Investment Summary

Warburg Pincus and Stonepeak Invest In Inspired Education Holdings

On May 30, 2019, private equity firm Warburg Pincus and infrastructure investor Stonepeak invested in education company Inspired Education Holdings

Investment Highlights
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 7th and Stonepeak’s 1st transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 22nd and Stonepeak’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary

Date 2019-05-30
Target Inspired Education Holdings
Sector Education
Investor(s) Warburg Pincus
Stonepeak
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Inspired Education Holdings

London, United Kingdom
Inspired Education Holdings is a provider of education services. Inspired Education was founded in 2013 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

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 401 of 492
Sector: Education M&A 7 of 7
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 132 of 159
Country: United Kingdom M&A 22 of 27
Year: 2019 M&A 9 of 23
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-29 DBRS

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DBRS Ltd. is an independent, privately held, globally recognized credit rating agency with offices in Toronto, New York, Stamford, Chicago, London, Frankfurt, and Madrid. DBRS’s four decades of experience and strong track record are the foundation to seek out new opportunities and to make targeted investments aligned with its core ratings operations.

Sell $669M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-04 Airtel Africa

Nairobi, Kenya

Airtel Africa is a telecom company that provides voice, data and mobile money services across 14 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Airtel Africa was founded in 2010 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Investor

Stonepeak

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Infrastructure
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 73.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Stonepeak is a private equity firm focused on North American infrastructure investing. Specific areas of interest include energy assets, power/renewables, transportation, utilities, water, and communications. Stonepeak was formed in 2011 and is headquartered in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 44
Sector: Education M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 3 of 6
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2019 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-01 Orion Water Partners

Carlsbad, California, United States

Orion Water Partners is a joint venture to construct, own and operate the Carlsbad Desalination Plant. Completed in December 2015 after a three-year construction process, the Carlsbad Desalination Plant is the largest seawater desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere. The plant produces as much as 10% of San Diego’s drinking water under a 30-year off-take agreement with the San Diego County Water Authority, ensuring drought-proof supply for nearly a half-million residents of Southern California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-02-18 TRAC Intermodal

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

TRAC Intermodal is a provider of short-term rentals through an extensive chassis pool network, long-term chassis leasing, and pool & fleet management through the utilization of its proprietary PoolStat® information management system. TRAC Intermodal was founded in 1968 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey.

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