INVISION, a leading private equity firm focused on succession solutions and growth financings for mid-sized companies in the DACH region, together with the management, acquires eduPRO Group GmbH (“eduPRO”) from Luxempart German Investments SA and management.
eduPRO, headquartered in Vienna, is a leading European education group in the field of services for continuing education, further qualification and adult education with a focus on vocational qualification measures in Austria, Germany and Hungary. The services are provided by operating companies – mainly ipcenter and Weidinger & Partner in Austria and Mikro Partner and bb Gesellschaft für Beruf + Bildung in Germany. With approximately 1,000 employees and trainers, the group offers a wide range of educational measures for more than 20,000 course participants annually at over 85 locations.
The experienced management team, consisting in part of the original founders of the individual companies, will now continue the successful path together with INVISION as significant shareholders.
Laszlo Kovacs, Co-CEO of the eduPRO Group as well as founder of ipcenter: “We are united with INVISION by the common vision of developing eduPRO into a leading European education group.”
“We are pleased to bring our education expertise to eduPRO and to further develop the group together with the management“, said Marco Martelli of INVISION.
Details of the transaction are confidential and will not be disclosed. The closing of the share purchase agreement is expected in early summer 2022, subject to the fulfillment of customary closing conditions.
INVISION was advised in this transaction by SKYE Partners & Herbst Kinsky (legal), Deloitte (finance, commercial, tax & structuring), Cubus Partners (debt advisory) and Lindenpartners (financing).
About eduPRO
eduPRO, headquartered in Vienna, is a leading European education group in the field of services for continuing education, further qualification and adult education with a focus on vocational qualification measures in Austria, Germany and Hungary. The services are provided by operating companies – mainly ipcenter and Weidinger & Partner in Austria and Mikro Partner and bb Gesellschaft für Beruf + Bildung in Germany. With approximately 1,000 employees and trainers, the group offers a wide range of educational measures for more than 20,000 course participants annually at over 85 locations.
About INVISION
Since its founding in 1997, INVISION has successfully developed into one of Europe’s leading investment companies for succession solutions and growth financing for medium-sized companies. During this time, INVISION has invested more than 1 billion Euro in equity capital in over 60 companies and achieved sustainable value growth. INVISION acts as an entrepreneurial partner to entrepreneurs and management teams. In its investments, Invision places particular emphasis on understanding the specific needs of entrepreneurs and developing individual solutions.
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