Charterhouse Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Kids&Us

Fremman Acquires Majority Stake in Kids Planet Day Nurseries

November 12, 2021

Education

Fremman Capital has acquired a majority stake in Kids Planet Day Nurseries, the UK's largest independently owned nursery operator. Founding management and BGF will remain as significant minority shareholders; the investment will fund accelerated national expansion, senior hires and recruitment across Kids Planet's 82 sites serving over 7,500 children.

Caltius Structured Capital Provides Debt and Equity to Strategic Kids

April 23, 2025

Education

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.

Aquitaine Capital Makes Majority Investment in KidsChoice

January 21, 2026

Healthcare Services

Aquitaine Capital, a women-owned private equity firm, has made a majority investment in KidsChoice, an Oklahoma-based provider of clinic-centered autism and pediatric therapy services. The investment will fund growth — including new clinic openings and strategic M&A — while enhancing clinical quality, infrastructure, and clinician support; KidsChoice also announced an updated leadership team.

Charterhouse Capital Partners Acquires Controlling Stake in Novetude Santé

November 12, 2020

Education

Charterhouse Capital Partners has acquired a controlling stake in Novetude Santé, a France-based specialist provider of higher education and continuing professional development for healthcare professionals, from BIM. Charterhouse invested alongside Novetude Santé’s management, which retains a shareholding, and intends to support the company’s growth through internationalisation and buy-and-build add-on activity.

Charterhouse Acquires Metrodora Education Group

December 3, 2024

Education

Charterhouse Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Metrodora, a Madrid-headquartered education group focused on healthcare and sports training, from Magnum Capital. Charterhouse will partner with Metrodora founder Jordi Roche, who will remain a significant investor, to accelerate the group's growth, consolidation and international expansion across Spain and Latin America.

Charterhouse Brings Peugeot Invest and Hayfin Capital as Minority Investors in Novétude Group

May 9, 2025

Education

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.