The French private equity and private debt fund manager, Fondo Capza (formerly Capzanine) is an established European private investment platform focused on small and mid-cap companies.
The company is majority owned by its teams and supported by the AXA Group, the fund manager with over €2.7 billion of assets, Capza brings its expertise and passion for corporate investing to investors in Europe and around the world. The fund offers a platform of 4 complementary areas of expertise: Flex Equity, Private Debt, Transition and Artemid Senior Loans.
Capza has acquired the 75% of IMF International Business School. With this acquisition, Capza closes its sixth operation and accumulates more than 160 million euros invested in Spain in just three years.
IMF Business School was founded in Madrid more than two decades ago, the school is one of the major references in online education in Spain and leader in the segment of online masters, offering its services to more than 120,000 students since its founding and has a wide range of more than 130 courses on a variety of subjects ranging from big data and Business Analytics to marketing and digital communication, among others.
In addition, the company recorded growth of more than 65% over the previous year.
The money raised from the Capza Fund's participation will be used for IMF Business School to continue growing, consolidating its leading position in the country with new products and to continue growing in Latin America, where it already provides services in Ecuador and Colombia. In addition, the firm will be able to take advantage of Capza's extensive sectorial knowledge, as this is the fifth investment they have made in the education industry.
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