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Mercury Capital Acquires Matrix Education

On February 1, 2023, private equity firm Mercury Capital acquired education company Matrix Education

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Mercury Capital’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Mercury Capital’s 14th transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2023-02-01
Target Matrix Education
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Mercury Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Matrix Education

Sydney, Australia
Matrix Education is a private education business that provides out-of-school tutoring classes to more than 7,000 school students per year across five Sydney campuses and via an online learning platform, Matrix+. Matrix Education was founded in 1999 and is based in Sydney, New South Wales.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Mercury Capital

Sydney, Australia

Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2010
PE ASSETS 1.0B AUD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Mercury Capital is a private equity group focused on investing in established private businesses operating in Australia and New Zealand. Mercury looks to acquire controlling positions for a variety of situations, including succession plannings, expansion financings, recapitalizations, as well as partnering with existing management or owners to help drive growth. Mercury raised it's debut fund in 2010.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 20
Sector (Education) 1 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 3 of 5
Country (Australia) 14 of 17
Year (2023) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-01-01 Avive Health

Sydney, Australia

Avive Health is a specialist mental health hospital operator. The business is establishing and will operate state of the art, purpose built, mental health hospitals across Australia. Avive Health partners with leading psychiatrists to deliver world class care to its diverse patient base across a range of clinical diagnoses with a focus on addiction, mood and anxiety disorders amongst others. Avive Health was founded in 2021 and is based in Sydney, New South Wales.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-01-01 Blue Star Group

Auckland, New Zealand

Blue Star Group (New Zealand) is a service commercial printing company, providing solutions across web offset, sheet-fed and digital printing and associated services. They offer a retail consumer channel, where print can be ordered online, using bluestardirect. Blue Star Group (New Zealand) is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

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