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Levine Leichtman Capital Partners to Invest in Schülerhilfe in Partnership with Management
FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (“LLCP”), a global private equity firm, announced today that it has agreed to invest in Schülerhilfe (the “Company”) in partnership with its CEO, Dieter Werkhausen, and the existing management team. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Schülerhilfe is the leading operator and franchisor of site-based and online tutoring in the DACH region. Through its network of c.1,200 centers, the Company offers tutoring services focused on improving students’ academic outcomes and progression, along with an expanding adult education offering. Schülerhilfe offers tailored and focused, small-group and one-on-one tutoring sessions held both in-person and online.
“We are thrilled to partner with LLCP as Schülerhilfe enters into the next phase of its growth,” said Dieter Werkhausen, CEO of the Company, who will continue to lead the Company along with the entire management team. “We believe LLCP’s alignment with our strategic vision as well as LLCP’s strong experience in education and multi-unit investing will be extremely beneficial as we continue our growth trajectory while maintaining excellent service levels for our pupils.”
Josh Kaufman, Partner and Head of Europe at LLCP, commented, “We are excited to partner with Dieter and the entire management team, who have an excellent track record of growth and enhancing Schülerhilfe’s position as the leader in tutoring services in the DACH region. Schülerhilfe serves attractive end markets that benefit from tailwinds including a growing number of school-age pupils, an increasing tutoring rate, and a continued shift towards institutional providers. We are excited to capitalize on these favorable tailwinds, and more broadly we look forward to supporting the Company through this next chapter of success.”
Matthias Tabbert, Managing Director and Head of DACH at LLCP, added, “Schülerhilfe is the leading provider of high-quality professional tutoring in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and has built an impressive brand awareness over the last 50 years. As parents notice an increase in their children’s need for tutoring, Schülerhilfe remains the provider of choice to enable a good school education and improve grades driven by its highly effective and best-in-class on-site tutoring with great proximity to the pupil’s homes. We look forward to working with Dieter and team as they continue to grow the Company’s footprint and service offerings.”
Schülerhilfe will be the second investment of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners VII, L.P. Across its funds, LLCP has invested extensively in multi-unit and education businesses, including Mander Portman Woodward, Tropical Smoothie Cafe, GL Education, Hand & Stone, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Suveto, Improve International, Skill Dynamics, Therapeutic Research Center, Squla, and CJ Fallon.
Oakley Capital, Schülerhilfe’s previous financial sponsor since 2017, will exit its investment.
Milbank LLP served as legal counsel to LLCP on the transaction.
About Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, LLC is a middle-market private equity firm with a 40-year track record of investing across various targeted sectors, including Business Services, Franchising & Multi-unit, Education & Training and Engineered Products & Manufacturing. LLCP utilizes a differentiated Structured Private Equity investment strategy, combining debt and equity capital investments in portfolio companies. LLCP believes that by investing in a combination of debt and equity securities, it offers management teams growth capital in a highly tailored, flexible investment structure that can be a more attractive alternative than traditional private equity.
LLCP’s global team of dedicated investment professionals is led by 10 partners who have worked at LLCP for an average of 20 years. Since inception, LLCP has managed approximately $15.2 billion of institutional capital across 15 investment funds and has invested in over 100 portfolio companies. LLCP currently manages $9.0 billion of assets and has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Miami, London, Stockholm, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
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FinMont Announces Strategic Partnership with Leading Payment Provider, The Payments Group
BERLIN, Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — FinMont, a global payment orchestration platform, today announced a strategic partnership with The Payments Group (TPG), a leading payment solution provider. This collaboration aims to enhance FinMont’s payment ecosystem by integrating TPG’s innovative cash and evoucher payment solutions, offering more flexibility and improved payment capabilities for FinMont’s global network of travel industry merchants.
The founders of German airline, Hahn Air, launched FinMont to offer the travel industry a unique solution that, unlike other options available, streamlines not only B2C payments but also B2B payments. Combining both payments into a single view will help decision-makers identify and fix inefficiencies in their current payment processes.
The Payments Group was established by a team of payment industry veterans and has revolutionised cash payments for e-commerce. Its CashtoCode service simplifies the process of making secure cash payments for online merchants and their customers. This service is recognised for its speed, simplicity, and accessibility, ensuring that cash payments remain a viable and inclusive option in the digital economy.
With this new partnership, FinMont will integrate TPG’s cash payment and e-voucher solutions into its global payment ecosystem. This move will provide FinMont’s international travel merchants with more diverse payment options, ensuring they can cater to a broader customer base while reducing payment processing complexities.
Suby Valluri, CEO of FinMont commented on the partnership, saying, “We are excited to join forces with The Payments Group to offer our merchants even more flexibility in payment solutions. Cash payments continue to play a crucial role in many parts of the world, and by integrating CashtoCode, we can help travel merchants reach more customers, reduce friction in payment processes, and ultimately drive growth.”
Jens Bader, The Payments Group CEO and founder, added, “Our partnership with FinMont enables us to bring our innovative cash and evoucher payment solutions to a wider range of travel merchants. We give merchants all the resources they need to succeed in the competitive world of ecommerce and start taking payments as quickly as possible. Working together with FinMont, we aim to streamline and enhance the entire end-to-end payment process.”
About FinMont
FinMont is an end-to-end omnichannel travel payment management platform.
