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M&A Deal Summary

Arco Acquires Mentes

On February 3, 2022, Arco acquired education company Mentes from Pearson

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Arco’s 3rd transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Arco’s 3rd transaction in Brazil.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-02-03
Target Mentes
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Arco
Sellers(s) Pearson
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Mentes

Brazil
Mentes is a K-12 supplemental solution focused on 21st-century skills (social-emotional learning, financial literacy, and technology).

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Arco

Sao Paulo, Brazil
Category Company
Founded 1941
Sector Education
Employees2,746
Revenue 1.8B BRL (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Arco provides hundreds of thousands of students' education services. Arco's data-driven learning methodology, proprietary adaptable curriculum, interactive hybrid content, and pedagogical services allow students to personalize their learning experience while enabling schools to thrive. Arco was founded in 1941 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Education) 3 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
Country (Brazil) 3 of 4
Year (2022) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-02-03 PSG

Brazil

PSG is a K-12 bilingual courseware and teaching methodology. PSG was created with the mission of inspiring people to progress in their lives through bilingual multicultural education and enabling access to different worldviews.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-06 isaac

Sao Paulo, Brazil

isaac is a provider of vertical platform to address schools’ overarching needs with software and financial solutions, having started by tackling working capital management issues. isaac was founded in 2010 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Pearson

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1844
Sector Publishing
Employees17,612
Revenue 3.7B GBP (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Pearson office in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Pearson office in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Pearson is a multinational publishing and education company. Pearson combines educational content and assessment, powered by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalized learning at scale. Pearson was founded in 1844 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 16
Sector (Education) 4 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 13 of 15
Country (Brazil) 2 of 2
Year (2022) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-02-03 PSG

Brazil

PSG is a K-12 bilingual courseware and teaching methodology. PSG was created with the mission of inspiring people to progress in their lives through bilingual multicultural education and enabling access to different worldviews.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-29 Mondly

Brasov, Romania

Mondly is a global online language learning platform offering consumers high-quality learning in English and 40 other languages via its app, website, virtual reality, and augmented reality products. The company delivers language courses for both professional and personal learning in a combination of more than 1300 language pairs and is consistently ranked as one of the highest-rated educational language apps in the app store. It also offers enterprise solutions through MondlyWORKS and has built an award-winning app that helps children learn languages – MondlyKIDS. Mondly was formed in 2013 and is based in Brasov, Romania.

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