Education Add-on Acquisitions in 2020
Acquisition Volume in Education Add-on in 2020 by Year
Last 5 years
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December 31, 2020
- Buyer
- Learning Care Group, American Securities LLC
- Target
- U-GRO Learning Centres
- Seller
- Holsinger family (U-GRO owners)
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Addon
Learning Care Group, a portfolio company of private equity firm American Securities LLC, has acquired U-GRO Learning Centres, a 14-school early childhood education operator in Central Pennsylvania. The transaction closed December 31, 2020 and expands Learning Care Group's footprint in Pennsylvania by adding U-GRO's ~1,900-student network to its portfolio of preschool brands.
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December 1, 2020
- Buyer
- TPC Training
- Target
- eFoodHandlers
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Oregon, United States
- Type
- Addon
TPC Training acquired eFoodHandlers to expand its online food safety training and certification offerings, integrating eFoodHandlers' state-specific, video-based courses into TPC's FUSION LMS. The deal strengthens TPC's compliance-driven eLearning footprint across restaurants, schools, and other foodservice customers nationwide.
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- Buyer
- KnowFully Learning Group, NexPhase Capital, LP
- Target
- The Income Tax School, Inc.
- Seller
- Chuck McCabe, Peoples Income Tax, Inc.
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Type
- Addon
KnowFully Learning Group, a NexPhase Capital-backed provider of professional education (including the Surgent brand), has acquired The Income Tax School, Inc. (ITS). ITS will operate as Surgent Income Tax School, expanding KnowFully/Surgent's tax-focused continuing education and exam-prep offerings for tax and accounting professionals.
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November 25, 2020
- Buyer
- Juniper Education, Horizon Capital
- Target
- SISRA Limited
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
Juniper Education, a Horizon Capital portfolio company, has acquired SISRA Limited, a provider of data analytics and professional development software used by more than 1,650 secondary schools. The deal — Juniper's seventh acquisition since Horizon invested in 2019 — expands Juniper's analytics and HR/professional-development capabilities and helps Juniper serve over 10,000 schools across its product suite.
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November 25, 2020
- Buyer
- Babington, RJD Partners
- Target
- PeoplePlus apprenticeship business
- Seller
- PeoplePlus, Staffline Group
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
RJD-backed Babington has agreed terms to acquire the majority of the apprenticeship business from PeoplePlus (part of Staffline Group). The deal brings around 100 employees and nearly 2,000 learners into Babington, expanding its apprenticeship programmes and customer base across England and Scotland.
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November 19, 2020
- Buyer
- GoGuardian, Sumeru Equity Partners
- Target
- Pear Deck
- Seller
- Pear Deck Board, Growth Street Partners, Village Capital
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
GoGuardian, backed by Sumeru Equity Partners, has merged with Pear Deck to combine classroom management, student-safety, and student-engagement tools for K-12 schools. The deal brings together complementary EdTech products to expand GoGuardian's instructional technology offerings and deepen support for teachers, students, and districts across in-person, remote, and hybrid learning environments.
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November 18, 2020
- Buyer
- TrueFire Studios, Growth Catalyst Partners
- Target
- FaderPro
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Type
- Addon
TrueFire Studios has acquired FaderPro, the leading online EDM and electronic music production tutorial platform, expanding TrueFire's music education offerings beyond guitar into dance and electronic production. FaderPro will operate as a standalone unit within the TrueFire portfolio, and existing investor Growth Catalyst Partners will continue to support TrueFire's strategy.
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November 16, 2020
- Buyer
- Syntrio, Inverness Graham Investments
- Target
- KnowledgeStart, Inc.
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Addon
Inverness Graham-backed Syntrio has acquired KnowledgeStart, a King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based provider of Diversity & Inclusion eLearning content and facilitation services. The add-on expands Syntrio's D&I course library and training capabilities as part of Inverness Graham's strategy to grow Syntrio's governance, risk and compliance (GRC) learning platform.
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November 3, 2020
- Buyer
- Health & Safety Institute (HSI)
- Target
- Vado, Inc.
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Addon
Health & Safety Institute (HSI), a Waud Capital Partners–backed leader in EHS and workforce development software and training, has acquired e-learning provider Vado, Inc. The acquisition expands HSI's content catalog and enables customers to access workplace safety, compliance, and business skills training from a single provider.
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October 31, 2020
- Buyer
- ACI Learning, Boathouse Capital
- Target
- ITProTV
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Florida, United States
- Type
- Addon
Boathouse Capital–backed ACI Learning has acquired ITProTV to expand its audit, cybersecurity and IT learning offerings. ACI Learning will integrate ITProTV’s people, content/IP, production capabilities and customer contracts while retaining the ITProTV brand, increasing the combined platform’s reach to more than 250,000 professionals globally.