The founders of German airline, Hahn Air, launched FinMont to offer the travel industry a unique solution that, unlike other options available, streamlines not only B2C payments but also B2B payments. Combining both payments into a single view will help decision-makers identify and fix inefficiencies in their current payment processes. The firm’s mission is to help travel merchants use payments as a strategic tool to stand out from their competitors.
About The Payments Group
The Payments Group is a German stock-listed holding company that operates four Fintech providers and a venture capital arm based in Frankfurt. Its subsidiaries include Funanga AG (Germany), TWBS Ltd (Malta), Calida Financial Ltd (Malta) and Surfer Rosa Ltd (Isle of Man). The Payments Group Holding (TPG) is a fast-growing, vertically integrated e-Money business. It provides proprietary closed and open loop (branded and white-labelled) prepaid payment services to hundreds of online merchants worldwide. Its highly distinct yet complimentary subsidiary companies combine to position TPG as the future market leader in embedded finance and prepaid solutions. TPG employs more than 50 people worldwide. TPG customers can use more than 550,000 point of sale cash payment stations and a global online prepaid card network to process cash and cashless online payments.
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2024 Zhangjiajie International Tourism Innovation Week shows vitality of China’s tourism industry
BEIJING, Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — From October 18th to 20th, the 2024 Zhangjiajie International Tourism Innovation Week, hosted by SMART and themed ‘Integration and Expanding Frontiers’, was held in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province.
The 2024 Zhangjiajie International Tourism Innovation Week aims to expand international and domestic tourism exchanges and cooperation, showcase the charm and vitality of China’s tourism industry, facilitate the transformation and upgrading of Zhangjiajie’s tourism, and accelerate its high-quality development.
Over the course of three days, the event featured one main dialogue, 23 parallel dialogues, a food festival, and a culinary competition, were held concurrently.
Top industry professionals, entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers from the global tourism industry participated in various events such as dialogues at the main venue, closed-door meetings, and parallel sessions, and focusing on topics including talent development, rural revitalization and innovative development of health and wellness vacations, aesthetic education and research for children, tourism and urban marketing innovation, and the homestay industry.
Notably, the International Tourism Innovation Week introduced an innovative approach by locating some of its venues outdoors, utilizing the natural landscape as a backdrop and scenic spots as venues.
Simultaneously, sessions were hosted at nine different locations, including Neodalle Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan, Zhangjiajie Tianmen Cave, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Glamour Xiangxi, Zhangjiajie Baofeng Lake Landscape Area, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge, Zhangjiajie Seven Star Mountain Landscape Area, Zhangjiajie Yellow dragon Cave Landscape Area and Zhangjiajie 72 Unusual Houses Scenic Spot.
“Our goal is to create the largest, most forward-thinking, and widely covered cultural and creative industry event in the province, and even the country,” said the relevant responsible person from the event organizer. It is said that this International Tourism Innovation Week represents a rare opportunity for the transformation and development of Zhangjiajie’s tourism industry.
The conference invited more than 200 domestic and foreign guests, attracted more than 3,000 on-site professional visitors, and created a phenomenon platform for the exchange and cooperation of global professional tourism talents, highlighting the strong driving force of this event based in Zhangjiajie, radiating the whole country and affecting the world.
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NayaOne to Accelerate Enterprise Adoption of Generative AI in Financial Services using NVIDIA AI
LONDON, Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — NayaOne, a leader in digital transformation platforms for enterprises, today announced it is driving the rapid adoption of generative AI within the financial services industry leveraging the NayaOne Digital Sandbox and NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platform, including NVIDIA NIM microservices, a part of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform.
Through this work, enterprises will be able to accelerate the testing, development, and deployment of generative AI solutions, driving accelerated time to value and accelerating time to market in areas such as fraud, customer experience and enterprise efficiency use cases.
Empowering Financial Institutions with Accelerated AI Adoption
Generative AI has emerged as a game-changer for financial services, enabling enterprises to analyse large data sets, generate synthetic data for risk-free experimentation, and enhance decision-making capabilities. With NVIDIA AI Enterprise and NVIDIA NIM microservices integrated into the NayaOne Digital Sandbox, enterprises can now experiment with AI models at scale, significantly reducing time to market with risk free experimentation.
“The demand for AI-driven solutions in financial services is accelerating, and our collaboration with NVIDIA allows institutions to harness the power of generative AI in a controlled, secure environment,” said Karan Jain, CEO at NayaOne. “We are creating an ecosystem where financial institutions can prototype faster, more effectively leading to real business transformation and growth initiatives.”
Reducing Risk and Accelerating Time to Market
Enterprises can now test new AI solutions in NayaOne’s Digital Sandbox with NVIDIA’s software and hardware products. In this secure environment, the Sandbox also allows enterprises to experiment with NVIDIA NIM Microservices on premise and with their cloud service provider, reducing integration risks. Financial institutions will be able to run multiple proofs-of-concept simultaneously, utilising their data and evaluate the effectiveness of AI solutions at scale before full deployment.
A New Era of Innovation for Financial Services
Combining NayaOne’s extensive network and NVIDIA’s product suite offers a seamless pathway for financial institutions to stay ahead of the curve. Enterprises across the financial services ecosystem will now have access through NayaOne to NVIDIA’s high-performance computing power to accelerate model training and deployment.
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