2020 Mid-Year Update
Dear Friends and Colleagues, We hope this message finds you and your family healthy and well and rejuvenated from the long holiday weekend. This July 4th was like no-other, void of the traditional parties and parades, yet offering its own unique opportunity to find meaning and reflection as our country commemorated its independence. As some of […]
Shoshana Vernick Contributes to Bizwomen
Avathon Capital Co-Founder Shoshana Vernick offers her thoughts on what organizations can do in the face of crisis. For her perspective on adaptability, resilience and action, read more with Bizwomen.
Shoshana Vernick of Avathon named to 2020 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions named Shoshana Vernick to its list of the 2020 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A. Read the interview here.
Avathon Capital Launches with Over $400 Million of Assets Under Management to Fuel Innovation and Impact in the Education and Workforce Management Markets
Sterling Partners’ Education Opportunity Fund Becomes Avathon Capital to Better Communicate its Vision and Investment Approach CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Education Opportunity Fund (“EOF”) has become Avathon Capital (“Avathon”), an investment platform committed to fostering innovation and impact across the education and workforce management markets. Led by EOF Co-Founders and Managing Directors Chris Hoehn-Saric, Shoshana Vernick and Jason Rosenberg, […]
Newsletter: Aug. 13, 2019
Dear Friends & Colleagues, It’s hard to believe that in a couple short weeks most students will be back in school and summer break will be winding down. Here in Chicago we live our best months June to October and cherish each day of sunshine and warmth. We hope you found time for reflection, sport, […]
Newsletter: May 17, 2019
Dear Friends, We are excited to share with you that Sterling Partners’ Education Opportunity Fund (EOF) has invested in Reading Plus®, an adaptive literacy intervention and practice tool for grades 3-12. Our partnership will enable Reading Plus to expand its best-in-class customer success operations, explore technology enhancements, and further develop its sales and marketing functions. […]
McGuireWoods Profiles Shoshana Vernick for its “Women in PE to Know”
Read the interview here.
Newsletter: Dec. 10, 2018
Dear Friends & Colleagues, It’s hard to believe that in a couple short weeks 2018 will come to a close. Fiscally, it’s been a banner year for many organizations as the economic expansion eclipses the nine-year mark, the labor markets remain strong, and M&A activity continues in velocity and volume. However, here at home and […]
Newsletter: Dec. 3, 2018
Dear Friends, We are excited to share with you that Sterling Partners’ Education Opportunity Fund (EOF) has invested in Big Blue Marble Academy (BBMA), a growing early childhood education organization that operates twenty-two community-based schools and six public elementary after school programs in South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and Texas. We look forward to supporting […]
Newsletter: July 24, 2018
Dear Friends, We are excited to announce the sale of our portfolio company The National Research Center for College & University Admissions (NRCCUA®) to ACT, Inc., the nonprofit developer of the ACT® test and other assessments taken by millions of individuals annually worldwide. NRCCUA is an educational research organization that links high school students to their “best-fit” college […]