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Abril Educação (aka Somos Educação) is the largest elementary and pre-university (k-12) education company in Brazil,owing branns that are nationally recognized brands in the several segments in which it operates. Currently, the Company's business includes publishers (Ática and Scipione for example), basic and technical education systems and schools, preparatory courses for public examinations and language schools. www.somoseducacao.com.br/en

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In 2009, Bozano Investimentos’ Education Team merged 3 companies in the corporate training sector, creating Affero, which became the largest corporate training company in Brazil. In 2013, Affero merged with Lab SSJ, the second largest company in the corporate training sector, giving rise to AfferoLab. The company offers integrated and convergent solutions in Human Capital Management, e-Learning and Organizational Learning. www.afferolab.com.br

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The term "Afya" means "Health" in Swahili. Afya was born from the merger off three companies which already presented high growing potential at the time: NRE Educacional, Medcel, and Uniceplac. As the leading medical education group in Brazil, Afya provides health professionals an ecosystem focused on assisting and training them troughout the entirity of their medical carrers, including (i) a network of higher education institutions focused on the medical and health sectors; (ii) a reference unit in the creation of medical content and digital preparatory courses for medical residency tests; (iii) a network of institutions focused on post-graduate studies and medical specialization; and (iv) a broad range of digital services created for doctors and medicine students. Afya's objective is to establish a partnership with doctors and medical students throughout their careers, not only through its educational offerings, but also by serving as a facilitator for professional development and by assisting with the development of key skills. www.afya.com.br

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Alura is a leading company focused on educational services in the technology sector. The firm was founded in 2004 by two brothers that, in the age of 8, started learning computer programming by themselves. Alura has its activities divided in three offices: one located in São Paulo, other in Rio de Janeiro and another in Brasília. Tech-related courses (both online and in-person), including front-end/back-end programming, UX design, data science and mobile app developments, are offered in all of these three locations. Alura also offers B2B services, such as the development of unique courses for enterprises. All of Alura’s original content is created in-house. www.alura.com.br

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ANIMA Educação is one of Brazil´s largest private higher-education organizations, both in terms of revenue and in total number of registered students. The company is well-positioned withing its sector and stands out from its competitors (which include publicly-traded companies) due to a range of key differentiators, such as ANIMA´s ability to balance its large size with the high-quality of its teaching services. ANIMA has over 10 years of experience with the Brazilian higher-education with well-leveraged in the sector due to its scale, consisting of three university centers (UNA, UniBH and Unimonte) in the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo. ANIMA also has two additional universities in Betim and Contagem (both cities in the state of Minas Gerais). The company also retains other traditional and well-recognized education brands, with over 40 years of history. ANIMA´s portfolio includes HSM, a renown corporate education institution. www.animaeducacao.com.br

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The IOA Group was founded in 2011, in the city of Balneário Camboriú (SC), with the purpose of being a premium center for learning, scientific research and professional improvement in several dentistry areas. Over the years, the Group expanded its activities and also started to provide training and postgraduate medical courses through the Instituto de Treinamento em Cadáveres (ITC) and the Lapidare brand. Currently, the IOA Group operates more than 20 units throughout Brazil, being a reference education institution in the health sector. www.redeioa.com.br

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Vitru is one of the leading companies in distance education, being the company with the largest focus on undergraduate and graduate courses in distance learning. In 2022, the company acquired Unicesumar, another relevant player in the sector, adding to its operations more than 1,000 centers and 390,000 undergraduate students. Vitru is a publicly traded company and has since September 2020 its shares traded on Nasdaq under the ticker VTRU.