M&A Deal Summary

Advent International Acquires Learning Lab

On September 1, 2014, private equity firm Advent International acquired education company Learning Lab

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Advent International’s 3rd transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Advent International’s 2nd transaction in Singapore.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-09-01
Target Learning Lab
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Advent International
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Learning Lab

Singapore, Singapore
Learning Lab is a provider of K-12 academic enrichment and tutorial services. Learning Lab was founded in 2001 and is based in Singapore.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 91.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 214 of 353
Sector: Education M&A 3 of 5
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 129 of 156
Country: Singapore M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2014 M&A 7 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-27 Grupo Cataratas

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Grupo Cataratas is the Largest concessionaire and operator of services in national parks in Brazil. The company offers ticketing services, transportation, parking facilities, retail stores, food and beverage, and other services at two of the country’s most important national parks, Iguaçu National Park, in the south of Brazil, and the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, in the northeast of Brazil. Grupo Cataratas was founded in 1998 and is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-16 MEDIAN

Berlin, Germany

MEDIAN is a clinic operator of hospitals and rehabilitation facilities with more than 9,000 beds in 19 locations. MEDIAN was founded in 1967 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

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