ECMC Group

ECMC Group

ECMC Group was established in 1994 as a nonprofit student loan guarantor agency. Dan Fisher leads the organization as President and CEO while Greg Van Guilder serves as Chief Investment Officer. The firm originated from the Federal Family Education Loan Program and continues to focus on education finance and student success programs. The firm allocates across venture capital, secondaries, and credit strategies. Confirmed positions through the Education Impact Fund include BoodleBox, Kollegio, Stepful, YouScience, Be My Eyes, Backflip, Interplay Learning, Kyron Learning, and Springboard. Additional holdings encompass term loans to Performant Financial Corporation and equity positions in AEye and Local Bounti. Geographic exposure centers on the United States with select global holdings through platform software investments. Capital is deployed via direct co-investments, SPVs, and fund commitments rather than broad market indexes. The organization employs 1301 professionals and maintains its headquarters in Minneapolis. It owns multiple career college campuses in Tampa, Houston, and Atlanta through ECMC Education, Inc. The ECMC Foundation operates as an adjacent philanthropic vehicle with a national focus on underserved student populations. In March 2026 ECMC Group sponsored the EIF Catalyst 2026 Cohort on education and workforce startups. ECMC Group maintains a hybrid structure that combines a federal loan guaranty franchise with an active venture allocation program. This architecture allows the nonprofit to recycle program revenues into both grantmaking and direct equity investments without external limited partner capital.