M&A Deal Summary

First Capital Acquires Ripple Learning

On August 22, 2022, private equity firm First Capital acquired education company Ripple Learning

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is First Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is First Capital’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is First Capital’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-08-22
Target Ripple Learning
Sector Education
Buyer(s) First Capital
Deal Type Consolidation

Target

Ripple Learning

Houston, Texas, United States
Ripple Learning is an emerging provider of vocational education. Ripple aims to address the expanding blue collar workforce gap, starting with HVACR technicians, through its partnerships with well-established hands-on technical trade schools across the US. Ripples mission is to disrupt the current state of education and graduate students will little to no debt, while assisting its students with job placement and career readiness.

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Buyer

First Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2018
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

LP First Capital is a private investment group focused on buy and build situations. The Firm will consider minority or majority positions in profitable platform companies with $1 to $20 million of EBITDA. Target sectors include business services, consumer services, healthcare services, education, and niche manufacturing. LP First Capital was formed in 2018 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 9
Sector (Education) 2 of 2
Type (Consolidation) 5 of 7
State (Texas) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 5 of 9
Year (2022) 2 of 4
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-06 OpenRoad

Austin, Texas, United States

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