M&A Deal Summary

EQT Acquires Universidad Europea

On April 8, 2024, private equity firm EQT acquired education company Universidad Europea from Permira

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 7th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is EQT’s 10th transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-04-08
Target Universidad Europea
Sector Education
Buyer(s) EQT
Sellers(s) Permira
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Universidad Europea

Madrid, Spain
Universidad Europea is a network of higher education offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs and an international, innovative education tailored to today's job market. Universidad Europea is based in Madrid, Spain.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 299 of 317
Sector (Education) 7 of 8
Type (Secondary Buyout) 89 of 97
Country (Spain) 10 of 10
Year (2024) 4 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-04 Groupe OCEA

Courbevoie, France

Groupe OCEA is a provider of smart water and heat metering infrastructure. Groupe OCEA is based in Courbevoie, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-09 RIMES

New York, New York, United States

RIMES is a provider of managed data services and regulatory solutions for the buy side. RIMES is a pioneer provider of cloud-based technology that delivers highly customized financial data over the Internet. RIMES was founded in 1996 and is based in New York City.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Permira

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 75.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Permira is a mega-sized private equity firm that targets large company investments around the world. Permira invests to support acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, take-privates, turnarounds, and growth buyouts. Areas of interest include healthcare, financial services, chemicals, consumer products and services, industrial products and services, technology, media, and telecom. Permira will consider opportunities in Europe, Asia, and North America. Permira was formed in 1985 and has offices in Menlo Park, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, London, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Tokyo, Guernsey and New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 90 of 90
Sector (Education) 2 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 28 of 28
Country (Spain) 4 of 4
Year (2024) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-03-04 Alter Domus

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Alter Domus is a provider of fund administration and corporate services to the alternative investment industry. The Company provides tech-enabled, integrated solutions and is one of the world’s largest private asset servicers, with more than $1.3 trillion in global assets under administration. Alter Domus was founded in 2003 and is based in Luxembourg.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-05-02 BioCatch

Tel Aviv, Israel

BioCatch is a digital identity company that delivers behavioral biometrics analyzing human-device interactions to protect users and data. BioCatch is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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