M&A Deal Summary

KKR Acquires Graduation Alliance

On January 1, 2020, private equity firm KKR acquired consumer services company Graduation Alliance

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is KKR’s 8th transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is KKR’s 143rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is KKR’s 2nd transaction in Utah.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-01-01
Target Graduation Alliance
Sector Consumer Services
Buyer(s) KKR
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Graduation Alliance

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Graduation Alliance works with students of all ages through partnerships with schools, districts, community colleges, workforce development agencies, employers and others dedicated to providing alternative pathways to high school graduation and career training. By supporting former high school dropouts to obtain a high school diploma and improving employment outcomes post-graduation, Graduation Alliance contributes to SDG 4 (Quality Education) and to SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth).Graduation Alliance is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Buyer

KKR

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 510.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.

KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 330 of 483
Sector (Consumer Services) 8 of 11
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 48 of 66
State (Utah) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 143 of 210
Year (2020) 2 of 41
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-01 Mediawan

Paris, France

Mediawan is an operator of an independent European audiovisual content platform. Mediawan is based in Paris, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-17 Groundworks

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Groundworks is a vertically integrated foundation services company that serves primarily the single-family residential market, providing a critical suite of services to homeowners that preserve home value, integrity, and safety, including foundation repair, basement waterproofing, crawl space repair and encapsulation, and concrete lifting. Groundworks is based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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