Education

$19.3B across 294 deals was transacted in the first three quarters of 2025, with the largest decline seen in North America.

Luxembourg-based firm acquires 20% of International Schools Partnership, which runs over 100 facilities in 25 countries.

EQT and CPP, existing investors in the global school operator, will support its continued growth.

Private equity in MENA got off to a slow start in 2024. But some sectors, including healthcare, are attracting a bigger share of the region’s investments.

Byju’s, one of India’s most prominent startups and once a giant in edtech, is reportedly considering a rights issue that would value the company at 99% below its peak valuation.

Some of America’s largest higher education endowments unveiled eye-popping annual gains in the past week, a trend largely driven by alternative assets—particularly venture capital. But the booming returns may prove to be a double-edged sword.

Chinese officials have cracked down on tutoring companies, in a move that threatens to wipe out billions of dollars in VC investment that have poured into edtech deals in recent years.

In the span of three years, founder Sebastian Thrun helped turn Udacity into an edtech unicorn. But the company’s journey in the world of VC hasn’t always been smooth sailing.

The founder of one of private equity’s most successful software investors promised to pay off the student debt of all 396 members of Morehouse’s 2019 graduating class.

Apollo Global Management has invested in pizza, casinos, Twinkies, hot tubs and organic foods. Five years ago today, it added education to the mix.

2016 was a dry spell unmatched by any other year this decade—which makes the minor flurry of IPO news this week an encouraging sign that the market may be poised to bounce back.

It’s good to be an education startup these days. PitchBook data shows steep increases in deal activity and capital invested in U.S.-based education startups. 2013 was a watershed year in terms of VC raised.