William Blair acted as financial advisor to Five Arrows in connection with its pending acquisition of n2y, a portfolio company of Providence Equity Partners. This transaction signed on March 19 and is expected to close in May 2023.
About the Companies
n2y is changing the lives of special education administrators and teachers, therapists and paraprofessionals, and all the students they serve. Its award-winning solutions are designed specifically to address the needs of the whole child and help unique learners meet their state’s standards. Multiple integrated, evidence- and research-based solutions empower educators to teach and students to achieve. Differentiated, standards based academic instruction, enhanced by proactive behavior management, combines with collaborative IEP development to support learning for every student.
Five Arrows is the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co and has €23 billion AuM with offices in Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Luxembourg. With over €9 billion of assets under management, the corporate private equity business of Five Arrows is focused on investing in companies with highly defensible market positions; strong management teams; business models with high visibility of organic unit volume growth and strong unit economics; and multiple operational levers that can be used to unlock latent value. Sectors are limited to data and software, technology-enabled business services and healthcare.
Providence Equity Partners is a specialist private equity investment firm focused on growth-oriented media, communications, education and technology companies across North America and Europe. The firm combines its partnership approach to investing with deep industry expertise to help management teams build exceptional businesses and generate attractive returns. Since its founding in 1989, Providence has invested over $35 billion across more than 170 private equity portfolio companies. With its base in Providence, RI, the firm also has offices in New York, London, Boston, and Atlanta.
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