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GoStudent Acquires Studienkreis

On December 2, 2022, GoStudent acquired education company Studienkreis from IK Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GoStudent’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is GoStudent’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-12-02
Target Studienkreis
Sector Education
Buyer(s) GoStudent
Sellers(s) IK Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Studienkreis

Bochum, Germany
Studienkreis is one of the major private education providers in Germany that offers qualified tutoring for students of all classes and types of school in all major subjects. Individual support follows a scientifically proven learning concept. Studienkreis was founded in 1974 and is based in Bochum, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

GoStudent

Wien, Austria
Category Company
Founded 2016
Sector Education
DESCRIPTION

GoStudent is an online tutoring agents EdTech company provides paid, one-to-one, video-based tuition in more than 30 subjects to primary, secondary and college-aged students, using a membership model. GoStudent was founded in 2016 and is based in Wien, Austria.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

IK Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 14.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

IK Partners is a private equity firm that targets control investments in lower middle-market to large-sized companies throughout Europe. IK focuses on growth businesses located in the Benelux region, as well as Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Norway and Sweden. The Firm looks to commit €10 to €300 million of equity capital per transaction and targets companies with strong cash-flows. IK Investment Partners was formerly known as Industry Kapital. IK Partners was formed in 1989 and is based in London, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 104 of 122
Sector: Education M&A 2 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 40 of 44
Country: Germany M&A 12 of 15
Year: 2022 M&A 7 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-27 Plus que PRO

Schiltigheim, France

Plus que PRO is a digital platform that enables craftsmen and small to medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) to elevate their online presence, drive revenue and margin growth as well as protect and improve their reputation, while also providing consumers with a tamperproof review hosting service based on blockchain technology. Plus que PRO was founded in 2014 and is based in Schiltigheim, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-12-20 Quanos Solutions

Nuremberg, Germany

Quanos Solutions is a provider of software solutions for complex documentation. Quanos Solutions makes software product-accompanying materials such as instructions, data sheets, catalogs, etc. easy to practice. Quanos Solutions was founded in 1995 and is based in Nuremberg, Germany.

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