E-commerce and Digital Media

Kompetensutvecklings-institutet

July 2013

BUYER

AcadeMedia is the largest education company in Sweden with sales of SEK 5.125 million. Academedia has operations within pre- and compulsory school, upper secondary school and adult education. The company operates approximately 330 schools and adult education units across Sweden and has 52,000 students and 30,000 adult participants.

TARGET

KompetensUtvecklingsInstitutet is an adult education company within health care services and pre-schools. It offers adult education on upper secondary level, educations for corporates and organizations, work-training as well as open education and conferences. KompetensUtvecklingsInstituted has sales of SEK 70 million.

SELLER

JB Education was a Swedish education company owned by Axcel, a Danish Private Equity investor. JB Education went into receivership in June 2013.

TRANSACTION

A structured auction process directed towards key industrial buyers.