Weld North

Weld North operates a platform of digital and SaaS educational solution businesses. In partnership with KKR, a global alternative asset manager, Weld North makes control investments in high potential businesses in the education industry. By attracting highly motivated and distinctly talented professionals, Weld North looks to accelerate growth through an obsessive focus on enhancing the customer experience, operational excellence, marketing expertise and disciplined financial management. Weld North appreciates the time, focus and expertise required to grow successful technology-enabled education businesses. Our longer investment time horizon plus a willingness to make organic and new investments over time leads to businesses that produce the best results for students, teachers and investors.

Waseem Alam

Director

ZC

Zack Cohen

Associate

Jonathan Grayer

Chairman and CEO

Adam Klaber

Vice Chairman and CAO

Past deals in Professional services

Voxy

Series B in 2013
Voxy provides truly personalized English language instruction to corporations, educational institutions, and governments across the globe. Based on more than 30 years of academic research, Voxy’s solution meets the needs of each user by combining patented technology that adapts lessons in real-time with personalized live instruction all delivered in a fully mobile experience. Launched in 2010, it has been used by millions of learners and hundreds of institutions in over 50 different countries. Voxy’s innovative approach has been recognized by major media outlets including The New York Times, Forbes, and CNN. Backed by leading investors in education technology, Voxy is headquartered in New York City and has an office in São Paulo.

Voxy

Series C in 2017
Voxy provides truly personalized English language instruction to corporations, educational institutions, and governments across the globe. Based on more than 30 years of academic research, Voxy’s solution meets the needs of each user by combining patented technology that adapts lessons in real-time with personalized live instruction all delivered in a fully mobile experience. Launched in 2010, it has been used by millions of learners and hundreds of institutions in over 50 different countries. Voxy’s innovative approach has been recognized by major media outlets including The New York Times, Forbes, and CNN. Backed by leading investors in education technology, Voxy is headquartered in New York City and has an office in São Paulo.

JBHM Education Group

Acquisition in 2012
JBHM is recognized as a leader in transformative education services. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, JBHM seeks to assist schools in developing their professional capacities and culture in order to sustain continuous improvement in student learning. The Company’s School Improvement Process reaches from state education agencies through school district personnel school boards, superintendents, district administrators, principals and teachers. JBHM was recently cited in a state of Arkansas study of school improvement providers as the only company achieving statistically significant results in both ELA and Math.

Imagine Learning, Inc.

Acquisition in 2014
It all starts with the end in mind: your children. Imagine Learning was founded in 2004 for that purpose, by a small group of educational and software professionals who saw a growing need for language and literacy solutions. Today, the Imagine Learning team continues on that path, giving students a stronger foundation to build on.

Software Guild

Acquisition in 2015
The Software Guild is an intensive, fast-paced apprenticeship program where you learn to be a software developer. In this full-time, 12-week course, you will learn either .NET/C# or Java and acquire the skills needed for entry-level developer positions. The course, which includes face-to-face lectures, hands-on experience and labs, enables you to build a strong portfolio to aid in your job search. What is important to our apprentices looking for their first job is having a skill set that is widely attractive to employers. For this reason, we offer learning programs in both .NET/C# and Java. These two stacks are stable, proven, and in the highest demand in the enterprise.

The Learning House

Acquisition in 2011
Learning House was founded in 2001 to aid small independent schools in building distance learning programs that serve the needs of non-traditional students. The "no upfront cost" business model was later developed, enabling smaller institutions to compete with the distance learning programs of larger state institutions.

Voxy

Series A in 2012
Voxy provides truly personalized English language instruction to corporations, educational institutions, and governments across the globe. Based on more than 30 years of academic research, Voxy’s solution meets the needs of each user by combining patented technology that adapts lessons in real-time with personalized live instruction all delivered in a fully mobile experience. Launched in 2010, it has been used by millions of learners and hundreds of institutions in over 50 different countries. Voxy’s innovative approach has been recognized by major media outlets including The New York Times, Forbes, and CNN. Backed by leading investors in education technology, Voxy is headquartered in New York City and has an office in São Paulo.

LearnZillion, Inc.

