M&A Deal Summary

Harvest Partners Acquires Learning Experience

On July 1, 2025, private equity firm Harvest Partners acquired education company Learning Experience from Golden Gate Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Harvest Partners’ 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Harvest Partners’ 67th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Harvest Partners’ 7th transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-07-01
Target Learning Experience
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Harvest Partners
Sellers(s) Golden Gate Capital
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) Harris Williams (Financial)
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (Legal)

Target

Learning Experience

Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States
Learning Experience is a provider of child care and early education programs. It offers state-of-the-art facilities and a proprietary curriculum for children to develop core academic skills, fitness and healthy lifestyle skills, and life and comfort skills, all under the care of nurturing teachers and staff. Learning Experience was founded in 1980 and is based in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Harvest Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 5.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Harvest Partners is a Investment firm provides Private Equity and Structured Capital focused on buyout, growth capital, minority position, and non-control investments in middle-market public and private companies. Harvest Partners looks to invest in profitable ($30 to $300 million of EBITDA). Sectors of interest include business services, consumer services, healthcare, industrial services, manufacturing, marketing, building products and distribution companies valued between $100 and $1000 million. The Firm prefers opportunities headquartered in North America. Harvest Partners was formed in 1981 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 71 of 71
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 35 of 35
State: Florida M&A 7 of 7
Country: United States M&A 67 of 67
Year: 2025 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-03 8th Avenue Food & Provisions

Fenton, Montana, United States

8th Avenue Food & Provisions is a manufacturer of private-label food products, focusing on organic and conventional peanut and tree nut butters, dry pasta, and organic and non-GMO granola. 8th Avenue Food & Provisions was founded in 2018 and is based in Fenton, Montana.

Sell $880M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Golden Gate Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 19.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Golden Gate Capital is a large private equity firm focused on buyout and growth equity investments across a wide variety of industries. The Firm partners with management teams to make equity investments in situations where there is a demonstrable opportunity to significantly enhance a company's value. Sectors of interest include software and IT services, semiconductors, electronics, consumer products and retail, financial services, business services, and media. Prospective transaction types include public-to-privates, corporate extractions, bankruptcy auctions, and recapitalizations. Golden Gate Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 86 of 86
Sector: Education M&A 2 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 19 of 19
State: Florida M&A 5 of 5
Country: United States M&A 78 of 78
Year: 2025 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-03-11 Stonehill

Midland, Texas, United States

Stonehill is an energy infrastructure company focused on designing, building, owning, and operating fixed water pipelines, recycling, and disposal assets. Stonehill also focuses on monetizing existing E&P-owned water infrastructure assets so E&P companies can re-deploy capital to core drilling and completion activities. Stonehill was founded in 2020 and is based in Midland, Texas.

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