Pikmykid Acquires Visitu to Expand School Visitor Management

Growth Street Partners Makes Growth Equity Investment in PikMyKid

May 6, 2021

Education

Growth Street Partners has made a minority growth equity investment in PikMyKid, a Tampa-based K‑12 dismissal management SaaS platform. The capital will be used to expand the team, product and go-to-market efforts to accelerate adoption of PikMyKid's school safety and dismissal solutions.

Singlewire Software Acquires Visitor Aware

February 1, 2023

Software

Singlewire Software has acquired Visitor Aware to add visitor check-in and student management capabilities to its InformaCast emergency notification and incident management suite. The deal expands Singlewire's school-safety product set by integrating Visitor Aware's ID-scanning, screening and student management features to better screen visitors and manage student check-in, pick-up and reunification workflows.

Navigate360 Acquires School Check IN

August 20, 2020

Education

Navigate360, a full-spectrum safety preparedness and response company headquartered in Richfield, Ohio, has acquired School Check IN, a Florida-based provider of visitor management software for K-12 schools. The acquisition integrates School Check IN's visitor screening technology (used by 2,500+ schools) into Navigate360's safety suite to expand its K-12 safety offerings and enhance visitor management, screening, and regulatory compliance capabilities.

Raptor Technologies Acquires PayK12

July 1, 2024

Education

Raptor Technologies, the Houston-based school safety software leader, has acquired PayK12, a provider of online ticketing and payment solutions for K–12 schools and athletics. The acquisition adds secure event ticketing and payment capabilities to Raptor’s VisitorSafe and EventSafe products, expanding the company’s school safety and administrative offerings to include event and payments management.

PowerSchool Acquires Kinvolved

January 25, 2022

Education

PowerSchool has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kinvolved, a provider of K-12 two-way communications, attendance, and engagement software. The acquisition will integrate Kinvolved's messaging and attendance capabilities into PowerSchool's Unified Home solution to strengthen school-to-home communications and support efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism.

School Specialty Acquires SchoolKidz

November 2, 2022

Education

School Specialty, a leading provider of learning environments and K‑12 supplies, has acquired Chicago-area SchoolKidz, a provider of school-supply kitting and wellness kits. The purchase brings SchoolKidz’s Teacher Tailored and Kits for Kidz programs into the School Specialty platform to expand its bundled supply and nonprofit support capabilities nationwide; the seller was PE firm Skyview Capital.