Invision sells Vantage Education

Invision initially bought a majority stake in HSO Wirtschaftsschule Schweiz in July 2013, and began a buy-and-build strategy for Switzerland-based business schools via holding company Vantage Education. Invision portfolio company Swiss Edu Investment Partners made a number of bolt-ons supported by the GP, including HBS Group in January 2014, and HMZ and Dialogica in October 2014. HSO and Swiss Edu, as well as the add-on acquisitions, were merged under Vantage Education in January 2015. EY and Hogan Lovells advised on the add-ons, according to Unquote sister publication Mergermarket.

The company made five add-ons in total during the investment period, according to a statement.

Invision deployed equity via Invision V, which held a final close in July 2013 on €285m. According to Unquote Data, Vantage Education will be the first of the fund's investments to be fully realised.

Company
Vantage Education was formed in 2013 as a holding company via the acquisition of HSO Wirtschaftsschule Schweiz, which was founded in 1954. The group provides 60 higher education course programmes in areas including sales, marketing and tourism management.

The company has 5,000 students, according to a statement. Based in Baar, Vantage has 13 locations and operates via the subsidiaries HSO Wirtschaftsschule Schweiz, BVS St Gallen and IST (Internationale Schule für Touristik). As of 2017, the company had 100 administrative staff, plus 500 teachers.

People
Invision – Marco Martelli (partner).
Vantage Education – Heinz Sommer (CEO); Jonathan Wynne (chairman).

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