Ascend Learning Acquires StaffGarden

Ascend Learning Acquires Clover Learning

March 27, 2025

Healthcare Services

Ascend Learning, a healthcare learning and certification company, has acquired Clover Learning, a provider of online diagnostic imaging education and certification exam preparation. The acquisition expands Ascend's allied health portfolio and strengthens its diagnostic imaging training and continuing education offerings.

Harvest Ascend Makes Strategic Investment in Alumni Staffing

January 15, 2025

Healthcare Services

Funds managed by Harvest Partners Ascend Management, LP ("Harvest Ascend") have made a strategic growth investment in Alumni Staffing, a locum tenens staffing firm headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The capital will fund investments in talent development, technology, specialty expertise and geographic expansion; Alumni's founder and management team will remain significant shareholders and several Harvest Ascend partners will join the company's board.

Grupa Pracuj Acquires softgarden from Investcorp for €118 million

June 14, 2022

Software

Grupa Pracuj has agreed to acquire Berlin-based HR software provider softgarden e-recruiting GmbH from Investcorp Technology Partners for €118 million. The acquisition expands Grupa Pracuj's HR tech footprint in Central and Eastern Europe and adds softgarden's talent acquisition and absence-management SaaS capabilities and customer base across Europe.

Accenture Acquires Ascendient Learning

May 6, 2025

Education

Accenture has acquired Ascendient Learning, a recently formed IT-training company (an amalgamation of Accelebrate, ExitCertified and Web Age Solutions) from Alpine Investors. The acquisition—bringing nearly 75 professionals into Accenture—expands Accenture’s LearnVantage capabilities in instructor-led training, vendor certifications and customized upskilling/reskilling solutions.

ACS Group Acquires The Ascent Services Group

December 1, 2019

Staffing & HR

ACS Group (formerly American Cybersystems) acquired The Ascent Services Group, a national IT and life sciences consulting and staffing firm, in a transaction that closed in December 2019. The acquisition — from Ascent's financial sponsor Sycamore Hill Capital Partners — expands ACS Group's geographic footprint and strengthens its IT and life-sciences staffing capabilities as ACS pushes toward the $1 billion revenue milestone.

QGenda Acquires Schedule360

November 16, 2021

Software

QGenda, a healthcare workforce management software provider headquartered in Atlanta, acquired Schedule360, a Best in KLAS nurse and staff scheduling software vendor. The acquisition adds nurse and staff scheduling capabilities to QGenda’s platform, enabling customers to schedule all clinical team members and staff across departments and improving workforce visibility and capacity optimization.