M&A Deal Summary

J-STAR Co. Acquires paiza

On March 1, 2020, asset manager J-STAR Co. acquired education company paiza

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is J-STAR Co.’s 2nd transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is J-STAR Co.’s 23rd transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-03-01
Target paiza
Sector Education
Buyer(s) J-STAR Co.
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

paiza

Tokyo, Japan
paiza is a company that operates "paiza," the largest career change, employment, and learning platform for IT engineers. paiza was founded in 2012 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

J-STAR Co.

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 300M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

J-STAR is a private equity and asset management firm focused on acquisitions of small to mid-sized Japanese companies. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and generally looks to commit JPY 1 to JPY 3 billion per transaction. J-STAR was established in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 37
Sector: Education M&A 2 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 14 of 18
Country: Japan M&A 23 of 37
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-24 Mattrz

Tokyo, Japan

Mattrz is a media group, that offers a new line of business to support their client companies' web marketing by introducing owned-medias. Mattrz was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-06-01 N Holdings

Tokyo, Japan

N Holdings is a holding company for IT infrastructure operation, design and construction, etc. N Holdings was founded in 2019 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Buy -