Arcadia Partners (Arcadia), is the leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on the for-profit education and training industry. We invest in young and promising companies, each of which has come up with a unique learning solution to satisfy the growing demand for education and training resources in today's knowledge-based economy.
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Arcadia was established in 1998 by Liam S. Donohue and Andrew W. Hallowell. We currently have a capital base of approximately $50 million. We have completed over 18 investments and we are proud to be associated with companies that are at the forefront of the dynamic education and training industry.

Our Principals bring in over 31 years of combined experience as principal investors and financial advisors and, individually, have executed transactions in the for-profit education industry, service industries and industries in transition. Our team works hard to uphold our commitment to helping our portfolio companies realize their business potential. Our seasoned Arcadia Partners is focused exclusively on the $100+ billion for-profit education and training industry. We make investments primarily in privately-held companies with enterprise values ranging from $1 million to $150 million, regardless of the stage of development. Companies of interest to Arcadia include, but are not limited to, those that provide: Early-education programs and materials; K-12 educational content, tutoring, counseling and test preparation services, information management systems and related software; Post-secondary management services, loan administration and financing services, affinity marketing and content and information management systems; Corporate training products and services, workforce performance software, technical and performance improvement training content and services; Consumer education products and services in areas including self-improvement, healthcare, lifelong learning and literacy; Non-traditional applications of educational approaches that will emerge from on-going structural change in areas such as marketing, health care and security.