Growth Capital • Education

LLR Partners Invests In Brightside Academy

On January 1, 2001, private equity firm LLR Partners invested in education company Brightside Academy

Investment Context
  • This is LLR Partners’ 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is LLR Partners’ 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is LLR Partners’ 4th transaction in Pennsylvania.
Investment Fate
  • Brightside Academy was sold to a strategic buyer in 2016.

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Investment Summary

Date January 1, 2001
Target Brightside Academy
Sector Education
Investor(s) LLR Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target Company

Brightside Academy

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Brightside Academy, Inc. is an urban operator of early childcare education centers, serving more than 7,000 children throughout Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio.
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Investor Overview 1

Investor

LLR Partners

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 6.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

LLR is a private equity firm that makes growth capital, buyout, and recapitalization investments in mid-sized growth companies with sustainable competitive advantages. LLR looks to invest $30 to $150 million per transaction and will consider both control and minority situations. Target companies generally have at least $10 million in annual sales and are valued up to $250 million. Broad industry sectors of interest include general business services, financial services, healthcare services, education, manufacturing, consumer/retail and information technology/software. LLR will consider investments throughout the US with an emphasis on opportunities located in the Eastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US. LLR Partners was formed in 1999 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 8 of 129
Sector: Education 1 of 6
Type: Growth Capital 5 of 73
State: Pennsylvania 4 of 25
Country: United States 8 of 128
Year: 2001 3 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-01-01 CyberShift

Parsippany, New Jersey, United States

CyberShift, Inc. is a provider of workforce management software solutions to Fortune 1000 companies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-02-01 InfoHighway Communications

New York, New York, United States

InfoHighway Communications Corp. is a provider of hosted and managed communications solutions for small-to medium-sized businesses in the Northeast.

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