Chris Curran

Chris Curran is CEO and Managing Partner of Tyton Partners, an education-focused investment banking and strategy consulting firm, which he co-founded. Across some 25 years in education investing, banking, consulting, operations and policy, he has initiated, negotiated, managed or invested in more than $20 billion in transactions spanning the preK-12, postsecondary, corporate training, human capital and technology and media markets. He previously led the Education and Training practice at the investment bank Berkery Noyes and was a Managing Director at the research and consulting firm Eduventures. He began his career in Massachusetts state government as research and policy director for the House of Representatives and later as a chief of staff during Governor William Weld’s tenure, working on education reform, charter school funding and classroom technology. He invests in and sits on the boards of education technology growth companies, most recently Unmudl, and has chaired the Board of Trustees of Education Week. He holds a BA from St. Lawrence University, an MA in Economics from Boston University and a JD from Suffolk University Law School.