Add-on Acquisition • Education

Afya Acquires UNIGRANRIO

On May 27, 2021, Afya acquired education company UNIGRANRIO for 700M BRL

Acquisition Context
  • This is Afya’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Afya’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Afya’s 6th transaction in Brazil.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date May 27, 2021
Target UNIGRANRIO
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Afya
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 700M BRL

Target Company

UNIGRANRIO

Duque de Caxias, Brazil
UNIGRANRIO is a post-secondary education institution with government authorization to offer on-campus, undergraduate medical, and health-related courses in the state of Rio de Janeiro and has the best academic quality among for-profit universities in the state. UNIGRANRIO is based in Duque de Caxias, Brazil.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Afya

Nova Lima, Brazil

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Education
Employees5,260
Revenue 3.3B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Afya is an operator of medical education group based on the number of medical school seats, delivering an end-to-end physician-centric ecosystem that serves and empowers students and physicians to transform their ambitions into rewarding lifelong experiences from the moment of joining as medical students through medical residency preparation, graduation program, continuing medical education activities and their daily practices with digital products. Afya was founded in 1999 and is based in Nova Lima, Brazil.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 6 of 10
Sector: Education 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition 5 of 9
Country: Brazil 6 of 10
Year: 2021 5 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-13 Shosp

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Shosp is a clinical management software that offers all functionalities needed for clinics all over Brazil to manage their financials, patients appointments, medical records, marketing, and others. Shosp is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-03-04 Alem da Medicina

Brazil

Alem da Medicina is a medical content online platform for physicians and medical students that provides educational tools besides technical medical content that can assist them throughout their careers. Its robust content includes mentoring for residency, soft skills, finance, accounting, and investment basics for physicians.

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