Emerging and High Growth Companies

Kira Talent in its majority stake investment by ETS

Kira Talent
Key Contact
David Jamieson

Partner, Emerging and High Growth Companies, Toronto

Team
Emily Gilmour

Associate, Tax, Toronto

Kaeleigh Kuzma

Partner, Competition/Antitrust and Foreign Investment, Calgary

Damian Rigolo

Partner, Employment and Labour, Toronto

Kelly Moffatt

Partner, Commercial, Toronto

Dov Begun

Partner, Tax, Toronto

 

On November 11, 2021, ETS announced it had acquired a majority stake in Kira Talent. The acquisition will make Kira Talent’s video and assessment platform part of ETS’ Global Higher Education portfolio, diversifying ETS’ offerings. The transaction will also fuel Kira Talent’s growth and facilitate the development of its education admissions solutions.

Kira Talent is a Toronto-based technology firm focused on its cloud-based holistic admissions solution for higher education.

ETS is a leading educational testing and assessment organization.

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP advised Kira Talent with a team consisting of David Jamieson, Jordana Corber-Tovel (Emerging and High Growth Companies), Dov Begun, Emily Gilmour (Tax), Damian Rigolo (Employment & Labour), Kaeleigh Kuzma (Competition/Antitrust & Foreign Investment) and Kelly Moffatt (Commercial).

Value
-
Date Closed
November 11, 2021
Lead Office
Toronto
Key Contact
David Jamieson

Partner, Emerging and High Growth Companies, Toronto

Team
Emily Gilmour

Associate, Tax, Toronto

Kaeleigh Kuzma

Partner, Competition/Antitrust and Foreign Investment, Calgary

Damian Rigolo

Partner, Employment and Labour, Toronto

Kelly Moffatt

Partner, Commercial, Toronto

Dov Begun

Partner, Tax, Toronto