Analyst, Schoolhouse Solutions

Daniel Su

Analyst

Schoolhouse Solutions

Schoolhouse is a strategy and research provider for the Education sector. We publish differentiated reports and bespoke research on the sector, focused on private and public companies in Asia-Pacific. Our team has decades of experience working with Education companies ranging from K-12 to Tertiary and Edtech.

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<li>The education sector remains resilient despite headline privatisations, with market cap only slightly down to US$142bn after the removal of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/powerschool-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36946:1" rel="noopener">PowerSchool Holdings (PWSC US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/instructure-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26502:1" rel="noopener">Instructure Holdings (INST US)</a>.</li>
<li>AI disruption is reshaping the landscape, with key players like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chegg-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10114:1" rel="noopener">Chegg Inc (CHGG US)</a> collapsing while innovators like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/duolingo-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33531:1" rel="noopener">Duolingo (DUOL US)</a> surge, highlighting a potential shift in investor focus.</li>
<li>M&amp;A and IPO activity is reawakening, with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kindercare-learning-cos-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35721:1" rel="noopener">KinderCare Learning (KLC US)</a> 's IPO, India's robust upcoming pipeline, and renewed private equity interest pointing to a cyclical upturn.</li>
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The education sector remains resilient despite headline privatisations, with market cap only slightly down to US$142bn after the removal of PowerSchool Holdings (PWSC US) and Instructure Holdings (INST US).
AI disruption is reshaping the landscape, with key players like Chegg Inc (CHGG US) collapsing while innovators like Duolingo (DUOL US) surge, highlighting a potential shift in investor focus.
M&amp;A and IPO activity is reawakening, with KinderCare Learning (KLC US) 's IPO, India's robust upcoming pipeline, and renewed private equity interest pointing to a cyclical upturn.


Valuations, Visas & Venture Pullback: An Equity + M&A Overview of the Education Sector in Q1 2025

Education Sector Analyst, Schoolhouse Solutions

Anik Siwach

Education Sector Analyst

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<li>EdTech Market Volatility: Docebo and Tribal Group report significant YTD gains of +27% and +32%, while Janison and LTG Group face steep declines of -59% and -45%.</li>
<li>AI Disruption and Adaptation: Chegg introduces a GPT-style assistant in response to AI challenges, while Duolingo excels with 83.1M monthly users, expanding beyond language tuition.</li>
<li>Shifts in Private Funding: Private EdTech funding declines in 2023, with strategic investors and family offices driving deals, amidst a broader reduction in venture capital investments.</li>
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EdTech Market Volatility: Docebo and Tribal Group report significant YTD gains of +27% and +32%, while Janison and LTG Group face steep declines of -59% and -45%.
AI Disruption and Adaptation: Chegg introduces a GPT-style assistant in response to AI challenges, while Duolingo excels with 83.1M monthly users, expanding beyond language tuition.
Shifts in Private Funding: Private EdTech funding declines in 2023, with strategic investors and family offices driving deals, amidst a broader reduction in venture capital investments.


Education Sector YTD: Volatility in Public Equities, PE Stalking with Take Private Offers

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>PowerSchool has reported its first quarter 2024 earnings with positive results, continuing its momentum with a strong performance across key financial metrics.</li><li>The company reported a total revenue of $185 million, marking a 16% year-over-year increase.</li><li>This was driven predominantly by subscription and support revenues, which grew 18% year-over-year to $167 million and constituted 90% of the total revenue.</li></ul>

PowerSchool has reported its first quarter 2024 earnings with positive results, continuing its momentum with a strong performance across key financial metrics.The company reported a total revenue of $185 million, marking a 16% year-over-year increase.This was driven predominantly by subscription and support revenues, which grew 18% year-over-year to $167 million and constituted 90% of the total revenue.

PowerSchool Holdings: AI Integration and PowerBuddy Platform Can Really Catalyze Growth? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>This is our first report on PowerSchool Group Inc., an education technology company.</li><li>The company recorded promising results in its Third Quarter 2023 Earnings.</li><li>We have added reasonable forecasts of the annualized income statement and cash flows and carried out a DCF valuation of the company using its Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) to determine a forecasted share price.</li></ul>

This is our first report on PowerSchool Group Inc., an education technology company.The company recorded promising results in its Third Quarter 2023 Earnings.We have added reasonable forecasts of the annualized income statement and cash flows and carried out a DCF valuation of the company using its Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) to determine a forecasted share price.

PowerSchool Holdings: Initiation of Coverage - Find Out How Their Cutting-Edge AI Is Transforming Public Education! - Major Drivers

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PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. provides cloud-based software for K-12 education. The Company offers student information systems, enrollment, unified classroom, unified administration, unified talent, unified insights, and more. PowerSchool Holdings conducts businesses in North America.

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Valuations, Visas & Venture Pullback: An Equity + M&A Overview of the Education Sector in Q1 2025

Education sector resilient post-privatisations, AI disruption reshaping landscape, M&A/IPO activity reawakening - potential shift in investor focus.

Daniel Su

Education Sector YTD: Volatility in Public Equities, PE Stalking with Take Private Offers

Explore 2023's EdTech trends in our report: Duolingo's rise, Chegg's AI pivot, market volatility, and funding shifts. Essential insights for...

Anik Siwach

PowerSchool Holdings: AI Integration and PowerBuddy Platform Can Really Catalyze Growth? - Major Drivers

PowerSchool has reported its first quarter 2024 earnings with positive results, continuing its momentum with a strong performance across key...

Baptista Research

PowerSchool Holdings: Initiation of Coverage - Find Out How Their Cutting-Edge AI Is Transforming Public Education! - Major Drivers

This is our first report on PowerSchool Group Inc., an education technology company. The company recorded promising results in its Third Quarter...

Baptista Research

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Valuations, Visas & Venture Pullback: An Equity + M&A Overview of the Education Sector in Q1 2025

​Education sector resilient post-privatisations, AI disruption reshaping landscape, M&A/IPO activity reawakening - potential shift in investor focus.

Daniel Su

Education Sector YTD: Volatility in Public Equities, PE Stalking with Take Private Offers

Explore 2023's EdTech trends in our report: Duolingo's rise, Chegg's AI pivot, market volatility, and funding shifts. Essential insights for...

Anik Siwach

PowerSchool Holdings: AI Integration and PowerBuddy Platform Can Really Catalyze Growth? - Major Drivers

PowerSchool has reported its first quarter 2024 earnings with positive results, continuing its momentum with a strong performance across key...

Baptista Research

PowerSchool Holdings: Initiation of Coverage - Find Out How Their Cutting-Edge AI Is Transforming Public Education! - Major Drivers

This is our first report on PowerSchool Group Inc., an education technology company. The company recorded promising results in its Third Quarter...

Baptista Research

Education sector resilient post-privatisations, AI disruption reshaping landscape, M&A/IPO activity reawakening - potential shift in investor focus.