New York, NY, January 9, 2020 – Spire Capital Partners, a leading small market private equity firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Rupali Varma to Principal. Rupali has been an investment professional at Spire Capital, serving as Associate and Vice President, since joining the firm in 2015. Rupali plays an active role in…
O2B Kids continues to grow its early education footprint in Florida through its acquisition of Home Away From Home Gainesville, FL (December 3, 2019) – O2B Kids, a premier provider of early education services, announced today that it has acquired Home Away From Home (or “HAFH”), a provider of high-quality early education services in southeast Florida.…
Scottsdale, Arizona – November 18, 2019 – Trax Group, a leader in cloud-based transportation spend management solutions, announces that Hampton Wall has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Hamp has over twelve years of experience in the enterprise spend management industry, previously serving as CEO of both Proactis (LON:PHD) and Perfect Commerce. Hamp succeeds…
NEW YORK, November 20, 2019 – Spire Capital Partners (“Spire Capital”), a private equity firm specializing in investments across the technology-enabled business services, media, education and communications sectors, closed on the sale of Surgent Professional Education (“Surgent”), a leading provider of end-to-end professional education, from pre-licensure thru continuing education for accounting, finance and healthcare professionals,…
DEVON, PA (August 12, 2019) – Surgent, a Spire Capital Partners portfolio company and leading provider of continuing education and exam preparation courses, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Pharmaceutical Education Consultants, Inc. (“PharmCon”). PharmCon was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Primarily marketed through its ecommerce brand, FreeCE.com, PharmCon…
Vector continues rapid expansion adding New Orleans office to nation’s largest transit network NEW YORK, NY (MAY 6, 2019) – Spire Capital is pleased to announce the acquisition of Laurel Outdoor (“Laurel”) through its portfolio company, Vector Media (“Vector”). Laurel is the exclusive municipal transit advertising partner of the city of New Orleans, Jefferson Parish…
O2B Kids Moves into Atlanta, Georgia with its acquisition of Brookside Academy GAINESVILLE, FL (May 6, 2019) – O2B Kids, a leading provider of early education services for children in the Southeast U.S. and a Spire Capital portfolio company, consummated its acquisition of Brookside Academy. Brookside Academy, founded in 1999, has two locations in Alpharetta…
NEW YORK, NY (MAY 1, 2019) – Spire Capital Partners (“Spire Capital” or “Spire”), a leading private equity firm with an investment focus in companies within the technology-enabled business services, media, communications and education sectors, announced that it has closed on the sale of Lighthouse Global (“Lighthouse” or the “Company”), a leading technology-enabled eDiscovery and…
The Village Academy will expand O2B Kids’ geographic presence in the Florida market Gainesville, FL (March 27, 2019) – O2B Kids, a leading provider of early education services for children in the Southeast U.S., completed the acquisition of The Village Academy, an early education services business with three facilities in St. Augustine, Florida. Founded in…
Spire Capital’s investment in ERI Solutions will help support the Company expand its technology solutions, grow its client footprint and create additional innovative service offerings NEW YORK (January 24, 2019) – Spire Capital (or “Spire”), a leading New York based private equity firm specializing in technology-enabled business services, media, communications and education sectors, today announced…
