M&A Deal Summary

Verlinvest Acquires Summer Discovery

On January 1, 2018, family office Verlinvest acquired education company Summer Discovery

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Verlinvest’s 3rd transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Verlinvest’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Verlinvest’s 3rd transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-01-01
Target Summer Discovery
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Verlinvest
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Summer Discovery

Roslyn, New York, United States
Summer Discovery is a provider of pre-college academic and enrichment program for middle and high school students. Summer Discovery was founded in 1966 and is based in Roslyn, New York.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Verlinvest

Brussels, Belgium

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Family Office
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 2.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Verlinvestis a private, family-owned investment holding firm specializing in branded consumer products and services investments. The Firm will consider investments in public and private companies and generally targets growth-oriented businesses addressing sizeable markets. Verlinvest looks to invest €20 to €200 million per investment and will consider both majority and minority positions. Verlinvest was formed in 1995 and is based in Brussels, Belgium.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 31 of 52
Sector: Education M&A 3 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 8 of 11
State: New York M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 9 of 12
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-01 Future Retail

Mumbai, India

Future Retail is a provider of several retail formats, on top of which Big Bazaar, but also FBB (affordable fashion), HomeTown (one-stop destination for home furniture and appliances), Ezone (electronics). Future Retail is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-12 111

Shanghai, China

111 is a provider of digital and mobile healthcare platform, digitally connecting patients and healthcare services. It is a online pharmacy and healthcare platform. 111 was founded in 2010 and is based in Shanghai, China.

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