Avathon Capital Acquires Summit Professional Education
Avathon Capital Acquires Summit Professional Education
Leveraging its sector expertise and deep executive network, Avathon invests in Summit Professional Education following an extensive search for a differentiated continuing professional education platform
在廣泛尋找差異化的繼續專業教育平台之後，Avathon利用其行業專業知識和深厚的高管網絡，投資了Summit Professional Education
CHICAGO, May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Avathon Capital ("Avathon"), a private equity firm exclusively investing in lower middle-market companies in the education and workforce markets, announced its acquisition of Summit Professional Education ("Summit"). Summit is a provider of in-person and online continuing and professional education ("CPE") courses for physical therapists and assistants, occupational therapists and assistants, and speech language pathologists.
芝加哥，2024年5月15日 /PRNewswire/ — 專門投資教育和勞動力市場的中低端市場的私募股權公司阿瓦松資本（“Avathon”）宣佈收購薩米特專業教育（“峯會”）。Summit是爲物理治療師和助理、職業治療師和助理以及言語病理學家提供面對面和在線繼續和專業教育（“CPE”）課程的提供商。
Founded in 2004, Summit has established itself as a cornerstone in the CPE landscape, having educated over 400,000 students since inception and offering more than 1,500 courses nationwide. The company's extensive course library, coupled with its experienced base of over 100 instructors and robust technology platform, makes it an essential resource for health care professionals seeking to maintain licensure and enhance their skills through high-quality educational offerings.
Summit成立於2004年，已成爲CPE領域的基石，自成立以來已教育了40多萬名學生，並在全國範圍內提供1,500多門課程。該公司龐大的課程庫，加上由100多名講師組成的經驗豐富的基礎和強大的技術平台，使其成爲尋求通過高質量教育產品維持執照和提高技能的醫療保健專業人員的必備資源。
"Our acquisition of Summit was driven by a meticulous research-first and executive-first strategy that identified Summit as a high-potential platform aligned with our investment criteria," said Brian Schwartz, Avathon Managing Director and Summit deal lead. "This approach, combined with our deep understanding of the market's nuances developed through our executive engagements, ensured a well-prepared and timely execution of this investment."
Avathon董事總經理兼峯會交易負責人布萊恩·施瓦茨表示：“我們對Summit的收購是由一項細緻的研究先行和執行優先的戰略推動的，該戰略將Summit確定爲符合我們投資標準的高潛力平台。”“這種方法，加上我們通過高管參與對市場細微差別的深刻理解，確保了這項投資的充分準備和及時執行。”
Nishaad Balachandran, Avathon Principal, added, "Summit's established market position and scalable business model make it an ideal platform to advance our presence in the professional education sector. Our strategic investment underscores our commitment to fostering growth and enhancing educational outcomes across the healthcare industry."
Avathon負責人尼沙德·巴拉尚德蘭補充說：“峯會的既定市場地位和可擴展的商業模式使其成爲提升我們在專業教育領域影響力的理想平台。我們的戰略投資凸顯了我們對促進整個醫療保健行業增長和提高教育成果的承諾。”
In partnership with the incoming executive team, Avathon will help the company accelerate its go-to-market strategy, expand its content library organically, and has already begun pursuing several compelling acquisition targets across the healthcare and financial services end-markets.
Avathon將與即將上任的高管團隊合作，幫助該公司加快其市場進入戰略，有機擴展其內容庫，並且已經開始在醫療保健和金融服務終端市場追求幾個引人注目的收購目標。
This acquisition marks Avathon's fourteenth platform investment, reaffirming its dedication to enriching the education and workforce landscape. Avathon's legal advisory for the transaction was provided by BakerHostetler and McGuireWoods. Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive financial advisor to Summit.
此次收購標誌着Avathon的第十四次平台投資，重申了其對豐富教育和勞動力格局的承諾。Avathon爲該交易提供的法律諮詢由BakerHostetler和McGuireWoods提供。霍利漢·洛基曾擔任峯會的獨家財務顧問。
About Avathon Capital: Avathon Capital, a private equity firm based in Chicago, specializes in investing in growing, lower middle market companies in the education and workforce markets. Avathon's principals are curious, creative, determined, and thoughtful investors. They show up prepared and ready to turn their relationships and experience into a competitive advantage for their partners. Avathon selectively targets opportunities where it can invest $20 to $50 million of equity capital and take a meaningful ownership position in companies with the potential to become enduring and strategically important businesses in their market. For more information visit: .
關於 阿瓦松資本: 總部位於芝加哥的私募股權公司Avathon Capital專門投資教育和勞動力市場中成長中的中低端市場公司。Avathon 的負責人都是好奇、富有創造力、堅定而有思想的投資者。他們做好了準備，隨時準備將自己的關係和經驗轉化爲合作伙伴的競爭優勢。Avathon有選擇地瞄準機會，在這些機會中，它可以投資2000萬至5000萬美元的股權資本，並對有可能成爲其市場中具有長期和戰略重要性的企業的公司擁有有意義的所有權。欲了解更多信息，請訪問:.
About Summit Professional Education: Summit Professional Education is a provider of in-person and online continuing and professional education ("CPE") courses for physical therapists and assistants, occupational therapists and assistants, and speech language pathologists. For more information visit: Summit Professional Education
關於 峯會專業教育: Summit Professional Education是一家爲物理治療師和助理、職業治療師和助理以及言語病理學家提供面對面和在線繼續和專業教育（“CPE”）課程的提供商。欲了解更多信息，請訪問：峯會專業教育
Contact: Grace (Beitler) Glick, [email protected]
聯繫我們: Grace (Beitler) Glick，[email protected]
SOURCE Avathon Capital
來源 Avathon Capital
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