Brian Schwartz

Partner at The Vistria Group

📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2026𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Apr 2024
Summit Professional Education is a national leader in providing high quality continuing education workshops for allied health and special education professionals. • We deliver more than 2,000 Live Workshops each year across all 50 states and offer 200+ Online Courses • We provide Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, and Special Needs Educators with necessary continuing education credits to maintain professional licenses, strengthen skills, and improve lives • Our Average Customer Satisfaction is 4.7 Stars (out of 5.0) Listening to our customers is the heart of everything we do at Summit Professional Education. We ask for consumer feedback on every course, and we start every day reviewing our customer feedback from the previous day - to make sure we are meeting and exceeding our customer’s continuing education needs. The Continuing Education You Want Quality Content. Live Near You, or Online 24/7/365 See Summit-Education.com for more information. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/summitprofessionaleducation/ Twitter: @SummitEduCE YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/summitproed
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Oct 2018
An exclusive childcare company that focuses on unique curriculum to promote global learning for the next generation. Our curriculum encompasses immersion, as well as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEAM) education. Our teachers are highly trained to provide children with hands-on activities that will prepare them for nothing but success in school.
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Aug 2016
Panopto helps businesses and universities create secure, searchable video libraries of their institutional knowledge. A pioneer in video capture, storage, and search technology since 2007, Panopto serves more than 10 million end users and is trusted by Fortune 1000 companies and leading academic institutions including GE, Qualcomm, Nike, UCLA, and Yale. Headquartered in Pittsburgh with a presence in Seattle, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney, Panopto continues to receive industry recognition for its innovation, rapid growth, and company culture, and was recognized as a 2022 Best Place to Work in Washington by the Puget Sound Business Journal. For more information, visit www.panopto.com.
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Feb 2016
Our mission at Encoura® (formerly known as NRCCUA®) is to empower students and institutions to create meaningful connections so everyone can make the most informed decisions to achieve their goals. We provide custom technology solutions that combine Eduventures® thought leadership research, data science, strategic enrollment and multi-channel marketing services to serve over 2,000 higher ed institutions. We offer the nation’s largest free college and career planning program—myOptions Encourage—used by millions of high school students and educators nationwide. We encourage students to find their path and help high schools, colleges, and universities more effectively engage and guide them. For more information, visit https://www.encoura.org
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2026
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Mar 2026
An academically focused preschool for ages 6 weeks to 5 years. Since opening our first school in 2005, The Gardner School has grown to 40+ locations nationwide. Our purpose remains the same: to nurture children’s growth, curiosity, and love of learning in safe, inspiring environments. That mission starts with our team. We support teachers and staff with training, collaboration, and a positive workplace so they can create meaningful experiences for every child. Families see more than a preschool, they see a trusted commitment to early learning and community, brought to life each day by our Team Members.
2024
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Oct 2024
Our solutions ignite the power of literacy through easy-to-implement programs that are rooted in the Science of Reading. ✳️
Partner, Knowledge & Learning Solutions
Aug 2024
The Vistria Group is building a new kind of private investment firm that seeks to deliver both financial returns and societal impact. It invests in essential industries like healthcare, knowledge and learning, and financial services that deliver value for investors as well as communities, employees, and consumers. The Vistria Group works as a true partner with its portfolio companies, drawing on its deep sector knowledge, operational expertise, unique network, diverse team, and impact orientation to achieve transformational growth.
Board Member
Apr 2024
Summit Professional Education is a national leader in providing high quality continuing education workshops for allied health and special education professionals. • We deliver more than 2,000 Live Workshops each year across all 50 states and offer 200+ Online Courses • We provide Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, and Special Needs Educators with necessary continuing education credits to maintain professional licenses, strengthen skills, and improve lives • Our Average Customer Satisfaction is 4.7 Stars (out of 5.0) Listening to our customers is the heart of everything we do at Summit Professional Education. We ask for consumer feedback on every course, and we start every day reviewing our customer feedback from the previous day - to make sure we are meeting and exceeding our customer’s continuing education needs. The Continuing Education You Want Quality Content. Live Near You, or Online 24/7/365 See Summit-Education.com for more information. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/summitprofessionaleducation/ Twitter: @SummitEduCE YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/summitproed
2023
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Sep 2023
Magical Beginnings is a local child care center with six locations in Peabody, Middleton, Wakefield, Hamilton, and Essex, Massachusetts. Our goal is to blend together the close-knit feeling of a family daycare with the professional advantages of a center-based daycare. We have created a center where parents are not simply comfortable leaving their children, but they are encouraged to be involved in their child’s day. At Magical Beginnings, we know that every child is unique. We are sensitive to their social, emotional, intellectual and physical needs. We encourage children to explore and express their creativity to help strengthen their positive self-image. Here, play is an essential part of the learning process. Children will learn to interact with each other and learn to share, take turns and cooperate through play. Play and learning are inseparable companions.
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