M&A Deal Summary

Viavar Capital Acquires Learning Bird

On January 1, 2012, private equity firm Viavar Capital acquired education company Learning Bird

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Viavar Capital’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Viavar Capital’s 4th transaction in Canada.
  • This is Viavar Capital’s 4th transaction in Quebec.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-01-01
Target Learning Bird
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Viavar Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Learning Bird

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Learning Bird is an online learning platform offering trusted digital content, adaptive algorithms, and teaching support tools. Learning Bird was formed in 2011 and is based in Montreal, Quebec.

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Buyer

Viavar Capital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2002
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Viavar Capital is a self-funded Canadian private equity group. The Firm targets buyouts/buy-ins, growth capital financings, shareholder buybacks, and non-core divestitures. Viavar looks to invest up to $10 million per transaction and will consider both majority and minority positions. Viavar will not invest in biotech, startups, or turnarounds. Viavar Capital was formed in 2002 and is based in Montreal, Quebec.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector (Education) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 3 of 3
State (Quebec) 4 of 4
Country (Canada) 4 of 4
Year (2012) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-01 Spundge

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Spundge owns and operates a content curation platform that provides services like bookmarking, content collection and curation, Web searching and filtering, publishing, and syndication to business intelligence, finance, media and healthcare professionals to discover and share content. Spundge was formed in 2011 and is based in Montreal, Quebec.

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