Investment Summary

NewSpring Capital Invests In Skillshare

On October 29, 2020, private equity firm NewSpring Capital invested in education company Skillshare

Investment Highlights
  • This is NewSpring Capital’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is NewSpring Capital’s 146th transaction in the United States.
  • This is NewSpring Capital’s 12th transaction in New York.

Investment Summary

Date 2020-10-29
Target Skillshare
Sector Education
Investor(s) NewSpring Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Skillshare

New York, New York, United States
Skillshare is an online learning community for creativity. With more than 12 million registered members and over 30,000 video-based classes in a wide range of creative disciplines from graphic design to photography to painting and illustration to interior design, Skillshare's mission is to support professional and personal growth through creativity. Skillshare was founded in 2010 and is based in New York.

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Investor

NewSpring Capital

Radnor, Pennsylvania, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 3.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

NewSpring Capital is a private investment firm focused on growth companies in the Mid-Atlantic US. The Firm can provide both growth equity and junior capital to prospective companies. NewSpring's target investment size for both mezzanine and equity financing is $2 to $5 million, although for new ventures, the Firm can commit up to $10 million. Sectors of interest include specialty manufacturing, technology, business services, information technology, life science, healthcare services, and medical devices. NewSpring Capital was formed in 1999 and is based in Radnor, Pennsylvania with an additional office in Short Hills, New Jersey.


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Overall 148 of 201
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 74 of 106
State: New York M&A 12 of 17
Country: United States M&A 146 of 197
Year: 2020 M&A 13 of 16
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