(Confrapar) Educational software development company Starline Tecnologia will receive R$3 million in a series B investment round from Fundo Horizonti, managed by Confrapar. Read more
Starline receives a second round of investment from Confrapar (em português)
Tags: Confrapar, Education, IT/Software, Starline, Venture Capital
Vox invests in school management system WPensar, previously accelerated by Pipa (em português)
Tags: Accelerators, Education, IT/Software, Start-ups, Vox Capital
(Startupi) After some years customizing software for schools, WPensar has developed an online self-service product. In November the company received help from the Rio de Janeiro accelerator Pipa (part of Start-Up Brazil and campaigning to attract foreign entrepreneurs). Recently, the company attracted another partner: impact investment firm Vox Capital. Read more
Private Equity-backed Cruzeiro do Sul acquires Unifran (em português)
Tags: Actis, Brazil, Cruzeiro do Sul, Education, Private Equity
(Exame) Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional, an education company with units in São Paulo and Brasilia, confirmed on Thursday, May 9, the acquisition of educational institutions Universidade de Franca (Unifran) and of Colégio Alto Padrão. Early in 2012 private equity fund Actis invested R$180 million into the company. Read more
Brazil educators to merge in $2.5B deal
Tags: Advent International, Anhanguera Educacional, Brazil, Education, Kroton Educacional, Patria Investimentos, Private Equity
(Deal Pipeline) Advent International Corp.-backed Brazilian private education company Kroton Educacional SA is taking over peer Anhanguera Educacional Participações SA, which is backed by Pátria Investimentos Ltda., in a deal valued at about 5 billion reais ($2.5 billion), the companies announced Monday. Read more
Newgrowth Fund Invests in Grupo Educativo Cead (en español)
Tags: Education, Grupo Educativo Cead, Mexico, Newgrowth Fund
(AMEXCAP) Mexican-based Newgrowth Fund makes an investment in Grupo Educativo Cead, an adult learning platform that aims to support intermediate-level professional development education.
El Fondo Newgrowth informó el día de hoy que ha realizado una inversión en Grupo Educativo Cead, que se enfoca en educación para adultos www.gcead.com.mx. Read more
Mountain do Brasil, Macmillan Digital Education and 500 Startups invest in Brazilian EdTech startup Veduca
Tags: 500 Startups, Brazil, Education, IT/s, Macmillan Digital Education, Mountain do Brasil, Start-ups, Veduca, Venture Capital
(Press Release) Veduca (Veduca.com.br), a Brazilian based online video platform that aggregates and curates publicly available educational content from the world’s top universities and annotates this content with meta tags and Portuguese subtitles to make it searchable based on key words; thus making it easily accessible to the Brazilian population, raises capital from Mountain do Brasil, Macmillan Digital Education and 500 Startups. Read more
Private equity is taking off in Latin American education
Tags: Education, Entrepreneurs, Tech
by Gabriel Sanchez Zinny - Co-founder, Kuepa
Private equity is growing fast in Latin America, bringing capital, professionalization and consolidation to a number of markets. These sectors include traditional areas such as retail, banking and infrastructure development – but perhaps more surprisingly, private equity funding is getting actively involved in the education sector as well. Read more
H.I.G. Capital Acquires Cel Lep, a Leading Educational Company in Brazil
Tags: Brazil, Education, Private Equity
(H.I.G. Capital) September 14, 2012 – H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a leading global private investment firm, announced today that its Brazilian affiliate has completed the acquisition of Cel Lep Idiomas (Cel Lep or the “Company”), a leading premium English Language Teaching (ELT) network in Brazil. Read more
MIF Invests in Mexican Venture Capital Fund to Support Education, Financial and Retail Services
Tags: Education, Fundraising, Mexico
Open English Secures $43M Investment led by Insight Venture Partners
Tags: Education, Member Firm
(The Miami Herald) July 26, 2012 – Open English, Latin America’s leading online English language school, has secured more than USD $40M in its latest round of financing led by New York-based Insight Venture Partners. Read more
