Investment Summary

Leeds Equity Partners Invests In LRN

On December 19, 2018, private equity firm Leeds Equity Partners invested in information services company LRN

Investment Highlights
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 24th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Leeds Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in New York.

Investment Summary
Date 2018-12-19
Target LRN
Sector Information Services
Investor(s) Leeds Equity Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) GCA Altium (Financial)
Sidley (Legal)

Target

LRN

New York, New York, United States
LRN is a provider of ethics and compliance education, learning technology, data analytics and strategic advice that helps companies translate corporate values, operating principles and industry regulations with the objective of driving operational performance, reducing risks and creating sustainable competitive advantages. LRN was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, New York.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Leeds Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

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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 27 of 42
Sector (Information Services) 2 of 5
Type (Growth Capital) 3 of 9
State (New York) 2 of 5
Country (United States) 24 of 39
Year (2018) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-13 Exterro

Beaverton, Oregon, United States

Exterr is an end-to-end SaaS platform that enables corporate legal departments to effectively manage all aspects of the e-Discovery process. Exterro was founded in 2005 and is based in Beaverton, Oregon.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-18 Project Management Academy

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

Project Management Academy provides best-in-class training for project management professionals. The company provides both in-person and online training for individuals and corporations across the U.S. for project management and related career-critical disciplines. Training for the PMP certification, the leading certification for project managers across multiple industries. Courses in related project management disciplines, including Agile, Six Sigma, Scrum, CAPM, and ITIL. Continuing education for the PMP certification. Project Management Academy is based in West Lafayette, Indiana.

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