Investment Summary

Spire Capital Partners Invests In O2B Kids

On October 4, 2018, private equity firm Spire Capital Partners invested in education company O2B Kids

Investment Highlights
  • This is Spire Capital Partners’ 4th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Spire Capital Partners’ 30th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Spire Capital Partners’ 3rd transaction in Florida.

Investment Summary
Date 2018-10-04
Target O2B Kids
Sector Education
Investor(s) Spire Capital Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) HINGE Brokers (Financial)
Brashear & Assoc. (Legal)

Target

O2B Kids

Gainesville, Florida, United States
O2B Kids is a provider of early education services for children in the Southeast U.S. O2B offers preschool education for children 0 to 5 years old, afterschool enrichment programs for elementary school students, and an unprecedented family membership program for all kids 0 to 13 years old. O2B Kids was established in 1998 and is based in Gainesville, Florida.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Spire Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 900M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Spire Capital Partners is a private equity firm that targets buyout investments in mid-sized information services, media, communications, and business service companies. The Firm looks for cash-flow positive, US-based businesses with high barriers to entry. Spire seeks to commit $15 to $125 million of equity per transaction and has an investment horizon of three to seven years. Spire Capital Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 31 of 37
Sector (Education) 4 of 4
Type (Growth Capital) 5 of 11
State (Florida) 3 of 4
Country (United States) 30 of 36
Year (2018) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-25 Veraction

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Veraction LLC is a provider of software enabled transportation spend management (“TSM”) solutions to large, established globally-based enterprises. Veraction’s solutions help clients to optimize transportation spend, which improves supply chain visibility, allows for better collaboration with trading partners and identifies business efficiencies and significant cost savings.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-24 Protect

Wichita, Kansas, United States

Protect provides non-destructive testing, safety, industrial hygiene, environmental and insurance services to over 200 customers across the U.S. PROtect’s services, the majority of which are federally mandated, help clients mitigate business risks and maintain compliance with regulations. Protect was established in 2007 and is based in Wichita, Kansas.

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