Mozaik Investments has acquired a majority stake in Genesis College, marking its first move into the education sector as it commits around €30m to support the school’s expansion. 

The deal, subject to approval from Romania’s Competition Council, will see significant upgrades to Genesis’s campus and capacity.

Founded in 2000, Genesis College is one of Romania’s most established private education institutions. It is among the few schools in the country accredited for all three levels of the International Baccalaureate programme – Primary Years (PYP), Middle Years (MYP), and Diploma (DP).

The investment will enable Genesis to relocate its full operations to a repurposed building in Bucharest’s former Petrom Tower, doubling its student capacity from 500 to 1,000, with future potential for up to 3,000. The €30m capital injection will also support expansion of the IB curriculum and campus infrastructure.

“We founded Genesis in 2000, with the objective of building a high-performance educational system, adapted to current economic and social realities. After two and a half decades, the association with a financial partner like Mozaik represents a validation of this effort and an opportunity for healthy scaling,” said Ioana Necula, CEO and founder of Genesis College.

Legal advisors to the transaction included Wolf Theiss for Genesis and Filip & Company for Mozaik Investments. The deal value was not disclosed.

Founded in 2019 by Roland Haas, Sacha Dragic, and Vlad Bușilă, Mozaik Investments is a Bucharest-based private equity firm focused on growth capital for SMEs in Romania and Central and Eastern Europe. Its portfolio includes consumer and tech names such as 5 to Go, Flavours/Stradale, and fintech platform Pago.

In 2023, Mozaik secured access to up to €25m through the European Investment Fund’s Resilience Fund of Funds, part of Romania’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).

The Genesis acquisition underscores Mozaik’s growing interest in underpenetrated sectors such as private education, which remains fragmented and capital-constrained despite growing demand.

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