StraighterLine Acquires Preppy

BV Investment Partners Makes Growth Investment in StraighterLine

May 5, 2020

Education

BV Investment Partners, a Boston-based middle-market private equity firm, has made a significant growth investment in StraighterLine, an education technology company based in Baltimore. The investment will support StraighterLine's product development (including its Academy platform) and expansion into higher-education and employer markets.

StraighterLine Acquires ProSolutions Training from Care Solutions, Inc.

March 26, 2024

Education

StraighterLine has acquired ProSolutions Training (PST), the professional development division of Care Solutions, Inc., adding PST as a subsidiary alongside ChildCare Education Institute to expand StraighterLine's early childhood education training and certification offerings. The deal increases StraighterLine's portfolio of online, self-paced courses and strengthens its capability to upskill early childhood educators and provide career pathways.

UWorld Acquires RxPrep

April 28, 2020

Education

UWorld has acquired RxPrep, a leading provider of online NAPLEX and pharmacy law exam review courses, as part of its continued expansion in healthcare education. The acquisition will integrate RxPrep's trusted study materials and instructors into UWorld's platform and deliver product and technology enhancements to pharmacy students and educators.

Study.com Acquires Enhanced Prep

February 16, 2023

Education

Study.com has acquired Enhanced Prep, a virtual one-to-one and small-group tutoring and test-preparation provider. The acquisition will integrate Enhanced Prep's personalized tutoring and drop-in Virtual Village with Study.com's online learning platform to expand high-impact tutoring offerings to students and schools nationwide.

Thomson Reuters Acquires SurePrep, LLC

January 4, 2023

Software

Thomson Reuters Corporation completed its previously announced $500 million cash acquisition of SurePrep, a California-based leader in 1040 tax automation software and services. SurePrep—whose products (including 1040SCAN, SPbinder and TaxCaddy) are used by tens of thousands of tax professionals—will join Thomson Reuters' Tax & Accounting Professionals operations to expand cloud-based tax automation capabilities and accelerate integrated workflows for accounting customers.

Preformed Line Products (PLP) Acquires Substantially All Assets of Pilot Plastics, Inc.

February 2, 2023

Manufacturing

Preformed Line Products Company (PLP) acquired substantially all of the assets of Pilot Plastics, Inc., an injection molding specialist based in Peninsula, Ohio. The acquisition expands PLP's injection molding capacity and supports production of fiber-optic connectivity components for FTTH and 5G deployments while enabling closer collaboration with PLP's Cleveland headquarters.