Investment Summary

General Atlantic Invests In Crehana

On August 5, 2021, growth capital firm General Atlantic invested in education company Crehana

Investment Highlights
  • This is General Atlantic’s 5th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is General Atlantic’s 6th transaction in Mexico.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-08-05
Target Crehana
Sector Education
Investor(s) General Atlantic
Deal Type Venture

Target

Crehana

Mexico City, Mexico
Crehana is an education technology platform for companies and individuals focused on closing the reskilling and upskilling gap in Latin America. Crehana was founded in 2015 and is based in Mexico City.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

General Atlantic

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 73.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

General Atlantic is a large private equity firm that invests globally in growth-oriented public and private companies. Broad areas of interest include financial services, media and consumer, healthcare, enterprise solutions, communications and electronics, and energy. General Atlantic looks to invest $40 to $400 million in transactions that support growth, expansions, buy-outs, consolidations and build-ups. General Atlantic seeks to make 8 to 12 investments per year with an investment horizon of five to ten years. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America; Europe; Asia/Pacific; and India. General Atlantic was formed in 1980 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 291 of 343
Sector (Education) 5 of 6
Type (Venture) 77 of 99
Country (Mexico) 6 of 7
Year (2021) 30 of 45
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