Team

edeq‘s founder is the bridge between education philosophy and its business plan, a Doctor of Education and a Master of Finance. As a Doctor of Education, he has built, grown, and led award-winning premium schools, guiding each toward its own unique excellence. As a Master of Finance, he wrote the research thesis that makes the case for private K-12 education as an asset class in its own right. edeq’s approach draws on both: an education philosophy grounded in practice, and an investment strategy grounded in research.

Around the founder is a team whose expertise spans every element of building a school group: the investment and fund-management experience to scale and exit businesses across private equity, and the legal and operational discipline to acquire, build, and integrate schools. Beneath the partners, edeq runs a matrix leadership structure, with specialist functions including education technology, safeguarding, and educational psychology provided as fractional specialisms embedded within each school. Together the team is optimised for maximising value across the entire investment, growth, and exit horizon.

Dr Jeremy G House

Founder

BEd, MEd, EdD Positive Psychology (UCL); MBA International Business (Deakin); MSc Finance (HEC Paris)

Dr. Jeremy G House has shaped the premium education sector in Austria throughout the past 16 years, bringing unparalleled expertise and vision to educational transformation. Jeremy is the operational and educational heart of edeq. As CEO, he holds ultimate accountability for executing edeq’s strategy and representing the group to external stakeholders: investors, school communities, regulators, and accreditation bodies. His deep practitioner background in international school leadership, combined with an MBA and MSc (Finance), positions him uniquely at the intersection of educational excellence and institutional investment logic. His previous projects both compounded at double-digit growth.

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Mr Christopher Zemina

Partner

BSc Management & Economics (LSE); MA Accounting & Finance (University of St. Gallen)

Mr. Christopher Zemina is widely respected  throughout the fintech and investment spaces for his vision and clarity; strengthening the financial backbone of the companies he has built. Christopher brings institutional-grade capital markets and venture experience to edeq. A former Speedinvest Principal, co-founder and CEO of Friday Finance (acquired by Pliant), and active angel investor with 50+ portfolio companies including unicorns, Christopher is the financial architect of edeq. He oversees fund structuring, capital deployment, financial reporting, and investor relations infrastructure. His LSE and University of St. Gallen credentials (BSc Management & Economics; MA Accounting & Finance) anchor a rigorous quantitative approach to valuation and portfolio management.

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Mr Leon Langsner

Partner

Law (University of Vienna); Commodity Trading, Finance & Shipping (University of Geneva)

Mr. Leon Langsner has led high-performing operational and strategic teams in diverse contexts. He brings a structured approach to solution finding and optimisation. Leon anchors edeq’s operational build-out and strategic development function. Drawing on a decade of experience in commodity trading, operations, and consulting across Geneva, Zug, Stockholm and Vienna, he brings a rigorous commercial and process-oriented perspective to the group. Leon translates the acquisition thesis into scalable operational systems, ensuring that schools are integrated efficiently, consistently, and on plan. He works at the intersection of people, process, and commercial execution: an ideal profile for a business where operational excellence directly drives asset value.

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