EdTech Executive Search
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Teaching writing is the one thing software has never been good at.
NoRedInk builds writing and grammar curriculum for Grades 3 to 12, with personalised exercises, instructional support, and a grading assistant that helps teachers give feedback at a scale a human cannot manage alone. Founded in 2012, based in San Francisco.
the engagement
Susquehanna Growth Equity introduced 33eleven Partners to NoRedInk in 2025, through Lauren Donato, for a Chief Technology Officer search.
PLACEMENT
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A writing platform that gives feedback on student work is an AI problem wrapped in a pedagogy problem. The CTO had to be credible on both, and credible with teachers, who are the most demanding and most important users software ever gets.
Closed in 60 days. 162 executives evaluated, 5 submitted.
PARTNERSHIP INSIGHTS
60 days for a CTO, from five submitted candidates.
Susquehanna had worked with us across eleven other portfolio companies before this one, which is why the brief arrived already sharp. We were not learning what a good CTO looks like to this investor. We knew.
That is the compounding return on a sponsor relationship, and it shows up as time. A first search with a new investor takes three months of alignment before the real work starts. The twelfth takes a phone call.
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