Mergers & Acquisitions

The Riverside Company Acquires Wall Street Prep

6855 Riverside Company - Wall Street Prep NT

M&A Engagement Overview

Industry Group: Technology
Area of Focus: Education Technology

Harris Williams advised The Riverside Company on their acquisition of Wall Street Prep, a portfolio company of Eden Capital. Founded in 2004, Wall Street Prep provides education for students and finance professionals through self-paced online courses, certification programs, and live corporate and university training.

Corporate and career training platforms such as Wall Street Prep – which have demonstrated an ability to expand their addressable market and continuously innovate to create new offerings in response to market needs – have attracted significant interest from investors.

Wall Street Prep is a leader in the financial services training and education space with a market-leading brand and set of offerings that address the needs of professionals throughout their careers. The company’s highly specialized and customized training, proven technology stack, and innovative offerings have enabled the company to achieve strong growth.

With this acquisition, Riverside aims to further elevate Wall Street Prep’s market-leading position in financial training and plans to execute on a robust growth strategy during its partnership.

Riverside’s expertise in the broader education and training space and track record of helping middle market companies deliver on aggressive growth objectives made for an ideal fit with the objectives of Wall Street Prep for this transaction.

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