as a pathway to college and career, offering classes for students and professional development for teachers to open doors in STEM and the arts.

We help companies at growth inflection points optimize their products and streamline their processes.

The Ed-tech Leadership Collective is a community for education industry professionals that helps leaders build clarity and confidence, make better, faster decisions, and reduce the organizational friction that slows growth.