Acquisition in 2020
LearnZillion provides educators with curricular products for the new standards in digital and print. Its platform offers access to instructional materials for mathematics and literacy, as well as provides task-implementation guides for teachers that enable students and teachers to get benefited from each other through interactive learning. LearnZillion was founded in 2011 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.

TrueNorthLogic

Acquisition in 2014
Truenorthlogic is the K-12 expert in implementing actionable, web-based software solutions to support an educator’s entire professional growth cycle. The Truenorthlogic K-12 Talent Management Platform consists of a suite of modules to help with the management of induction, licensure and certification tracking, career development, growth plans, coaching and mentoring, observation and evaluation, professional learning, and differentiated pay. Built in collaboration with leading education agencies across the nation, Truenorthlogic is the only platform that brings the processes, workflows and data for all aspects of educator effectiveness together in a unified system.

Assesssment Technology

Acquisition in 2019
ATI was founded in 1986 by educators with expertise in child development, the psychology of learning, and in educational measurement. Those founders are part of today’s ATI team which is nationally known as an energized and dedicated group of professionals focused on carrying forth the long-standing mission of creating technology to promote learning. The concept behind the promotion of learning is the preparation of today’s youth to meet the opportunities and challenges of today and of tomorrow. As partners with our clients, we make sure that educators receive cutting-edge technology and guidance offered promptly and through clear communications so that they and those they teach can benefit from all that Galileo has to offer.

Performance Matters LLC

Acquisition in 2016
Performance Matters LLC develops professional development tools for educators. It offers a Performance Matters Growth Platform that allows districts to identify trends from student and educator data and make insightful decisions to improve student outcomes and increase the impact of educators. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Sandy, Utah with a customer support center in Winter Park, Florida; and a research and development office in Roswell, Georgia. Performance Matters LLC operates as a subsidiary of Weld North LLC. As of February 1, 2018, Performance Matters LLC operates as a subsidiary of PeopleAdmin, Inc.

Organic Avenue

Private Equity Round in 2013
Organic Avenue, LLC manufactures organic plant based products for breakfast, lunch, and light dinner. The company's products include salads, soup, entrees, snacks, wraps, fruit and vegetable juices, mylks, smoothies, iced tea, and kombucha. The company offers its products through stores and provides online services. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York. On October 15, 2015, Organic Avenue, LLC filed for liquidation under Chapter 7 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Intellify Learning

Acquisition in 2016
Intellify Learning is a fast-emerging learning data management and analytics solutions company. Intellify delivers highly scalable, cloud-based, Platform as a Service (PaaS) capabilities to collect, store, manage, access and deliver learning intelligence-driven analytics and other advanced data-driven capabilities to the education market. Intellify enables its clients and partners to measure, inform and enhance the teaching, learning, and the comprehensive online digital curriculum experience. For more information on the Intellify4 solutions visit http://www.intellifylearning.com/solutions/. To request a follow-up and demonstration of these exciting new Intellify4 offerings please subscribe to and request a follow-up at http://web.intellifylearning.com/about_us/#contact. In addition, to learn more about Intellify Learning in general, visit www.intellifylearning.com and follow-us on twitter @intellify.

Glynlyon, Inc.

Acquisition in 2019
Glynlyon, Inc. provides educational opportunities and curriculum for a diverse mix of pre K-12 students. The company provides academic curriculum for students in preschool of grades K-12; online curriculum and e-learning solutions for public, virtual, charter, and alternative schools; and family and faith-based entertainment products, including dramas and comedies, children's videos and music, documentaries, fitness workouts, adventures, and educational videos. It also offers online distance learning programs for grades K-12. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Chandler, Arizona.

Purpose Prep

Acquisition in 2020
Purpose Prep resources and empowers school districts to lead, teach and learn on purpose. We’re transforming the student learning experience through innovative, interactive and engaging curriculum and instruction for students in niche content categories. The content advances the students purpose and success during and after school. Purpose Prep solutions are highly convertible to meet the needs of K-12 districts, schools and educational leaders. Niche content examples: social and emotional, personal, character, leadership and workforce development and college and career readiness.