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October 16, 2020
- Buyer
- KEV Group, Serent Capital
- Target
- Lunchbox Orders
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Type
- Addon
KEV Group, a Serent Capital-backed provider of the SchoolCash platform, has acquired Lunchbox Orders, an online ordering and fundraising platform for K-12 school lunch programs. The add-on expands KEV Group's capabilities into lunch management and fundraising, enabling broader service to schools across Ontario and beyond.
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October 9, 2020
- Buyer
- USATestprep, Serent Capital
- Target
- Education Galaxy
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Addon
USATestprep, a Serent Capital‑backed provider of standards‑aligned curriculum and test‑prep tools, has acquired Education Galaxy, an online and mobile K‑8 assessment and intervention platform headquartered in Richardson, Texas. The deal expands USATestprep's state standards‑aligned content—including multilingual K‑8 materials—and broadens its reach across K‑12 customers nationwide.
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October 6, 2020
- Buyer
- Health & Safety Institute (HSI), Waud Capital Partners
- Target
- SOS Intl (SOS)
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Addon
Health & Safety Institute (HSI), a provider of EHS software, training and compliance solutions, has acquired SOS Intl (SOS), a specialist provider of training and compliance services to the electric utilities (distribution, transmission and generation) market. HSI is majority‑owned by Waud Capital Partners, which has supported HSI's growth through add-on acquisitions.
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- Buyer
- Trinity3 Technology, Rotunda Capital Partners, First Capital Partners, Kari Phillips, Devang Shah
- Target
- FireFly Computers
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Addon
Trinity3 Technology, a Rotunda Capital Partners portfolio company, has merged with FireFly Computers to create a larger K‑12 technology platform. Rotunda provided additional equity for the transaction alongside co-investments from First Capital Partners and minority investments from Kari Phillips and Devang Shah; the combined business will retain operating locations in St. Paul and Arden Hills, Minnesota.
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September 15, 2020
- Buyer
- HelioCampus
- Target
- ABC Insights
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Addon
HelioCampus, a technology-enabled decision-support firm for higher education, has acquired ABC Insights, a higher education benchmarking consortium. The acquisition expands HelioCampus' benchmarking, data analytics and decision-support capabilities and brings ABC Insights' leadership into HelioCampus' management team.
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September 10, 2020
- Buyer
- Colibri Group
- Target
- HomeCEU
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Addon
Colibri Group, a Gridiron Capital-backed online education platform, has acquired HomeCEU, a provider of continuing education for therapy-focused healthcare professionals. The acquisition brings HomeCEU's video-based content and CEU360 B2B offering into Colibri's healthcare education portfolio to expand course breadth for individual and employer customers.
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September 10, 2020
- Buyer
- LRN Corporation, Leeds Equity Partners
- Target
- Interactive Services
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Type
- Addon
LRN Corporation, a portfolio company of Leeds Equity Partners, has acquired Interactive Services, a Dublin-based provider of compliance-focused online learning and content. The acquisition expands LRN's ethics and compliance offering, broadens its geographic footprint and go-to-market capabilities, and adds content, custom learning design, and analytics to the combined business.
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September 2, 2020
Sandbox, the London-based operating platform for digital education products, has acquired Teachit, a UK teacher resource provider, from education charity AQA. The deal adds Teachit’s library of 18,000+ resources and 550,000-teacher community to Sandbox’s Learning portfolio and is intended to accelerate international growth and collaborate with Sandbox’s US-based TeacherVision to serve over 2 million teachers.
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September 1, 2020
- Buyer
- Squla (Futurewhiz), Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
- Target
- Scoyo
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Berlin, Germany
- Type
- Addon
Squla (operating under Futurewhiz), a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, has acquired Scoyo, a leading German online learning platform for primary and lower‑secondary students. The acquisition expands Squla’s international footprint into the German market and brings Scoyo’s curriculum‑aligned lessons and exercises into Squla’s platform offering.
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- Buyer
- Nautic Partners, LLC, HES Facilities LLC
- Target
- SMS, LLC
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
Nautic Partners has formed HES Facilities LLC, a Knoxville-based education-focused facilities services platform, in partnership with management led by Buddy Helton and Charlie Spencer. In conjunction with the formation, HES acquired SMS, LLC (a regional facility services provider founded in 2007) and intends to grow the platform organically and via add-on acquisitions to serve K-12 and higher education customers nationally.
