Nelson Education
1120 Birchmount Road, Toronto, ON, M1K 5G4, Canada
Overview
Nelson Education Ltd. is Canada’s leading educational publisher providing innovative products and solutions for learners of all ages. Nelson values and respects the life long learning continuum and dedicates its business efforts to the diverse learning needs of students and educators alike. In addition to its English language publishing, Nelson also supports French Language learning markets through Groupe Modulo, its Quebec based publishing business. Nelson Education Ltd. is active in Canada’s K-12, Higher Education, Professional Learning and Business, Industry & Government markets. Our success now and in the future is based on our strong partnerships and ongoing relationships with educators across the country. Together, we are making a positive difference in the lives of Canadians, by producing the highest quality educational product and services. Nelson Education Ltd. is owned by OMERS Capital Partners and certain funds of APAX Partners and enjoys a strong relationship with Cengage Learning, our US affiliate company. Cengage Learning is a highly respected US academic & professional publisher. OMERS is a multi-employer pension plan established in 1962 and is one of the largest and most sophisticated asset management entities in Canada. As one of Canada’s largest pension plans, OMERS provides services to approximately 372,000 active and retired members and almost 900 employers. APAX is one of the world’s leading private equity investment groups. It operates across Europe, the United States and Asia and has more than 30 years of investing experience. Apax funds invest in companies across its global sectors of media, technology and telecommunications, retail and consumer, healthcare and financial and business services.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 2
Sector focus
- B2C
- EdTech
- Education
- Language Learning
- Primary Education
- Publishing
- Secondary Education
Investment portfolio
- Knowledgehook
Participated · Series A · Oct 2020
Knowledgehook is an AI-enabled mathematics learning platform that provides district-wide math improvement tools for teachers, students and parents. Its platform scales anytime, anywhere professional learning to build teacher capacity and delivers curriculum-aligned content in English, French and Spanish. The proprietary technology uses data to track each student’s progress, provide real-time insights on learning gaps, and help teachers adjust instruction and monitor student progress. The company partners with global education brands and research institutions and collaborates with Ministries and Departments of Education as well as individual school districts. Knowledgehook currently empowers educators across more than 100,000 schools. The company intends to use the funds from the recent round to expand operations and broaden its business reach. Knowledgehook provides a data-driven platform that surfaces which math concepts students are struggling with, diagnoses why, and suggests how teachers can support individual learners. Its software is used by teachers across North America and is deployed in more than 75% of Ontario school boards and over 300 U.S. school districts. In 2016 the platform generated more than 6,000 recommendations to help teachers close students' learning gaps. The company says the new financing will fund the platform’s expansion into global markets, with planned entries including the United Kingdom and Australia. Knowledgehook has received recognition such as Google’s Game Changer Award (May 2016) and was named BNN’s Top Disruptor. The company was founded in 2014 and has benefited from mentorship programs at Communitech and the Accelerator Centre as well as funding from the Ontario Centres for Excellence.