Investment Summary

Laureate Invests In Think Education Group Pty

On November 7, 2013, Laureate invested in education company Think Education Group Pty from Seek

Investment Highlights
  • This is Laureate’s 2nd transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Laureate’s 1st transaction in Australia.

Investment Summary

Date 2013-11-07
Target Think Education Group Pty
Sector Education
Investor(s) Laureate
Sellers(s) Seek
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Think Education Group Pty

Sydney, Australia
Think Education Group is a private education organisation that owns several private tertiary colleges.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Laureate

Miami, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 1989
Sector Education
Employees31,800
Revenue 1.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Laureate is a provider of higher education. The company’s network of 60 accredited campus-based and online universities offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs to more than 740,000 students across 29 countries. Laureate offers more than 130 career-focused, undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degree programs in fields including architecture, art, business, culinary arts, design, education, engineering, health sciences, hospitality, information technology, law, and medicine. Laureate was founded in 1989 and is based in Miami, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Education M&A 2 of 2
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Australia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-02-01 WSI International

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

WSI International (Formerly Wall Street Institute, Inc.) is a global operator and franchisor of English language instruction services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-15 Glion Institute of Higher Education

Montreux, Switzerland

Glion Institute of Higher Education is a private institute that offers undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs in the fields of hospitality, tourism, and events, sports and entertainment management. Glion has the unique advantage of offering its international student body a multicultural educational environment. Glion Institute of Higher Education was founded in 1962 and is based in Montreux, Switzerland.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Seek

Melbourne, Australia

Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Staffing
Employees3,245
Revenue 1.1B AUD (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Seek operates online employment marketplaces and related services. Seek’s platforms connect job seekers with employers and also provide career?related education and volunteer opportunity listings. Seek was founded in 1997 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Australia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-06-20 One Africa Media

South Africa

One Africa Media. OAM owns, operates and invests in a portfolio of major online marketplaces across jobs, cars, real estate and travel.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-11 BdJobs.com

Dhaka, Bangladesh

BdJobs.com Ltd is a online employment marketplace in Bangladesh. It offers online job advertisement/application, hot job advertisement, online CV bank access, email marketing, banner advertisement.

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