Ian Chiu's guest appearances

Ian Chiu

Leading Learning Podcast

Knowledge Leaders Podcast

Heather McGowan

Dorie Clark

Paul Williams

Chad Johnson

Danny Iny

Scott Wiley

Jay Baer

Greg Smith

Barbara Oakley

Rohit Bhargava

Kevin Eikenberry

Ellen Langer

Andy Molinsky

Howard Ross

Carol Hamilton

OwlTail

Amit Patel

The education sector covers a very wide spectrum, so how do you go about investing in the right business? In this episode, Todd Hand speaks with Amit Patel and Ian Chiu, Managing Directors at Owl Ventures, to find out who they are working closely with. EdTech is able to produce global products that scale fast, so now is the time to act quickly. Tune in as they discuss the timelines of closing deals, Patel and Chiu's successful investments and exits, as well as a very special announcement regarding current funds. Founded in 2014, Owl Ventures is the largest venture capital firm in the world focused on the education technology market with over $1.2 billion in assets under management. Notable investments include BYJU’S, Noodle Partners and Dreambox Learning. Follow Amit on Social: Twitter: twitter.com/amitashwinpaten LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/amitashwinpatel/ Follow Ian on Social: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ianchiu/ Follow Todd on Social: Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toddhand/ Follow Knowledge Leaders on Social: Twitter: twitter.com/KnowledgeLDRS LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-leaders

The education sector covers a very wide spectrum, so how do you go about investing in the right business? In this episode, Todd Hand speaks with Amit Patel and Ian Chiu, Managing Directors at Owl Ventures, to find out who they are working closely with. EdTech is able to produce global products that scale fast, so now is the time to act quickly. Tune in as they discuss the timelines of closing deals, Patel and Chiu's successful investments and exits, as well as a very special announcement regarding current funds. Founded in 2014, Owl Ventures is the largest venture capital firm in the world focused on the education technology market with over $1.2 billion in assets under management. Notable investments include BYJU’S, Noodle Partners and Dreambox Learning. Follow Amit on Social: Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/amitashwinpatel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/amitashwinpaten</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitashwinpatel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/amitashwinpatel/</a> Follow Ian on Social: LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ianchiu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/ianchiu/</a> Follow Todd on Social: Twitter: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%253A%252F%252Ftwitter.com%252FHandTodd&amp;token=4f30ff-1-1583872406606" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/HandTodd</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.linkedin.com%252Fin%252Ftoddhand%252F&amp;token=bb6a1f-1-1583872406606" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/toddhand/</a> Follow Knowledge Leaders on Social: Twitter: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%253A%252F%252Ftwitter.com%252FKnowledgeLDRS&amp;token=958940-1-1583872406606" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/KnowledgeLDRS</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.linkedin.com%252Fcompany%252Fknowledge-leaders&amp;token=dd5251-1-1583872406606" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-leaders</a>

Amit Patel and Ian Chiu Discuss the Details Behind Owl Ventures New Pair of Investment Funds

In recent years, there’s been a significant surge in the level of investment flowing into educational technology companies. And with no signs of this letting up in the near future, it’s an investment niche that’s critical to the market for lifelong learning. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Jeff talks with Ian Chiu, managing director at Owl Ventures, one of the firms leading a wave of investment in educational technology companies. They talk about everything from the basics of venture capital, to successful business models in the current learning landscape. They also discuss trends that Ian sees shaping the future of edtech and lifelong learning. Full show notes available at https://www.leadinglearning.com/episode186.  We are grateful to our sponsors for this quarter, Community Brands and WBT Systems. WBT Systems develops the industry-leading TopClass LMS, which delivers transformative professional development experiences for education and certification programs. With a single point of support from in-house integration experts, TopClass LMS easily integrates with a wide variety of systems to provide efficient administration and a unified learning experience. WBT supports organizations in using learning technology to help drive growth in membership, increase revenues, and enhance the learning experience. WBT believes in truly understanding your challenges and partnering with you to ensure the success of your education programs. Community Brands provides a suite of cloud-based software for organizations to engage and grow relationships with the individuals they serve, including association management software, learning management software, job board software, and event management software. Community Brands’ award-winning Crowd Wisdom learning platform is among the world’s best LMSes for corporate extended enterprise and is a leading LMS for association-driven professional education programs. Award-winning Freestone, Community Brands’ live event learning platform, is a leading platform for live learning event capture, Webinars, Webcasts, and on-demand streaming. 

In recent years, there’s been a significant surge in the level of investment flowing into educational technology companies. And with no signs of this letting up in the near future, it’s an investment niche that’s critical to the market for lifelong learning. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Jeff talks with Ian Chiu, managing director at <a href="http://www.owlvc.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Owl Ventures</a>, one of the firms leading a wave of investment in educational technology companies. They talk about everything from the basics of venture capital, to successful business models in the current learning landscape. They also discuss trends that Ian sees shaping the future of edtech and lifelong learning. Full show notes available at <a href="https://www.leadinglearning.com/episode186" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.leadinglearning.com/episode186</a>.  We are grateful to our sponsors for this quarter, Community Brands and WBT Systems. <a href="https://www.leadinglearning.com/wbt" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">WBT Systems</a> develops the industry-leading TopClass LMS, which delivers transformative professional development experiences for education and certification programs. With a single point of support from in-house integration experts, TopClass LMS easily integrates with a wide variety of systems to provide efficient administration an<a href="https://www.leadinglearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/WBT_Systems.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>d a unified learning experience. WBT supports organizations in using learning technology to help drive growth in membership, increase revenues, and enhance the learning experience. WBT believes in truly understanding your challenges and partnering with you to ensure the success of your education programs. <a href="https://www.leadinglearning.com/communitybrands" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Community Brands</a> provides a suite of cloud-based software for organizations to engage and grow relationships with the individuals they serve, including association management software, learning m<a href="https://www.leadinglearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/communitybrands-stacked.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>anagement software, job board software, and event management software. Community Brands’ award-winning Crowd Wisdom learning platform is among the world’s best LMSes for corporate extended enterprise and is a leading LMS for association-driven professional education programs. Award-winning Freestone, Community Brands’ live event learning platform, is a leading platform for live learning event capture, Webinars, Webcasts, and on-demand streaming.

186: Venturing into the EdTech Market with Ian Chiu