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EFG Hermes\u2019 private equity arm has launched MindSpire Education as the umbrella brand for its K-12 education brand<\/strong> across the Arab world, the firm said in a press release (pdf)<\/a>. It\u2019s the launch of a regional group brand \u2014 not a cosmetic relabelling of Spark Education Platform (SEP) \u2014 EFG Hermes Co-CEO Karim Moussa tells EnterpriseAM, and comes with a fresh investment in the Kingdom: Egypt-born Hayah Schools will open its first Riyadh campus in the summer of 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cHayah has one of the highest IB scores in the region, not just in Egypt,\u201d Moussa tells us. <\/strong>\u201cIt\u2019s a brand that deserves to grow across the region.\u201d<\/strong> The Riyadh launch is being positioned as the flagship integration of MindSpire\u2019s operating platform with Hayah's academic model and a STEM track from Fulton Science Academy in the US \u2014 a partnership EFG Hermes has now expanded specifically to support the Saudi build-out. This also follows the launch of GEMS American School in Saudi Arabia last summer, with GEMS British School set to open its doors this summer, Moussa says.<\/p>\n

MindSpire has big regional ambitions, Moussa says<\/strong>, explaining, \u201cWe are an Arab education company focused on our cultural heritage, our character building, and the Arabic language as cornerstones.\u201d EFG Hermes built deep K-12 capabilities in Egypt, \u201cexported\u201d that to Saudi Arabia, and is now leading with a regional brand. The bet is that an Arab-rooted, operator-driven K-12 group with Egyptian academic depth and Saudi capital can do something the regional sector hasn't seen done at scale.<\/p>\n

The investment playbook:<\/strong> MindSpire \u201cis not just a private equity play of investing and aggregating,\u201d Moussa tells EnterpriseAM. \u201cIt is a play centered around a very strong operator.\u201d That playbook is made clear with how EFG Hermes approaches these investments \u2014 it looks at schools that need help or restructuring, as well as \u201clocal champions\u201d that are family- or founder-built brands that simply lack the capital and operating muscle to scale regionally. The fund also works on greenfield investments. The mix going forward will be opportunistic, Moussa told us \u2014 acquisitions and greenfield openings will both be on the menu on a case-by-case basis, he says.<\/p>\n

By the numbers:<\/strong> EFG's Saudi Education Fund \u2014 which is backing MindSpire \u2014 has raised more than USD 200 mn in commitments against a USD 300 mn target, with over half of that already deployed, Moussa tells us. The fund \u2014 separate from the firm\u2019s earlier USD 150 mn Egypt education vehicle, which is fully deployed \u2014 has financed six Saudi schools in roughly a year. Three of those schools were acquisitions, while another three were new builds, Moussa said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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