M&A Deal Summary

Warburg Pincus Acquires Jiuyue

On January 1, 2018, private equity firm Warburg Pincus acquired education company Jiuyue

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 5th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 54th transaction in China.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-01-01
Target Jiuyue
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Jiuyue

China
Jiuyue has four kindergarten brands, T.T. Schools, Mayon International, Yiwu New Century and Jiuyue, dedicated to introducing and practicing the most advanced international pre-school education concepts to China.

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Buyer

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 355 of 492
Sector: Education M&A 5 of 7
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 70 of 86
Country: China M&A 54 of 68
Year: 2018 M&A 4 of 41
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-01 MoMo

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

MoMo is a mobile digital payment service company in Vietnam with a mission to provide customers equal access to financial services and products. MoMo was founded in 2007 and is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-09 Zhangmen

Shanghai, China

Zhangmen is a personalized online tutoring company in China. Through online and mobile apps of Zhangmen, primary and middle school students from eight to 18 years old can select top teachers who have graduated from China’s first-class universities such as Tsinghua, Peking University and Fudan, for personalized, one-on-one tutoring sessions. Zhangmen currently has 30,000 full time and part-time tutors, and more than 1 million registered students across over 600 cities in China. Zhangmen is based in Shanghai, China.

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