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StepEx

StepEx provides outcome-based student finance using future earnings rather than debt.


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Christhi Theiss

Christhi Theiss

Head of BBVA Anthemis Venture Partnership

Christhi brings investment and board experience from roles at BBVA and Atempo Growth.


Recent investments

Pre-Seed
£1.1M

The pre-seed round was backed by BBVA Anthemis Venture Partnership and Triple Point Ventures to fund platform development and team expansion.

"Finance for postgraduate and technical qualifications is outdated and prohibitive. The best courses are too expensive for the vast majority of potential students, and the costs are not covered by Government loans. The Student Loans Company loses 80p for every £1 it lends – a public finance model simply isn’t viable when half of Masters graduates go on to earn less than the UK average so would never repay the loan. Debt is a poor solution to this problem, with lending terms based on past income, which restricts opportunity for younger and less wealthy individuals and limits upward social mobility. Outcome-based finance fixes this and opens up enormous economic opportunities for people who would otherwise be priced out of the kind of courses that unlock significantly higher earning potential."
— Daniel George, Founder and CEO