Vistria’s Andréa Poldoian: Skills gap drives high demand for edtech

PE Hub ’s Outlook series of Q&As featuring insights from private equity thought leaders continues with Andréa Poldoian , a partner on the knowledge and learning solutions team at The Vistria Group .

Based in Chicago, Vistria invests in mid-market companies in education, healthcare, financial services and housing. Among Vistria’s portfolio companies in the knowledge and learning category are The Gardner School, an early childhood education provider headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee; and Education Solutions Services (ESS), a literacy curriculum provider for students pre-K through high school headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Recently, PE Hub?caught up with Poldoian to learn more about her dealmaking highlights for this year, her 2025 outlook and why the education market, particularly the pre-K subsector, has been so attractive to Vistria.

Read the full interview here .

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