PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infinedi Partners, LP (“Infinedi”) announced today that its portfolio company, CEA CAPA Education Abroad (“CEA CAPA” or the “Company”), has completed the acquisition of St. Mary’s Institute for Educational Excellence (dba “Atlantis”).
Atlantis is the leading provider of experiential education abroad for college and university students pursuing careers as doctors, nurses, lawyers and management consultants. Atlantis’ solutions help nearly 2,500 pre-professional students obtain real world experience crucial for employment and/or graduate school acceptance annually. The Company goes to market through three brands: Atlantis (pre-med and pre-nursing), Lex Fellowship (pre-law), and Beacon Fellowship (pre-consulting).
CEA CAPA works with more than 350 U.S. universities to provide comprehensive educational and internship abroad programs in Europe, Central and South America and Australia. With 11 international study centers and 45 international university partners, the organization serves more than 7,500 college and university students annually. Today’s announcement follows Infinedi’s acquisitions of CEA in August 2020 and CAPA in April 2021.
“We are thrilled to add Atlantis to our organization. I am highly confident that this acquisition will allow us to further expand on our long history of serving the needs of our university partners and students,” said Beth Stiller, CEO of CEA CAPA.
Jay Hegenbart, Founder and Managing Partner of Infinedi, commented, “We are pleased to welcome Atlantis to the CEA CAPA team. The success of CEA CAPA underscores the power of Infinedi’s lower middle market, research-focused and industry-specialized approach to making control investments in founder-owned businesses. We look forward to issuing similar announcements in the near future.”
“We have been interested in Atlantis for several years given its unique blend of shadowing programs for professional careers and experiential education abroad,” said Carter Harned, Partner at Infinedi. “We expect that CEA CAPA will collaborate with its university partners to utilize these highly valuable shadowing opportunities in semester-long, for-credit study abroad programs.”
About Infinedi
Infinedi is a private equity firm focused on innovative partnerships with founder-owned businesses and financial entrepreneurs. Based in New York, the firm was founded in March 2018 by Jay Hegenbart. Unlike many traditional private equity firms, Infinedi focuses exclusively on situations where it is the first private equity investor. Additional elements of the strategy include using less financial leverage and having investment durations longer than is typical.
The firm’s approach is solution-based, working with business owners to create tailor-made private equity investments oriented to maximize effectiveness for all stakeholders. Infinedi’s investments are typically control investments with large founder re-investment. Its investors include a diverse group of prominent institutional investors. Many of these organizations have known the principals for decades and have benefitted from their successful track record of investing. Infinedi is actively seeking new investment opportunities.
Visit infinedi.com for more information.
About CEA CAPA Education Abroad
Since 1997, the Company has maintained one simple philosophy: to provide high-quality international academic programs and services. The Company recognizes and values greater access to global education by offering high-quality, discipline-based academic programs that integrate the host culture into an active learning pedagogy. The Company’s students engage in academically rigorous courses and innovative internships, all designed to create global leaders for the 21st century.
The Company works with more than 350 U.S. universities to provide comprehensive educational and internship abroad programs in Europe, Central and South America, and Australia. The organization serves more than 7,500 college and university students annually with 11 international study centers and 45 international university partners.
Visit ceacapa.com for more information.
About Atlantis
Founded in 2007, Atlantis is the leading provider of pre-health and pre-law experiential education abroad, with a small but growing presence in pre-consulting. Atlantis operates across three brands: Atlantis, Lex Fellowship, and Beacon Fellowship, which have programs tailored to the needs of pre-med / pre-nursing, pre-law, and pre-consulting students, respectively. The core tenet of the company’s mission is to offer unique and life-changing experiences that provide students with opportunities to immerse themselves in the careers they are interested in pursuing while gaining a global perspective.
Atlantis has developed a robust network of 200+ hospital partners, 100+ law firm partners, and 10+ other partners, primarily located in Europe. Atlantis currently operates in 12 countries and 38 cities, providing a wide array of locations to meet student preferences. Alumni have been admitted to many of the most prestigious universities and elite organizations, utilizing the skills they learned within the program to differentiate themselves among a highly competitive applicant pool.
Visit joinatlantis.com, www.lexfellowship.org, and www.beaconfellows.org for more information.
