James Tieng invests across the full range of education, from early learning to workforce training, judging companies on whether they improve outcomes, expand access, and close equity gaps, with a particular interest in apprenticeships and tools like Transfr VR that let people try out careers before committing to them. His approach is shaped by his family's own path from Bohol in the Philippines to graduate school in the U.S., his faith, and his experience serving on school boards and consulting for a charter school in New Orleans, and he says being a father keeps him focused on whether he'd actually want his own child using the products he backs.
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Education, Future of Work, HR Tech, Under-represented founders, SaaS
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Series A - Series B+
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$10M–$50M
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Lumos Capital Group is a growth-stage venture fund that focuses only on education technology, workforce development, and knowledge services companies at or above $10M in annual revenue, typically investing $10–30M checks, and its founders bring a background in education finance that includes co-founding Goldman Sachs' Education Technology and Knowledge Services practice and completing 70+ transactions worth over $50B. The firm also formalizes its impact commitments through an Impact Advisory Council and sometimes uses impact side letters with CEOs, and it explores alternative ownership models like Exit to Community that share governance with stakeholders.
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