- The deal is the fourth add-on for Spaggiari under Ambienta’s ownership, and Spaggiari’s first outside Italy
- ESDS’s founders and management team are reinvesting and will remain involved in the business
- ESDS’s product suite includes two management information systems, eSchooling and iScholar, plus project-based learning platform DreamShaper
Ambienta’s portfolio company Spaggiari has completed the acquisition of E-Schooling Dream Shaper (ESDS), an education software group operating in Iberia and Latin America. The deal is Spaggiari’s fourth add-on under Ambienta’s ownership and its first acquisition outside Italy.
Founded in 2007, ESDS supports educational institutions with digital management of academic and administrative processes, including data management, analytics, and student and parent engagement. Its offering centers on two management information system platforms, eSchooling and iScholar, along with DreamShaper, a project-based learning solution. Together, the products serve more than 3,000 schools and 1.5 million students. The founders and management team of ESDS are reinvesting alongside Ambienta and will remain involved in the business.
The acquisition extends Spaggiari’s dematerialization strategy beyond Italy into Iberia, Brazil and other Latin American markets, aligning with Ambienta’s focus on resource-efficiency and pollution-control investments.
“The ESDS acquisition is perfectly aligned with our M&A strategy for Spaggiari, adding high-quality MIS software in new markets of Iberia and LATAM and an innovative learning solution which we’ll market across the group to unlock synergies and expand our addressable market,” said Andrea Florio, investment director at Ambienta, in a statement.
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