Fundraising advisory for edtech startups

Raising funds in edtech requires balance: between impact and performance, mission and metrics

Investors want to back meaningful innovation, but they still expect a solid structure, clear scalability, and responsible governance.

At dups, we help edtech founders raise capital smarter. Our integrated legal and financial team structures your fundraising from strategy to closing, making sure your deal reflects both your educational mission and your growth ambitions. Whether you're scaling a B2B learning platform, building digital tools for schools, or developing a new model of corporate training, we align your capital structure with your purpose.

Why edtech fundraising requires precision

Education technology sits at the crossroads of regulation, pedagogy, and tech. You deal with sensitive user data, institutional clients, and investors who care as much about social impact as about financial returns.

The challenge is to present your business as both credible and ethical: a company with a viable model and a responsible approach. Investors want clarity on revenue predictability, user growth, licensing, and data governance. They expect clean documentation and transparent ownership structures. Our job is to make that balance explicit. We ensure that your financial story and legal framework reinforce your mission, rather than slowing your round down.

A pragmatic approach to capital raising

We begin by understanding your product, target audience, and growth model (SaaS, licensing, or hybrid). Together, we define your funding strategy: how much to raise, from whom, and under what terms. We build valuation models that capture both financial and impact value, helping you articulate a story investors can believe in.

Once the groundwork is set, we prepare your investment materials: pitch deck, memo, and data room. Everything is structured to highlight your traction, retention metrics, and scalability. We also review your governance and compliance posture, especially if you manage learner data or work with public institutions.

As you engage with investors, we help negotiate your term sheet, model dilution, and align governance with your long-term control. Our role is to translate investor terms into plain financial impact, so you always know the trade-offs before signing.

Finally, we manage your documentation and closing: drafting or reviewing investment agreements, setting up SAFEs or convertibles if needed, and coordinating signatures and fund transfers. One integrated process, one accountable team.

Who we work with

We advise a wide range of education-focused startups, from early-stage edtech founders to mature platforms scaling internationally. Some deliver digital classrooms and learning management systems. Others focus on B2B upskilling, adaptive learning, or education data analytics. We also work with hybrid models: education SaaS products backed by institutional or impact investors.

In every case, our approach is pragmatic: we combine financial clarity with legal precision, so your mission translates into a deal investors respect and understand.

What makes dups different

Most advisors approach edtech fundraising as a typical SaaS transaction. We don't. We understand the dual logic of your industry: the need to prove growth while maintaining trust.

Our team combines experience in regulated sectors, tech valuation, and impact finance. We speak both languages: the one of investors who assess performance, and the one of founders who build with purpose.

At dups, legal and financial advisors work as one team. This means your valuation, your governance, and your legal documentation evolve together, not in silos. That integration saves time, reduces friction, and delivers a round that closes smoothly.

Deliverables you can expect

We deliver a full investment readiness package, including your financial model, valuation scenarios, investor memo, and reviewed legal documentation. We manage your term sheet negotiation, draft or review your shareholders' agreement, and coordinate closing logistics.

For startups working with public clients or cross-border investors, we also align compliance and regulatory frameworks early in the process. Every deliverable is designed to accelerate your fundraising, not to complicate it.