Wed, Mar 22
|Zoom Conversation
Tess Michaels raised $170M to impact students' lives with Education funding.
Tess Michaels is the founder and CEO of Stride Funding, a fintech company with $170M in debt & equity funding, which is creating a big impact in the world of education with alternative financing solutions for students.
Time & Location
Mar 22, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
Zoom Conversation
About The Event
Join our host Alejandro and the Techstars alumni tech founder community at this conversation with our special guest Tess Michaels, Founder and CEO of Stride Funding / raised $170M to impact students' lives with Education funding.
Guest Background
Tess Michaels is the Founder and CEO of Stride Funding, a venture-backed fintech company that offers more flexible alternatives to traditional student loans via Deferred Tuition Agreements (DTAs) and income share agreements (ISAs). She founded Stride from a student-first perspective as an MBA at Harvard Business School. She is a serial entrepreneur that successfully exited her previous company while completing her BS & BA degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. Tess worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and in private equity at Vista Equity Partners. Tess is also recognized as a member of Forbes’ 30 Under 30.
Our conversations take place over a Zoom call, not a webinar, so there is space to share experiences and ask for advice. The event will be carried out as a fireside chat for 30 minutes plus a 20 minute Q&A.