Education Outcomes Report
At Owl Ventures, we recognize that prioritizing outcomes is a fundamental requirement for building long-lasting businesses.
Get the reportReaching learners all over the world.
Our portfolio of 30+ companies across three sectors: Pre-K-12, post-secondary, and career mobility, serves learners all over the world.
222+
Countries
240M+
Users
8300+
Higher-ed institutions
7800+
Employers
14,000+
Jobs
Improving access to quality education for all.
We’re proud to partner with companies that ensure that the products they are building have the ability to scale and serve a diverse set of learners / educators.
Improving access to quality education for all.
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Owl’s Approach to Outcomes Measurement
In order to achieve greater equity and inclusion in education, we work with portfolio companies to measure impact in three primary areas: reach and access, diversity, and outcomes.
Reach & Access
Diversity
Outcomes
REACH & ACCESS
Achieving impact at scale for all learners.
To allow education to serve as an equalizer, we work with our companies to measure not just how many learners they’re serving, but also what their learner profile looks like. We encourage companies to report on metrics such as the number and type of communities served by geography as well as gender and racial profiles of their customers, where applicable.
United States
Europe
India
China
Users
50M+
44M+
30M+
10M+
3M+
57M+
700K+
30M+
2M+
United States
50M+
44M+
30M+
10M+
China
30M+
2M+
Europe
3M+
India
57M+
700K+
K-12
60% of users are from outside metropolitan cities.
Of the students served by Hazel Health, 80% are students of color.
Remind serves nearly 90% of all U.S. Title I schools.
Post Secondary
88% of learners on BenchPrep are English language learners.
43% of learners served by Noodle Partners are Black or Latinx.
Career Mobility
90%+ people on Lingo Live’s platform are English language learners.
SV Academy graduates are 60% women and 70% low-to-middle income.
Diversity
Different backgrounds + new perspectives = quality solutions
At Owl, we recognize that lack of diversity in teams is a problem since homogenous communities are susceptible to groupthink and are less likely to voice the needs of the communities they hope to serve. As part of our annual diversity survey, we collect metrics such as gender, race, pay equity, and employee retention for women, and persons of color for each of our portfolio companies, where applicable.
*Industry benchmarks
Owl Data
50%
Women on the investment team vs 21%*
50%
People of color on investment team vs 24%*
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Portfolio Data
Founders and CEOs
17.4%
Women
vs 9.2%*
41.3%
People of Color
vs 23%*
25%
1st generation college students
Leadership Teams
35.1%
Women
vs 19%*
34%
People of Color
vs 12%*
24.7%
1st generation college students
Board Members
15.6%
Women
vs 26%*
35.4%
People of Color
vs 15%*
Owl Data
50%
Women on the investment team vs 21%*
50%
People of color on investment team vs 24%*
Portfolio Data
Founders and CEOs
Leadership Teams
Board Members
17.4%
Women
vs 9.2%*
35.1%
Women
vs 19%*
15.6%
Women
vs 26%*
41.3%
People of Color
vs 23%*
34%
People of Color
vs 12%*
35.4%
People of Color
vs 15%*
25%
1st generation college students
24.7%
1st generation college students
OUTCOMES
Leading the sector with outcomes.
Owl strongly believes that the most successful companies will be those that are able to quantitatively measure their education outcomes. We know that different types of research are appropriate to determine effectiveness according to product type and development stage. Therefore, we encourage our portfolio companies to report their impact along a spectrum, from formative to summative research.
Quizlet helps students study better. Today, more than 400 million virtual study guides have been created on Quizlet.
Amira Learning improves student learning and engagement. With Amira, students grew from 35th percentile to 50th percentile in a year.
Swing Education addresses the substitute teacher gap in schools. They’ve helped place, 5500+ teachers, in 250,000+ classrooms.
Labster has delivered 12 million-plus learning outcomes and published research shows that Labster increases learning outcomes by 76%.
Noodle Partners, focused on redesigning how higher education happens online, has a student retention rate of 87%.
Degreed is focused on helping companies build a positive, organizational learning culture. Users have more than created 8.9 million skill profiles on the platform.
SV Academy’s graduates receive an average salary of $93k after one year and 60% of their graduates receive a promotion within the first 12 months.
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We’re excited to share the impact of our portfolio with all its key stakeholders. For each company, you will find a description of the company; the company’s approach to measuring effectiveness; and its access and outcomes data, told via metrics and case studies.