KKR and Dragoneer Acquire Instructure for $4.8 Billion

Thoma Bravo Acquires Instructure for Approximately $2.0 Billion

March 24, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity firm focused on software, agreed to acquire Instructure in an all-cash transaction that values the company at roughly $2 billion, with Instructure stockholders receiving $47.60 per share. The take-private will allow Instructure to increase investment in product innovation, accelerate growth (including international expansion) and continue to operate under its existing management team.

Instructure Acquires Parchment for $835 Million

October 10, 2023

Education

Instructure Holdings, Inc. has acquired Parchment (PCS Holdings, LLC), the largest academic credential management platform and network, for approximately $835 million in an all-cash transaction. The deal adds Parchment’s credentialing, transcript exchange and verification capabilities to Instructure’s Canvas learning platform, expanding its addressable market and providing cross-selling opportunities across K-12, higher education and employer verification channels.

Learning Technologies Group Acquires Bridge from Instructure

June 28, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Learning Technologies Group (LTG) acquired Bridge, a learning, performance and skills development SaaS platform, from Instructure Inc on February 26, 2021. The deal expands LTG's mid-market learning and talent-management capabilities by adding Bridge's LMS, performance and engagement products and its ~80-person team and ~800 customers.

Instructure Acquires EesySoft

July 1, 2021

Education

Instructure has agreed to acquire Amsterdam-based EesySoft, an education-technology adoption vendor, and will rebrand the product offering as "Impact by Instructure" to drive adoption and engagement within the Instructure Learning Platform. The roughly 40-person EesySoft team and its guided in-app support, analytics and reporting capabilities will be integrated to help institutions improve ROI and user engagement with Canvas and other edtech tools.

Instructure Acquires Certica Solutions

December 10, 2020

Education

Instructure has signed an agreement to acquire Certica Solutions, a Wakefield, Massachusetts-based K–12 assessment and analytics provider. The acquisition will integrate Certica's assessment platform, standards-aligned item banks, and Videri analytics into Instructure's Canvas learning platform to deliver more actionable student data and personalized learning at the district level. Certica was sold by New Harbor Capital; the transaction is expected to close before the end of the year.

BYJU'S Acquires Tynker

September 16, 2021

Education

BYJU'S has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tynker, the leading K-12 creative coding platform, to accelerate BYJU'S expansion in the U.S. Tynker's co-founders will remain in their roles and the acquisition will combine BYJU'S personalized learning reach with Tynker's coding curriculum used by millions of students and over 100,000 schools.