M&A Deal Summary

VSS Capital Partners Acquires MetSchools

On March 1, 2010, private equity firm VSS Capital Partners acquired education company MetSchools

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is VSS Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is VSS Capital Partners’ 48th transaction in the United States.
  • This is VSS Capital Partners’ 11th transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-03-01
Target MetSchools
Sector Education
Buyer(s) VSS Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

MetSchools

New York, New York, United States
MetSchools is an operator of mainstream and special education schools that include Nursery, Preschool, and K-12 programs. MetSchools currently operates ten schools and is the largest privately held non-governmental nursery and early elementary school provider in New York City.

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Buyer

VSS Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 4.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

VSS Capital Partners is a private equity firm that targets investments in the media, communications, education, and information services sectors. VSS looks for opportunities with valuable brand franchises, stable cash flows, and infrastructure to support add-ons. The Firm will consider businesses throughout North America and Europe valued between $50 and $750 million. Prospective investment situations include management buyouts/buy-ins, expansion or acquisition financings, recapitalizations, build-ups, going private transactions, and partnerships. VSS was formed in 1981 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 64 of 96
Sector (Education) 2 of 4
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 47 of 50
State (New York) 11 of 12
Country (United States) 48 of 76
Year (2010) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-03-01 ITE Group

London, United Kingdom

ITE is one of the world’s leading organisers of international trade exhibitions and conferences and specialises in organising events in growing and developing markets. ITE organises over 200 exhibitions and conferences each year in 14 countries.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-03-29 Hostway

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Hostway is a provider of hosted information technology solutions to over 500,000 small and medium-size businesses and enterprise customers. Hostway delivers customized Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and Cloud solutions, a robust suite of web presence and web optimization solutions, hosted exchange and a variety of other value-added applications and services in customizable managed, shared, cloud or hybrid environments.

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