Proz acquires edtech Resilia, eyes $17.7M revenue by 2026
What's the deal? Proz, a Brazilian vocational education network backed by eB CapitalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, has made its first acquisition since launching six years ago. It bought Resilia, an edtech focused on technology courses for corporate clients. The deal value was not disclosed.
The acquisition gives XP — which had backed Resilia — an exit. Proz, which operates across eight Brazilian states and has graduated 25,000 students since 2020, projects R$100M (roughly $17.7M) in revenue for 2026 and aims to triple that within two years.
Why now? Proz wants to break into faster, shorter-format courses and deepen its reach with corporate clients — two areas where Resilia has an edge. Resilia has trained around 2,000 students since 2019 in tech skills, with courses lasting three to six months.
"Resilia brings a focus on tech skills, especially in artificial intelligence, and a direct connection to companies through more vocational courses. These were the layers we were missing," said Daniel Pedrino, Proz's chief executive officer, in an interview with NeoFeed.
New Brazilian government policies — including programmes that reduce state debts to the federal government — are expected to expand the number of vocational education slots, creating a tailwind for companies like Proz.
What could go wrong? Integrating a small, digitally native edtech into a primarily in-person network is never straightforward. Most Proz students attend classes physically, while Resilia's model centres on short online courses. Aligning cultures, tech stacks, and go-to-market strategies will be critical.
Tripling revenue in two years is also an ambitious target that depends on corporate demand materialising at the pace Proz expects.
The signal: This is Proz's first M&A move since eB Capital, an investment fund, took control of the vocational network — and it hands corporate investor XP an exit from Resilia. The deal underscores a pattern in Latin American education where brick-and-mortar training networks are acquiring digitally native edtechs to bolt on corporate upskilling capabilities, particularly in AI and tech. With the Brazilian government actively expanding vocational education slots, Proz is betting that combining physical reach with short-format digital courses will let it capture demand on both sides of that policy tailwind.
Read more: neofeed.com.br
