Education Growth Capital Investments in 2025
Acquisition Volume in Education Growth Capital Investments in 2025 by Year
Last 5 years
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December 23, 2025
- Buyer
- LDC (part of Lloyds Banking Group)
- Target
- myHappymind
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Cheshire, United Kingdom
- Type
- Growth capital
LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has made a minority growth investment in Cheshire-based myHappymind to support the company’s expansion into more UK and international schools and ongoing product development. The funding will back the management team’s plans to scale the digital mental health and wellbeing programmes currently delivered to over 1,900 schools.
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November 27, 2025
- Buyer
- KKR, PSP Investments
- Target
- Lighthouse Learning Group
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Maharashtra, India
- Type
- Growth capital
KKR has increased its investment in Lighthouse Learning Group, with additional participation from PSP Investments, as Lighthouse prepares for a new phase of platform expansion across major Indian metropolitan regions. KKR will remain the majority stakeholder while the fresh capital will support expansion of preschools and K‑12 schools, enhance teaching capabilities, technology initiatives, and operational systems.
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November 26, 2025
- Buyer
- TPG (The Rise Fund)
- Target
- Healthcademia
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Spain
- Type
- Growth capital
TPG’s Rise Fund has made a minority growth investment in Healthcademia, joining majority shareholder G Square Capital to support the healthcare education provider’s next phase of expansion. The capital will be used to accelerate organic growth and pursue acquisitions as Healthcademia scales its technology-enabled healthcare education programs across Europe and the Americas.
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October 7, 2025
- Buyer
- TZP Group
- Target
- True Lacrosse
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
TZP Group completed a strategic investment in True Lacrosse to launch True Sports Group, a national youth sports platform headquartered in Illinois. The investment will support True Sports' expansion of youth travel teams, tournaments, camps and clinics and enable organic growth and add-on acquisitions while partnering with co-founders Jake Deane and Mike Gabel.
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October 3, 2025
- Buyer
- Partners Group, CVC Strategic Opportunities, OMERS
- Target
- International Schools Partnership
- Industry
- Education
- Type
- Growth capital
Partners Group, acting on behalf of its clients, will remain the majority shareholder of International Schools Partnership (ISP) while welcoming CVC Strategic Opportunities as a significant minority shareholder. CVC will acquire a 20% stake in ISP, alongside OMERS continuing as a shareholder following its 2021 minority investment.
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September 25, 2025
- Buyer
- JMI Equity
- Target
- EdSights
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
EdSights, an AI-powered student voice and retention platform for higher education, secured an $80 million strategic growth investment from JMI Equity. The funding will be used to scale EdSights' product, expand its team, and accelerate adoption across colleges and universities nationwide to improve student engagement and retention.
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July 21, 2025
- Buyer
- Bain Capital (Tech Opportunities fund), HV Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF)
- Target
- Sdui Group
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Type
- Growth capital
Sdui Group, a German provider of cloud-based administrative software for K-12 schools, has secured a growth investment led by Bain Capital's Tech Opportunities fund with participation from existing investors HV Capital and High-Tech Gründerfonds. The funding will be used to expand Sdui's product offerings and support its goal of becoming a unified digital platform for education across Europe.
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May 9, 2025
- Buyer
- Charterhouse Capital Partners, Peugeot Invest, Hayfin Capital
- Target
- Novétude Group, Novétude Santé
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Type
- Growth capital
Charterhouse Capital Partners has welcomed Peugeot Invest and Hayfin Capital as minority investors in the newly formed Novétude Group, a European healthcare education platform built around Novétude Santé. Charterhouse will retain a majority stake while the new investors provide growth capital to support international expansion and platform development across healthcare education programs.
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- Buyer
- Caltius Structured Capital (Caltius Capital Management)
- Target
- Strategic Kids, LLC
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Caltius Structured Capital (Caltius Capital Management) closed a debt and equity investment in Laguna Hills-based Strategic Kids, a provider of after-school enrichment programs and school staffing services. The financing will support the company's growth and geographic expansion into new schools and districts; Caltius principals Graham Brockington and Andy Morrow will join Strategic Kids' leadership team while co-founder Adam Brody remains President.
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- Buyer
- The Stephens Group, LLC
- Target
- Kalkomey Enterprises, LLC
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
The Stephens Group, LLC has made a minority growth investment in Kalkomey Enterprises, LLC, a Richardson, Texas-based provider of online recreational safety education and software for government agencies and consumers. The investment joins Stephens Group with existing backers Macquarie Capital and Weatherford Capital to support Kalkomey’s continued product, geographic, and market expansion.
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February 10, 2025
- Buyer
- Graycliff Partners LP
- Target
- Guidewell Education
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Graycliff Partners LP provided a unitranche credit facility and a minority equity investment in Guidewell Education to support the company's growth across the educational ecosystem. Guidewell, headquartered in Sacramento, California, offers college admissions counseling, test preparation, and academic tutoring through multiple brands and serves over 20,000 students annually.
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February 4, 2025
- Buyer
- Haven Capital Partners
- Target
- Human Capital Education, Elsmere Education, Human Capital Research Corporation
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Elsmere Education and Human Capital Research Corporation (HCRC) have merged to form Human Capital Education, a provider of marketing, enrollment and retention solutions and CRM expertise for colleges and universities. Haven Capital Partners has made a minority growth equity investment to support the combined company's product development and strategic growth in higher education enablement.
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January 23, 2025
- Buyer
- Updraft Education Group, Transcend Fund, WJG Investments, Beri Akian, Joe Holland, Scott Kinney, Eli Luberoff, Lisa O'Masta, Jeff Patterson, Ben Powell
- Target
- Adaptive Reader
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Adaptive Reader, an education-technology platform focused on reading accessibility, closed an oversubscribed pre-seed round led by Updraft Education Group with participation from Transcend Fund, WJG Investments and several education industry executives. The funding will accelerate the company’s expansion of multilingual and leveled text offerings, publisher partnerships, print-on-demand capabilities, and its AI-powered platform.
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January 7, 2025
- Buyer
- PSG
- Target
- CourseKey
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
PSG, a growth equity firm, made a strategic growth investment in CourseKey, a student success platform focused on vocational education. The investment positions CourseKey alongside PSG portfolio companies Verity IQ and Campus Ivy to create an integrated, end-to-end technology suite for career-focused and vocational education providers.
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