BOSTON, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tyton Partners, the strategy consulting and investment banking firm connecting capital, innovation, and impact in education, today released its latest report, Catalytic Capital: Funding the Missing Middle in the Education-to-Workforce Ecosystem. The report, supported by World Education Services (WES) and Strada Education Foundation, sheds light on a persistent funding gap preventing scalable solutions in workforce development and calls on impact investors to embrace catalytic capital as a transformative funding strategy.
The education-to-workforce pipeline in the U.S. is fractured, leaving millions of learners and workers without viable pathways to sustainable careers. While philanthropy and market-rate investment play critical roles, they leave a “missing middle”—high-impact initiatives that fail to attract traditional funding due to their risk-return profile. Catalytic capital, which is patient, flexible, and impact-first, can bridge this gap, unlocking scalable solutions and accelerating workforce innovation.
“The urgency for new funding strategies in workforce development has never been greater,” said Andrea Mainelli, Senior Advisor at Tyton Partners. …