education - PitchBook
Between 2021 and 2025, private equity investment in the education sector experienced significant shifts, including a slowdown in North America with Europe gaining market share, major buyouts and stakes in global private school operators valued in the billions, challenges in MENA's private equity momentum, a dramatic valuation collapse of Indian edtech giant Byju’s, and record returns from U.S. university endowments driven by alternative assets like venture capital.
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As PE investment in education slows, Europe increases its share
October 9, 2025
$19.3B across 294 deals was transacted in the first three quarters of 2025, with the largest decline seen in North America.
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CVC takes stake in Partners Group-backed private schools operator at $8B valuation
October 3, 2025
Luxembourg-based firm acquires 20% of International Schools Partnership, which runs over 100 facilities in 25 countries.
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Neuberger, EQT, CPPIB buyout to value Nord Anglia Education at $14.5B
October 21, 2024
EQT and CPP, existing investors in the global school operator, will support its continued growth.
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Is MENA’s private equity market losing momentum?
September 11, 2024
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.
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Byju’s equity wipeout could further sour VCs on edtech
January 29, 2024
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.
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University endowments’ record returns cut both ways
October 2, 2021
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.
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Foreign VCs are left to lick their wounds after China bans for-profit tutoring
July 27, 2021
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.
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This day in unicorn history: Udacity and its $1B edtech experiment
November 10, 2019
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.
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Vista founder Robert Smith to pay off student loans for Morehouse grads
May 19, 2019
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.
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This day in buyout history: Apollo conducts a textbook takeover
March 21, 2018
Apollo Global Management has invested in pizza, casinos, Twinkies, hot tubs and organic foods. Five years ago today, it added education to the mix.
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KKR’s Laureate the latest PE-backed company to plan 2017 IPO
January 17, 2017
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.
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What’s Got VCs Excited About Education?
April 15, 2014
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.
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