M&A Deal Summary

Leeds Equity Partners Acquires engage2learn

On May 12, 2021, private equity firm Leeds Equity Partners acquired education company engage2learn

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 14th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 28th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 4th transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-05-12
Target engage2learn
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Leeds Equity Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Cowen Group, Inc. (Financial)
Haynes and Boone (Legal)

Target

engage2learn

Austin, Texas, United States
engage2learn is a provider of professional development coaching and technology tools serving districts in the public K-12 market. engage2learn recently announced the release of indipath an LMS app specifically designed for PreK-3rd grade learners – to add to its technology offerings portfolio. engage2learn was founded in 2011 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Leeds Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 3.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Leeds Equity Partners is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market companies operating in knowledge industries. Specific areas of interest include education (K-12, postsecondary, at-risk/special education, instruction materials, testing), training (corporate training, professional certification/continuing education, language training), and information/business services (b2b publishing, information databases/research, tradeshows/conferences, business process outsourcing, consulting, staffing, marketing). Leeds prefers investing in established companies that are leaders in their respective markets. Leeds Equity Partners was formed in 1993 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 31 of 42
Sector (Education) 14 of 18
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 13 of 13
State (Texas) 4 of 5
Country (United States) 28 of 39
Year (2021) 2 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-30 OptionMetrics

New York, New York, United States

OptionMetrics is a provider of historical options and implied volatility data, OptionMetrics distributes its IvyDB databases, futures options, Signed Volume and Borrow Rate data to leading portfolio managers, traders, and quantitative researchers at 300+ corporate and academic institutions worldwide to construct and test investment strategies, perform empirical research, and assess risk. OptionMetrics is based in New York, New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-06-16 Genius SIS

Miramar, Florida, United States

Genius SIS is a software company offering cloud-based Student Information System (SIS) software and Training Management System (TMS) software for online learning and virtual classrooms. Genius provides user-friendly, intuitive solutions to manage registration, e-commerce, tracking, and real-time reporting systems for schools, colleges, corporations, and government entities who need to provide online education for their users. Genius was founded in 2009 and is based in Miramar, Florida.

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