HIG Capital (“HIG”), a leading global alternative investment firm with $67 billion of capital under management, is pleased to announce that one of its subsidiaries has invested in Intellego Education (“Intellego” or the “Company”), a Europe-focused owner and operator of private anglophone schools.
Intellego focuses on establishing, repositioning and operating leading independent schools in Europe. The company provides the support, knowledge and tools necessary to bring the best educational practices to each of its partner schools. The company is led by experienced educators and operators who have managed more than 170 schools, including more than 30% of the best schools in Europe offering an International Baccalaureate degree.
With this investment, Intellego is able to capitalize on the attractive tailwinds of the education sector and build a portfolio of highly selective partner schools in major European cities.
Riccardo Dallolio, Managing Director and Head of HIG Realty in Europe, commented: “We are pleased to complete this transaction, which fits with our strategy of investing in platforms with strong long-term trends. We are focused on building best-in-class companies that can achieve critical mass, and our investment in Intellego complements our current portfolio of platform investments spanning the storage and logistics, self-storage, healthcare and hospitality sectors.
Stelios Theodosiou, Managing Director at HIG Realty in Europe, added: “Intellego represents a unique opportunity to enter the private primary and secondary education sector with a world-class management team, a team that truly offers a differentiated approach to education. We look forward to working with Intellego to implement a growth strategy focused on creating a platform of unique, educationally excellent schools across continental Europe.”
Peter Burdon, CEO of Intellego, concluded: “Intellego aims to be the partner of choice for exceptional schools that want to maintain their individual ethos. Building on HIG’s extensive experience in European real estate, we look forward to working with schools that share our vision and goal.”
Information about HIG Capital
HIG is a leading global alternative investment firm with $67 billion in capital under management, based in Miami, with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in the United States, and international offices in Hamburg, London , Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Dubai and Hong Kong. HIG specializes in providing debt and equity capital for medium-sized companies and follows a flexible and operationally oriented approach with high added value:
- HIG’s equity funds invest in management buyouts, recapitalizations and spin-offs of both profitable and unprofitable manufacturing and service companies.
- HIG’s debt funds invest in senior, unitranche and subordinated debt financing for companies of all sizes, both on a primary (direct origination) basis and in the secondary markets. HIG also manages a listed investment company, WhiteHorse Finance.
- HIG’s real estate funds invest in value-adding properties that can benefit from improved asset management processes.
- HIG Infrastructure focuses on value-added and core-plus investments in the infrastructure sector.
Since its founding in 1993, HIG has invested in and managed more than 400 companies worldwide. The firm’s current portfolio includes more than 100 companies with combined revenues of over $53 billion. For more information, please visit the HIG website hig.com.
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