M&A Deal Summary

Vitru Acquires Unicesumar

On August 23, 2021, Vitru acquired education company Unicesumar

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vitru’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Vitru’s 1st transaction in Brazil.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-08-23
Target Unicesumar
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Vitru
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Unicesumar

Maringa, Brazil
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Unicesumar is a fast-growing higher education institution in Brazil focused on the distance learning market, founded 30 years ago in Maringá/PR and led by the Matos Family since then. As of March 31, 2021, it had 760 hubs and 331 thousand students, including 314 thousand in digital education. According to the latest INEP higher education census released in Sept. 2020 by the Brazilian Ministry of Education (Ministério da Educação), or MEC, Uniasselvi and Unicesumar were respectively the #1 and #2 fastest-growing institutions in the Brazilian private digital education market. Unicesumar also enjoys a sizeable presence in health-related on-campus courses, particularly Medicine, with more than 1,600 students in 348 current medical seats1 that are still ramping up (with potential for 50 additional seats in the near future). Unicesumar is based in Maringa, Brazil.

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Buyer

Vitru

Florianopolis, Brazil

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Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Education
Revenue 1.3B BRL (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Vitru is an entity which operates as a distance learning education company in the postsecondary digital education market in Brazil. Its courses comprise primary pedagogy, business administration, accounting, physical education, vocational, engineering, and health-related courses. Vitru was founded in 2014 and is based in Florianopolis, Brazil.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Education) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
Country (Brazil) 1 of 2
Year (2021) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-02 Rede Enem

Florianópolis, Brazil

Rede Enem is a platform that provides free content through an ecosystem that includes blogs, free preparatory courses, and social media profiles. Rede Enem is based in Florianópolis, Brazil.

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