Investment Summary

Leeds Equity Partners Invests In 95 Percent Group

On December 7, 2021, private equity firm Leeds Equity Partners invested in education company 95 Percent Group

Investment Highlights
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 15th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 33rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 5th transaction in Illinois.

Investment Summary
Date 2021-12-07
Target 95 Percent Group
Sector Education
Investor(s) Leeds Equity Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Tyton Partners (Financial)
Levenfeld Pearlstein (Legal)

Target

95 Percent Group

Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States
95 Percent Group is an education company focused on reading improvement in pre-K through Grade 12 students. 95 Percent Group is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

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 36 of 42
Sector (Education) 15 of 18
Type (Growth Capital) 8 of 9
State (Illinois) 5 of 5
Country (United States) 33 of 39
Year (2021) 7 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-11-15 Scaled Agile

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Scaled Agile is a provider of SAFe, the framework for business agility. Through learning and certification, a global partner network, and a growing community of over one million trained professionals, Scaled Agile helps enterprises build agility into their culture so they can quickly identify and deliver customer value, capitalize on emerging opportunities, and improve business outcomes. Scaled Agile was formed in 2011 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-07-25 Amplifire

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Amplifire is a provider of adaptive learning and assessment software to higher education institutions, publishers, test-preparation providers, certification associations and healthcare providers. Amplifire, is a fully hosted SaaS application that leverages scientific breakthroughs from the fields of cognitive psychology, neurobiology and game studies to deliver superior learning outcomes.

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