This is the executive summary of my research on Social Impact Assessment in Edtech Investments

1. IMPACT MEASUREMENT IN EDTECH
INVESTMENTS
By SEMiH ERSÖZ

2. INVESTMENT FOCUS
IMPACT & PROFIT
Would you compromise financial
return over social impact?
TARGET
Geography, market segment,
company stage, technology…
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3. * This perceptual map is built based on the public data and interviews.
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4. IMPACT REQUIREMENTS FOR INVESTORS
ALIGNMENT BETWEEN
COMMERCIAL & IMPACT
ACTIVITIES
COMMITMENT TO
SOCIAL IMPACT
ALIGNMENT WITH THE
INVESTOR’s FOCUS
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5. TARGET
IMPACT
OUTCOMES
Developing 21st
Century Skills
Equality /
Accessibility in
Education
Improving
Learning
Outcomes
Increasing
efficiency of
using education
resources
Increasing
employability
Improving the
physical and
mental well-
being
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6. IMPACT FOCUS OF SOME EDTECH FUNDS
“We invest in entrepreneurs shaping the future of education.”
EduCapital
“Closing the Opportunity Gap: Empowering educators and families. Inspiring children.”
Reach Capital
“We target companies grounded in rigorous pedagogy with strong business models, and proven
product-market fit to ensure that they can scale.”
Rethink Education
“We invest in innovations that improve educational attainment, employability and overall wellbeing
of the young people in the UK.”
Nesta
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7. “We are a national nonprofit venture philanthropy working to reimagine public education”
NewSchools Venture Fund
“We back entrepreneurs with solutions that seek to meaningfully drive improvement in student
achievement.”
Owl Ventures
“Create greater student engagement, make teachers and administrators more efficient so they can
focus on teaching (not so that we can reduce the number of teachers).”
The Edtech Fund
“By focusing on improving student learning outcomes, we can begin to address some of the
greatest and most persistent unmet needs in education around the world.”
Omidyar Network
IMPACT FOCUS OF OTHER FUNDS
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8. SOCIAL IMPACT MODEL IN EDTECH
TOTAL SCALE
Edtech
Solution
UNDERSERVED
POPULATION
PRODUCT
QUALITY
IMPLEMENTATION
QUALITY
CONTRIBUTION TO
INTENDED OUTCOME
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9. SOCIAL IMPACT MODEL IN EDTECH
TOTAL SCALE
Edtech
Solution
UNDERSERVED
POPULATION
PRODUCT
QUALITY
IMPLEMENTATION
QUALITY
CONTRIBUTION TO
INTENDED OUTCOME
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• Pedagogy
• Technology
• User Experience
• Quality of Learning Assessment
• Quality of Evidence
• Depth of Impact
• Definition of underserved
• Level of Importance of the
Intervention
• Number of end beneficiary
• User engagement
• Clarity of contextual factors
(Structural & Human-centric)

10. WHY
MEASURING
IMPACT?
1
Financial
Return
Social impact metrics show
sustainable financial return
potential
2
IMPACT
MANAGEMENT
Based on the mission, metrics
are used to understand and
improve social impact
3
EXTERNAL
REPORTING
Communicating the
current/potential impact to
various stakeholders
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11. THANK YOU!
By SEMiH ERSÖZ
smh.ersoz@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/semih-ersoz/en