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Investment Summary

Warburg Pincus Invests In ACAMS

On April 1, 2005, private equity firm Warburg Pincus invested in education company ACAMS

Investment Highlights
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 2nd transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 50th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 6th transaction in Texas.
Investment Fate
  • ACAMS was sold to a strategic buyer in 2016 for 330M USD.
  • ACAMS was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2022 for 355M USD.

Investment Summary
Date 2005-04-01
Target ACAMS
Sector Education
Investor(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

ACAMS

Houston, Texas, United States
ACAMS is a provider of training and certifications for anti-money laundering (“AML”) and financial crime prevention professionals. ACAMS has a large, global membership base with more than 90,000 members in 175 countries, including over 50,000 professionals with an ACAMS certification. ACAMS was founded in 2001 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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Investor

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

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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 78 of 492
Sector: Education M&A 2 of 7
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 13 of 159
State: Texas M&A 6 of 40
Country: United States M&A 50 of 241
Year: 2005 M&A 8 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-03-29 MediaNation

Hong Kong, China

MediaNation is a provider of outdoor advertising media services in China and Hong Kong.

Sell HK$405M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-04-28 Transkaryotic Therapies

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. (TKT) is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of products based on its three proprietary development platforms: Gene-Activated proteins, Niche Protein products and Gene Therapy.

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