Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that invests in businesses that help the world learn.

Providence Equity Partners

Providence Equity Partners is a specialist private equity investment firm focused on growth-oriented media, communications, education, and technology companies across North America and Europe. Providence combines its partnership approach to investing with deep industry expertise to seek to help management teams build exceptional businesses and generate superior returns. Since its founding in 1989, Providence has invested over $36 billion across more than 175 private equity portfolio companies as of December 2023. With its headquarters in Providence, RI, the firm also has offices in New York, London, Boston and Atlanta. 

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Hulu

Outfront Media

LogicMonitor

SnapApp

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iQiyi

It has been a privilege to partner with TAIT over the past five years, and we are pleased to have helped the business continue to grow through new services, geographies and end markets, successfully navigate the pandemic, and create lasting value for all stakeholders. Working across the live experience, brand experience, placemaking, and location-based experience markets, TAIT is a trusted partner to some of the world’s most influential artists, brands, and institutions. We are grateful to have supported TAIT’s growth and we look forward to watching the Company continue to thrive with its new partner Goldman Sachs. 

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Providence is delighted to welcome Wendel as a partner in Globeducate as the organization enters its next phase of growth. Since our investment in 2017, Globeducate has expanded from 21 schools with around 11,000 students in 4 countries to a network of 65 schools educating over 40,000 students in 11 countries. 

Karim Tabet, Senior Managing Director and Sofian Lignier, Managing Director, Providence, said they “look forward to continuing our journey with Globeducate’s CEO Luca Uva, the management team, and dedicated teachers, and we are delighted to welcome Wendel to our partnership.”

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Providence is pleased to announce we have completed the acquisition of VivaGym Group, a leading operator of affordable gyms in the Iberian Peninsula. 
 
We are excited to support VivaGym in executing its growth strategy and solidifying its leadership in the fitness market. 

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Providence is pleased to announce the sale of Superstruct Entertainment to KKR. Since its establishment in 2017 by Providence, Superstruct has grown organically and through acquisitions into one of the world’s premier live entertainment groups, owning and operating a well-diversified portfolio of festivals across music genres and geographies.
 
Providence’s Senior Managing Director and Director, Andrew Tisdale and Daniel Zwicky shared that they are “incredibly proud of the rapid growth and success Superstruct has achieved since its inception,” and added that “We are confident that with KKR’s support, Superstruct will continue to thrive.” 
 
Congratulations to everyone involved!

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Congratulations to Lucy Dobrin, a Managing Director in our New York office, for being named one of GrowthCap’s Top Women Leaders in Growth Investing of 2024. Lucy's expertise and leadership have earned her this well-deserved recognition among so many accomplished women in growth equity investing. We are proud to have Lucy on our Providence team. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/efTugddT

Providence is excited to announce its partnership with Brandt Information Services, a leading provider of outdoor recreational technology platforms. We look forward to helping Brandt with its efforts to advance its portfolio of solutions and services and develop new capabilities for the company’s outdoor recreational agency customers.

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