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Lyceo Acquires Studiekring

On July 1, 2019, Lyceo acquired education company Studiekring from GIMV

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Lyceo’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Lyceo’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-07-01
Target Studiekring
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Lyceo
Sellers(s) GIMV
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Studiekring

Utrecht, Netherlands
Studiekring is a nationwide organization offering supportive education to Dutch youth in cooperation with schools and teachers. Studiekring uses a well-balanced method to improve the study skills of the student and to eliminate knowledge gaps. Studiekring was founded in 2000 and is based in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Lyceo

Leiden, Netherlands
Category Company
Founded 2008
Sector Education
DESCRIPTION

Lyceo offers many different forms of educational support: from homework guidance, tutoring and exam training to study choice and learning to code. Lyceo was founded in 2008 and is based in Leiden, Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

GIMV

Antwerp, Belgium

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 2.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

GIMV is a Belgium based public investment company focused on private equity and venture capital investments in tech-based businesses. GIMV's private equity practice operates through its Corporate Investment unit and targets management buyouts, buy-ins, and growth capital financings of companies with annual sales between EUR15 and EUR150 million. For buyout opportunities GIMV generally takes a majority stake in businesses and for growth capital needs, GIMV takes a minority position. GIMV does not invest in publicly held companies or turnaround situations. GIMV's geographic focus is within Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and France. GIMV also invests in Russia through Eagle Capital Partners, a partnership with KBC Private Equity. GIMV was formed in 1980 and is headquartered in Antwerp with additional offices in The Hague, Frankfurt, Munich, and Paris.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 85 of 111
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 46 of 58
Country: Netherlands M&A 23 of 29
Year: 2019 M&A 2 of 5
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium

Alro Group provides an industrial coating of car and truck parts. Alro Group was founded in 1976 and is based in Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-25 Breath Therapeutics

Munich, Germany

Breath Therapeutics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in advanced inhaled therapeutics for severe respiratory diseases with a high unmet medical need.

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