TPG Rise Fund backs Healthcademia to scale healthcare training

TPG has taken a minority stake in global healthcare education group Healthcademia, joining forces with majority backer G Square Capital to accelerate the company’s roll‑out across Europe and the Americas. The deal — positioned as growth capital rather than an outright takeover — aims to bolster organic expansion, digital product development and selective M&A as Healthcademia seeks to broaden its training footprint for health professionals.

Founded in 2006, Healthcademia operates across 11 countries and reports a network of more than 120,000 alumni and roughly 50,000 students currently enrolled in its programmes. The group combines higher‑education offerings, test preparation and continuing professional development that target skills gaps in nursing, allied health and emerging clinical technologies — areas where demand for trained staff remains acute.

The investment was routed through The Rise Funds, the impact‑oriented strategy within TPG's platform. TPG’s impact arm brings sector experience from a portfolio spanning university education, upskilling and vocational learning — capabilities the investor says it will deploy to scale Healthcademia’s product suite and measurement of learner outcomes. TPG manages a large impact platform (roughly $29 billion in related assets, per firm disclosures) and has increasingly targeted education plays that combine growth potential with measurable social benefits.

Healthcademia’s management framed the capital as a catalyst for both technology investment and geographic expansion. CEO Luis Lopez told Inforcapital that the group will prioritise digital learning environments and partnerships with hospitals and universities to convert training into employability. Local market focus will remain important: the company plans to intensify offerings in Spain, France, Italy and the UK while scaling operations across Latin America and North America.

From the investor side, Hichem Omezzine, Business Unit Partner at The Rise Funds, highlighted alignment on outcomes and quality standards, while Renaud Dessertenne, Partner at G Square Capital, underlined the shared ambition to expand Lifelong Learning pathways for frontline healthcare staff. Financial adviser involvement on the transaction included Nomura, which advised TPG.