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James Tieng

Education growth investor

New York, New York

Overview 

James Tieng is a highly accomplished education growth investor currently serving as the Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Lumos Capital Group in New York, New York. With an MBA from Harvard Business School and a background in private equity, his career highlights include serving on the boards of numerous education-focused companies and leveraging his expertise in financial modeling, due diligence, and corporate development to drive strategic growth and investment opportunities in the sector.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner & Co-Founder

    2019 - Current

    Growth equity focused on education and human capital development.

Lumos Capital Group is an investment firm that invests in the industry of investment of human capital.

  • Board Member

    2023

    Helping students and their K-12 communities to develop safe, responsible, and proficient digital skills.

  • Board Member

    2023

    High-impact virtual tutoring to accelerate student achievement.

  • Board Member

    2020

    Transforming lives for the digital economy.

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2025

    Digital learning platform for aspiring healthcare professionals

OnlineMedEd is a digital health care learning platform designed for medical students and health professionals.

Raised $29,999,999.00 from Lumos Capital Group.

  • Board Observer

    2020 - 2021

    Improving outcomes for English Language Learners.

Ellevation is a web-based software platform specifically designed for ELL educators and the English learners.

Raised $37,449,795.00 from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Rethink Education, Reach Capital and Omidyar Network.

  • Board Observer

    2018 - 2018

    Building an education intelligence platform

By providing innovative technology you can trust, Watermark empowers institutions with better data to improve learning.

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2017

    Delivering technology solutions that simplify research administration across higher education and related institutions so that the world’s brightest minds can focus on discovery, not paperwork.

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2017

    Strengthening curriculum management across K-12 schools globally.

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2017

    Improving student learning and institutional quality with proven, reliable, and user-friendly assessment management and e-portfolio solutions and supporting services.

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