Stuart Ellis

Stuart Ellis is the founder of Charter School Capital. Charter School Capital has raised $67M in total funding. Latest round: Series B.

About Stuart Ellis

Stuart Ellis co-founded Charter School Capital in 2006 alongside Brad Coburn. The Portland, Oregon-based company specialized in purchasing future state funding receivables from charter schools to provide them with immediate liquidity. Ellis served as President and CEO and invested 50% of his personal net worth into the startup. By the time of its bankruptcy filing in 2025, Charter School Capital had deployed approximately $3 billion in funding to over 900 schools.

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