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- Buyer
- Small Miracles, Traverse Pointe Partners
- Target
- Outer Limits
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Arizona, United States
- Type
- Addon
Small Miracles, a portfolio company of Traverse Pointe Partners, has acquired Outer Limits, a Five‑Star, nationally accredited early education center in Tucson, Arizona. Financial terms were not disclosed; the acquisition is an add‑on to broaden Small Miracles' footprint in Arizona and scale its operations across the region.
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- Buyer
- Renovus Capital Partners, EDIC College (a Renovus Company)
- Target
- Columbia Central University
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Puerto Rico, United States
- Type
- Addon
Renovus Capital Partners' portfolio company EDIC College (Caguas, Puerto Rico) has merged with Columbia Central University (CCU). The combined institution will operate under the Columbia Central University brand, serving over 2,000 students across four campuses and online, and aims to strengthen healthcare and related higher-education offerings in Puerto Rico.
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- Buyer
- Juniper Education, Horizon Capital
- Target
- Pupil Asset
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Norfolk, United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
Juniper Education, backed by Horizon Capital, has acquired Pupil Asset, a UK-based management information system (MIS) and pupil assessment tracking provider used by around 900 primary schools. The acquisition is an add-on to Juniper’s education software and services platform, with planned further investment to develop Pupil Asset’s product and integrate it into Juniper’s suite of school management tools.
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April 6, 2020
- Buyer
- KPA
- Target
- Multimedia Training Systems (MTS)
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Addon
Lafayette-based KPA, a provider of EHS and workforce compliance software and services, has acquired Multimedia Training Systems (MTS), a Pittsburgh-based safety training company known for life-saving video programs and an LMS used across the manufacturing and steel industries. The purchase expands KPA's training and LMS capabilities and is an add-on to its PE-backed platform.
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March 25, 2020
- Buyer
- Registrar Corp, Bertram Capital
- Target
- Vinca, LLC
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Addon
Registrar Corp, a Bertram Capital portfolio company, has acquired Vinca, LLC (22000-Tools.com), an online food safety training provider used by over 10,000 global users. Vinca's co-presidents will remain with Registrar and its course library will be integrated into Registrar's MyFDA compliance management platform; terms were not disclosed.
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February 27, 2020
- Buyer
- Volaris Group
- Target
- MUSAC Limited
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
- Type
- Addon
Volaris Group has acquired MUSAC Limited, a New Zealand provider of school and library management software. MUSAC will join Volaris' Education vertical and continue to operate under its existing brand and management team to expand Volaris' education software footprint in Australasia.
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- Buyer
- Brentwood Associates
- Target
- Parchment Inc., Credentials Solutions
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Arizona, United States
- Type
- Addon
Brentwood Associates has acquired Parchment Inc., a digital credential management platform, and will merge it with Credentials Solutions (a Brentwood portfolio company) under the Parchment brand. The combined organization will serve an integrated network of over 13,000 schools, universities and professional organizations and focus on modernizing exchange of verifiable academic and professional credentials.
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January 8, 2020
- Buyer
- Weld North Education, Silver Lake
- Target
- LearnZillion
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Arizona, United States
- Type
- Addon
Weld North Education, in partnership with Silver Lake, has acquired LearnZillion, a provider of K–12 digital-first core curriculum. LearnZillion will join Edgenuity within Weld North Education to expand the company’s digital core curriculum offerings and provide teachers with customizable, data-driven instructional tools; LearnZillion CEO Eric Westendorf and his team will remain with the business.
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January 6, 2020
- Buyer
- Cambium Learning Group, Inc., Veritas Capital
- Target
- AIR Assessment
- Seller
- American Institutes for Research
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Type
- Addon
Cambium Learning Group, a Veritas Capital portfolio company, has completed its acquisition of AIR Assessment, the student assessment division of the American Institutes for Research (AIR). The deal creates Cambium Assessment, combining K-12 assessment capabilities with Cambium's existing digital curriculum and instructional offerings to deliver an end-to-end solution for schools, districts and education departments.
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January 1, 2020
- Buyer
- NPG/BERKS Group (BERKS Group)
- Target
- National Council for Certified Personal Trainers (NCCPT)
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
NPG/BERKS Group announced the acquisition of the National Council for Certified Personal Trainers (NCCPT), a provider of NCCA-accredited fitness certifications and online training courses. BERKS Group said NCCPT's library of online fitness courses complements ISSA and the BERKS Group education-technology platform; the deal is an add-on to their existing education portfolio.
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