Investment Summary

Spectrum Equity Invests In DataCamp

On December 21, 2018, private equity firm Spectrum Equity invested in education company DataCamp

Investment Highlights
  • This is Spectrum Equity’s 4th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Spectrum Equity’s 65th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Spectrum Equity’s 13th transaction in New York.

Investment Summary

Date 2018-12-21
Target DataCamp
Sector Education
Investor(s) Spectrum Equity
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

DataCamp

New York, New York, United States
DataCamp is an online interactive learning platform focused on increasing data fluency for users across all business functions. DataCamp enables managers to strategically embed data fluency across an organization, regardless of size or structure. The company have already educated more than 3.3 million people around the world at more than 1,000 companies such as Uber and REI. DataCamp was founded in 2013 and is based in New York City.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Spectrum Equity

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 8.2B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Spectrum Equity Management L.P. is a private equity investor focused on service businesses. Spectrum specifically targets established businesses in the media, communications, IT, information, and business services industries. The Firm looks to commit $25 to $150 million of equity capital per transaction and focuses on opportunities throughout North America and Western Europe. Prospective transaction situations include leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, acquisition financings, and secondary purchases. Spectrum Equity Investors was formed in 1994 and has offices in Boston, Massachusetts and Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 74 of 103
Sector: Education M&A 4 of 4
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 34 of 53
State: New York M&A 13 of 16
Country: United States M&A 65 of 90
Year: 2018 M&A 6 of 6
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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