Investment Summary

Boathouse Capital and Graycliff Partners Invest In Guidewell Education

On May 2, 2022, private equity firms Boathouse Capital and Graycliff Partners invested in education company Guidewell Education

Investment Highlights
  • This is Boathouse Capital’s 2nd and Graycliff Partners’ 4th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Boathouse Capital’s 49th and Graycliff Partners’ 58th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Boathouse Capital’s 6th and Graycliff Partners’ 7th transaction in California.

Investment Summary

Date 2022-05-02
Target Guidewell Education
Sector Education
Investor(s) Boathouse Capital
Graycliff Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Guidewell Education

Sacramento, California, United States
Guidewell Education operates educational services companies that provide academic preparedness, enrichment opportunities and consulting services across multiple companies in the U.S. and United Kingdom. Guidewell Education is based in Sacramento, California.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Boathouse Capital

Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2008
PE ASSETS 2.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Boathouse Capital is a provider of mezzanine and equity capital to lower middle-market companies in a variety of industries. The Firm works in partnership with management teams and private equity firms in funding private equity sponsored buyouts, management buyouts, recapitalizations, refinancings, and growth capital financings. Boathouse can commit up to $25 million per transaction and generally pursues companies with 'exceptional' management, sustainable competitive advantages, growing end markets, 'sticky' business models, and diversified customers. Boathouse seeks companies with at least $10 million in revenues and at least $5 million of EBITDA. Boathouse is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 49 of 52
Sector: Education M&A 2 of 2
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 36 of 39
State: California M&A 6 of 7
Country: United States M&A 49 of 52
Year: 2022 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-22 PolySign

Oakland, California, United States

PolySign provides infrastructure that enables institutions to secure and transact in digital assets across the capital markets and payments sectors. Polysign’s proprietary, private blockchain technology is foundational to the development of digital asset infrastructure with groundbreaking security supporting storage, transaction and digital payments. PolySign is based in Oakland, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-01-04 Network for Good

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Network for Good provides small nonprofits and partners with an all-in-one fundraising platform and support services needed to execute modern, results-oriented fundraising campaigns. Network for Good is based in Washington DC.

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Investor

Graycliff Partners

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1991
PE ASSETS 1.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Graycliff Partners is a private equity firm focused on private equity and mezzanine investments in middle-market companies throughout the US. The Firm's mezzanine practice does not have any sector preferences and looks to invest $10 to $50 million in profitable companies with at least $10 million in revenue. Funds are used to support buyouts, growth needs, divestitures, or consolidations. Graycliff's private equity group looks to acquire middle-market companies in the manufacturing, service, and distribution sectors. The Firm looks for businesses with $10 to $200 million of revenue. Graycliff Partners was established in 1991 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 63 of 79
Sector: Education M&A 4 of 5
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 14 of 22
State: California M&A 7 of 8
Country: United States M&A 58 of 74
Year: 2022 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-18 Landmark Structures

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Landmark Structures is a specialty engineering, contracting company and manufacturer that designs, fabricates, installs, and services elevated water storage tanks. Landmark Structures was founded in 1974 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-05-16 PTS

Lehi, Utah, United States

PTS is one of the largest private, post-secondary educators providing phlebotomy training and certification in the United States. With 72 campuses across 29 states and growing, the company offers hands-on instruction to students working in or seeking work in the healthcare sector. PTS was founded in 1993 and is based in Lehi, Utah.

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