M&A Deal Summary

Grupo Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional Acquires FSG

On February 7, 2018, Grupo Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional acquired education company FSG from Advent International

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Grupo Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Grupo Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional’s 1st transaction in Brazil.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-02-07
Target FSG
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Grupo Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional
Sellers(s) Advent International
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

FSG

Caxias do Sul, Brazil
FSG is one of the largest private higher education companies with operations in Bento Gonçalves, Farroupilha, and Ijuí. The company provides education to more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students. FSG was founded in 2003 and is based in Caxias do Sul, Brazil.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Grupo Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Category Company
Founded 1965
Sector Education
DESCRIPTION

Grupo Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional offers undergraduate and post-graduate education. Grupo Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional was founded in 1965 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Brazil M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 91.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 174 of 233
Sector: Education M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 66 of 87
Country: Brazil M&A 9 of 13
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-31 EBANX

Curitiba, Brazil

EBANX is a global financial company that offers end-to-end payment solutions across the entire cross-border e-commerce transaction flow, providing over 100 Latin American local payment options to global merchants eager to expand throughout the region. EBANX was founded in 2012 and is based in Curitiba, Brazil.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-01 TTS

Rosenheim, Germany

TTS designs and manufactures high-performance, mission-critical active thermal management solutions, primarily for medical and life sciences end markets. TTS is based in Rosenheim, Germany.

Buy £1.0B