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Skillsoft Acquires Codecademy

December 22, 2021

Education

Skillsoft acquired Codecademy in a transaction valued at approximately $525 million in cash and stock, combining Codecademy's interactive coding platform and roughly 40 million registered learners with Skillsoft’s enterprise learning business. The deal expands Skillsoft’s Technology & Developer capabilities, creates cross‑selling opportunities across Skillsoft’s large corporate customer base, and is expected to be immediately accretive to bookings, revenue growth, and gross margins.

LearnUpon Acquires Courseau

November 19, 2025

Education

Dublin-headquartered learning technology company LearnUpon has acquired Courseau, an AI-assisted course authoring platform founded in Berlin. The acquisition integrates Courseau’s AI-native content-creation capabilities into LearnUpon’s LMS to accelerate course development, address the content bottleneck, and expand LearnUpon’s AI-driven learning offering.

Learnit Acquires AcademyX

March 3, 2020

Education

Learnit, a San Francisco-based provider of instructor-led corporate training, has acquired AcademyX to expand its technical upskilling capabilities. The deal brings AcademyX's technical course offerings and customer base into Learnit's portfolio to scale learning and development programming for enterprise clients.

upGrad Acquires Centum Learning

September 15, 2022

Education

upGrad has acquired 100% of Centum Learning in a share-swap deal; Bharti Enterprises and its affiliates are joining upGrad's cap table as part of the transaction. Centum, headquartered in New Delhi, is a corporate and vocational training provider that reported ~USD 21 million in FY23 revenue and has a total headcount of over 2,000; the business will continue to operate independently under CEO Sanjay Bahl.

Udemy Acquires Lummi

June 18, 2025

Software

Udemy has acquired Lummi, an AI-driven design tools company founded by Pablo Stanley and Jason Donnette, and will integrate Lummi into its Innovation Studio to advance AI-enabled course creation. The deal brings Lummi Pro's AI illustration and design capabilities to Udemy instructors and will be offered as an add-on to Udemy Business enterprise customers to enhance learning content and visual storytelling.

EducationDynamics Acquires The U School

April 17, 2023

Education

EducationDynamics, a provider of higher-education marketing and enrollment management solutions, has acquired The U School, a provider of strategic enrollment management consulting and a membership-based coaching model for enrollment teams. The acquisition expands EducationDynamics' advisory and coaching capabilities for colleges and universities to help grow enrollment and improve the student journey.