HCR advises Queen’s Park Equity on investment in Wordwall

HCR Law has advised Queen’s Park Equity on a significant EdTech investment in Wordwall, a leading provider of interactive learning tools for the education sector.

The Wordwall platform has millions of users internationally, allowing teachers and other learning professionals to create and customise games, quizzes and activities. It also has a bank of 88 million resources available to users which sit alongside the interactive tools.

As a result of the investment, Wordwall will be able to scale up the business, investing in AI technology and strengthening its position as a global leader in digital education.

Wordwall is also making several key leadership appointments, bringing a wealth of experience to help shape the next chapter of the company. Melissa Esmundo has joined as CEO, Greg Watson as Non-Executive Chair and Joe Holland as Non-Executive Director.

This investment is the twelfth partnership investment from Queen’s Park Equity Fund I, which was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap of £202m in December 2020 and last year delivered its inaugural exit at 7.6x MMx through the exit of Encore.

The team at HCR Law was led by Richard Wilkey and Joel Molloy, supported by Lara Bethell, Matt Montgomery and Christopher Sharp-Paul. Additional support was provided by Helen Higginbotham and HCR BRICS, the firm’s due diligence advice team. Matthew Podger and the Banking team advised Queen’s Park Equity on its funding from ThinCats.

Richard Wilkey, Head of National and London Corporate teams at HCR Law noted: “Queen’s Park Equity were a pleasure to work with and we’re delighted to have been able to get this deal over the line for them. The EdTech sector is growing at pace, and this investment will allow Wordwall to strengthen its position and keep ahead of technological advancements in the area.”