M&A Deal Summary

ETS Strategic Capital Acquires GradSchoolMatch

On September 16, 2020, corporate investor ETS Strategic Capital acquired information services company GradSchoolMatch

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ETS Strategic Capital’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is ETS Strategic Capital’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is ETS Strategic Capital’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-09-16
Target GradSchoolMatch
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) ETS Strategic Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

GradSchoolMatch

Princeton, New Jersey, United States
GradSchoolMatch operates prospective graduate students with individual graduate school programs. Prospective students use Gradschoolmatch to easily find advanced degree programs. Graduate program directors and recruiters are matched to, or can search for, students with precisely the credentials they need in their students. GradSchoolMatch was founded in 2011 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Buyer

ETS Strategic Capital

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Category Corporate Investor
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

ETS Strategic Capital, a unit of testing and assessments company ETS, focuses on investing in and partnering with growth-oriented companies in the education sector. The group primarily targets late stage growth businesses that can benefit from ETS' knowledge and skills in the education industry. ETS Strategic Capital is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 6
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 2 of 5
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2020) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-09-16 Pipplet

Paris, France

Pipplet is the language assessment platform for smart employers building a multilingual workforce. The platform allows recruiters and HR teams to easily send 30-minute online tests to assess candidates’ oral and written skills in over 40 languages. Pipplet was founded in 2015 and is based in Paris, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-11 Vericant

Beijing, China

Vericant provides a way for academic institutions to understand and measure what really matters. Through secured video interviews and language assessments based on the interview, we allow the true abilities of the candidate to be recognized. With each candidate possessing such unique abilities and traits, standardized testing is not always able to fully represent them as their truest self. Vericant is the widely trusted video interview service available for international students. Vericant was founded in 2011 and is based in Beijing, China.

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