Trivest and Lunchline Partners Launch Lunchline Youth Brands and Invest in LeafSpring Schools
December 15, 2025
Trivest Partners and Lunchline Partners have launched Lunchline Youth Brands, a new platform to scale early childhood education and youth enrichment franchisors, and announced a strategic growth investment in LeafSpring Schools. LeafSpring, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia, is a franchisor of early education programs and summer camps across the Southeastern United States and will join the new platform to support accelerated growth and franchise expansion.
- Buyers
- Trivest Partners, Lunchline Partners, Lunchline Youth Brands
- Targets
- LeafSpring Schools
- Platforms
- Lunchline Youth Brands
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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