Detroit-based private equity house Rockbridge Growth Equity has backed childhood education centre provider The Nest Schools. The post ‘Play-based’ education provider Nest Schools gets Rockbridge Growth Equity backing first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Tech-focused private equity giant Francisco Partners has agreed to carve out business software major SAP's learning management system business Litmos. The post Francisco Partners follows giant Fund VII raise with SAP Litmos carve-out first appeared
Infrastructure investment major Stonepeak has agreed a €1bn minority investment in buyout-backed private school business Inspired Education Group. The post Stonepeak seals €1bn minority investment in PE-backed private school business Inspired Education Group first appeared on
Francisco Partners has agreed to sell a majority stake in edtech business Discovery Education to fellow private equity house Clearlake Capital. The post Clearlake Capital buys majority stake in Francisco Partners portfolio business Discovery Education
Veritas Capital is bidding to take £2.3bn Nasdaq-listed Houghton Mifflin Harcourt private, Bloomberg reported. The post Veritas looking to take $2.3bn educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt private – report first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity
Knowledge economy-focused private equity house Attain Capital Partners has picked up a minority stake in education and workforce consulting business Safal Partners. The post Attain Capital Partners pick up stake in education, workforce consulting firm
Onex Corp has tapped its $7.2bn Fund V to buy education software provider Tes Global from Providence Equity Partners. The post Onex’ $7.2bn Fund V almost 80% invested after firm agrees Tes Global buyout from
Global investment firm KKR has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Southeast Asian private educator Taylor's Education Group. The post KKR to buy a minority stake in Taylor’s Education Group aiming for regional expansion
Hot on the heels of almost tripling its AUM with a $180m Fund II close earlier this year, GSV Ventures is already in the market looking to raise up to $300m for its successor vehicle.
Leeds Equity has surged past the hard cap for its seventh flagship private equity raise to reach a $1.4bn final close for the fund. The post Leeds Equity beats hard cap with $1.4bn Fund VII
Learning and training-focused private equity house Renovus Capital Partners has backed higher education marketing, enrolment management and student success coaching business EducationDynamics. The post Renovus Capital backs college marketing, enrolment services specialist EducationDynamics first appeared
Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners have completed a buyout of higher education tech software provider Ellucian from fellow private equity houses TPG and Leonard Green & Partners. The post Blackstone, Vista buy Ellucian from private
Global asset management firm Tiger Global Management has invested $200m into GoGuardian, bringing the EdTech company’s valuation to $1bn. The post Tiger Global deploys $200m into newly crowned unicorn GoGuardian first appeared on AltAssets Private
Buyout giant Blackstone has agreed to pick up a controlling stake in Indian online learning "bootcamp" Simplilearn Solutions. The post Blackstone agrees first Asian consumer tech deal by backing online learning ‘bootcamp’ Simplilearn first appeared
Vistria Group has sealed a powerful return to fundraising by striking a $2.68bn hard cap final close for its fourth flagship fund, just 18 months after closing its predecessor vehicle. The post Obama campaign treasurer
Oakley Capital has sealed a better than 2x return selling French and Spanish vocational higher education platform ACE. The post Oakley Capital set for 2.1x return exiting ACE after four years of bolt-on success first
Education tech investor Reach Capital has hit a $165m final close for its third fund, more than twice the total it raised for its predecessor vehicle.
Ridgemont Equity Partners has made a growth investment in Softdocs, an enterprise content management software provider for the higher education and K-12 markets.
Private equity major Bain Capital's impact investing arm has backed TeachTown, a provider of evidence-based education curriculum software for students with special needs.
Europe's Montagu Private Equity has agreed to acquire the Education Software Solutions business of Capita plc alongside an investment in ParentPay Group.
