Jeff Jaekle

A dynamic team of passionate and driven leaders, united by the shared goal of creating a brighter future through impactful investments.

Kira Talent is the world’s only holistic admissions solution designed for higher education. Kira transforms the admissions process by combining on-demand, timed video and timed written assessments with existing admissions requirements. Kira works with over 600 programs worldwide to build applicant-first assessments that identify and select their best-fit students. Kira enhances the existing application by integrating effective, efficient, and fair digital assessments into your school’s existing systems to create a more streamlined admissions process. Working at Kira: At Kira, we are solving complex problems in higher education by building elegant products that are easy to use. We’re a lean, highly-collaborative team who take on big challenges and work quickly and cross-functionally to achieve success for schools and applicants. If you’re an entrepreneurial, startup type, you’re gonna love it here. At Kira, we strive to remain an open, honest, and fun place to work that is shaped by the people within it. We are committed to building and supporting talent that reflects our diverse culture.

A dynamic team of passionate and driven leaders, united by the shared goal of creating a brighter future through impactful investments.

Our mission is to enrich lives through innovation in education and wellness. We do this by partnering with entrepreneurial leaders seeking greater resources to reach their lofty goals. They need capital to support growth but demand more. They settle for nothing less than an engaged, experienced, and value-added partner. With Maxim, they get results. By leveraging our decades of experience, operational expertise, and extensive networks, we become a catalyst for meaningful and positive change.

Kira Talent is the world’s only holistic admissions solution designed for higher education. Kira transforms the admissions process by combining on-demand, timed video and timed written assessments with existing admissions requirements. Kira works with over 600 programs worldwide to build applicant-first assessments that identify and select their best-fit students. Kira enhances the existing application by integrating effective, efficient, and fair digital assessments into your school’s existing systems to create a more streamlined admissions process. Working at Kira: At Kira, we are solving complex problems in higher education by building elegant products that are easy to use. We’re a lean, highly-collaborative team who take on big challenges and work quickly and cross-functionally to achieve success for schools and applicants. If you’re an entrepreneurial, startup type, you’re gonna love it here. At Kira, we strive to remain an open, honest, and fun place to work that is shaped by the people within it. We are committed to building and supporting talent that reflects our diverse culture.

ETS Capital was launched as the investment arm of ETS to pursue equity investments, strategic growth partnerships and mergers/acquisitions with innovative companies of strategic value around the world. ETS maintains significant Assets Under Management (AUM) with access to capital for strategic equity investments, growth partnerships or acquisitions. Our portfolio and partner companies benefit from our relationship with ETS and its capabilities in Assessments (e.g., cognitive and non-cognitive), R&D, Global Distribution and Innovative Technologies, including natural language processing and automated tech-enabled services.