Achievement October 30, 2026

Troutman Pepper Locke Advises Virent Capital on Investment in Kanahoma

PRINCETON – Troutman Pepper Locke advised Virent Capital (Virent), a thesis-led private equity firm, in its investment in Kanahoma, LLC (Kanahoma), a leading higher education marketing and enrollment services firm serving colleges and universities nationwide. For more information, see the press release.

The investment will help Kanahoma grow the business from a leading higher education marketing agency into a full-service enrollment growth partner for colleges and universities.

The Troutman Pepper Locke team that advised Virent was led by Don Readlinger and Bruce Fenton, and included Jeff Kennedy, Christine McCay, and Mason Marek.

Consistently recognized as a top-tier practice, Troutman Pepper Locke’s corporate attorneys regularly handle middle market transactions for private equity clients alongside strategic deals for Fortune 100 corporations. Core areas of service include mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, capital markets transactions, and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, as well as general corporate counseling. The firm has a strong focus in the private equity and private fund services space, advising clients on matters including fund formation, growth equity investments, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and exit transactions.

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