Private equity firm Ascent Capital Advisors is close to picking up
stake in the Hyderabad-based Oakridge International School, one of
India’s largest International Baccalaureate (IB) school. The deal will
involve Ascent Capital investing Rs 150 crore in Oakridge, sources
familiar with the development have said.
The deal is expected to
value the company anywhere between Rs 500 crore-Rs 600 crore, inform
sources, adding that the parties have already signed the shareholders’
agreement. Oakridge has two branches in Gachibowli and Bachupally, two
IT suburbs of Hyderabad. People Combine Avenues, which runs Oakridge,
also raised Rs 20 crore in mezzanine funding from ICICI Venture last
year.
An e-mail query sent to Ascent Capital’s Raja Kumar did not
elicit any response till the time of filing this article. The management
of the Oakridge International School could not be reached either.
Ascent
Capital, an independent investment entity formed by the former UTI
Ventures team, raised Ascent India Fund III with commitments of $350
million in February last year. The firm’s recent deals have mainly come
in the infrastructure sector. It recently invested $30 million in
Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd and prior to that, invested in IVRCL Assets &
Holdings and GMR Energy.
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