Providence Equity Partners Majority Investment in Accelerate Learning

Providence Equity Partners Invests in Seesaw Learning

October 22, 2021

Education

Providence Equity Partners has made a strategic growth investment in Seesaw Learning Inc., the San Francisco–based SaaS classroom technology platform focused on elementary education. Seesaw’s founders will continue to lead the company as Providence supports the company’s next phase of product and customer growth; financial terms were not disclosed.

Providence Equity Partners Takes Majority Growth Stake in Modern Campus

August 26, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Providence Equity Partners has made a majority growth investment in Modern Campus, a learner-to-earner SaaS platform for higher education. The Riverside Company sold its stake in the business, and Modern Campus appointed Craig Chanoff as CEO as Providence plans to support product development and strategic acquisitions to accelerate growth.

Trive Capital and Epic Partners Invest in Pryor Learning

August 15, 2023

Education

Dallas-based Trive Capital and New York-based Epic Partners have invested in Pryor Learning, a corporate training, credentialing and educational content provider headquartered in Mission, Kansas. The investment will support Pryor's digital offering and buy-and-build growth strategy; Steven Riehs has been named CEO. Trive and Epic plan organic investments to enhance the customer experience and pursue acquisitions to expand Pryor's content and platform capabilities.

Quad Partners Invests $25M in eSpark Learning

January 5, 2022

Education

Quad Partners, a private equity firm focused on education, has invested $25 million in eSpark Learning to accelerate growth of the company's personalized K–5 reading and math program. The capital will be used to expand the product, grow the team, and bring eSpark’s student-centric curriculum to more schools across the United States.

Providence Equity Partners Acquires Majority Stake in n2y

November 18, 2019

Education

Providence Equity Partners has made a majority investment in n2y LLC, a Huron, Ohio–based provider of software, curriculum and tools for K‑12 special education. The Riverside Company and members of n2y's management will remain minority shareholders as Providence supports the company's organic and acquisition growth plans.

Blackstone Invests in Renaissance Learning

November 9, 2021

Education

Private equity funds managed by Blackstone will make a significant equity investment in Renaissance, the pre-K–12 edtech leader, alongside existing investors including Francisco Partners and TPG’s The Rise Fund. The capital will be used to accelerate organic growth, product innovation, and support Renaissance’s ongoing acquisition strategy while Francisco Partners remains a major shareholder.