Infobase Acquires Firsthand

Infobase Acquires Purple Briefcase to Expand Firsthand Career Engagement Platform

October 1, 2021

Education

Infobase, a Centre Lane Partners portfolio company, has acquired Purple Briefcase, a career services administration and employer recruiting platform. The deal expands Infobase’s Vault/Firsthand Career Engagement Platform by integrating Purple Briefcase’s student-facing tools and employer recruiting capabilities to deepen engagement between universities, students/alumni, and employers.

Vault-Firsthand Acquires CareerEco

July 5, 2022

Education

Vault-Firsthand, an Infobase company based in New York, acquired CareerEco, a virtual recruiting and events platform, to integrate its scalable self-service virtual events technology across Vault-Firsthand’s education and employer customers. The deal is intended to enable cross-selling, expand virtual/hybrid recruiting capabilities, and enhance career services offered to universities, employers, and jobseekers.

Northlane Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Infobase

June 15, 2022

Education

Northlane Capital Partners has made a majority investment in Infobase, a New York–based provider of cloud-based educational content and learning platforms. Centre Lane Partners and Infobase management retain significant continued equity, and NCP will support Infobase's growth and M&A initiatives to expand its position in K–12, higher education and corporate learning markets.

Infobase Acquires Hoonuit Professional Development & Training Platform

July 7, 2020

Education

Infobase, a Centre Lane Partners portfolio company, has acquired Hoonuit's Professional Development and Training Platform, including more than 1,600 courses and extensive video content. The purchase adds capability for professional development, micro-credentials, and learning delivery to Infobase's Learning Ecosystem while allowing Hoonuit to refocus on its analytics and data-management offerings.

AppDirect Acquires IT Asset Management Platform Firstbase

December 17, 2024

Software

AppDirect has acquired Firstbase, an IT asset management and device lifecycle platform backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins. The acquisition will integrate Firstbase’s procurement and hardware asset management capabilities into AppDirect’s B2B subscription commerce platform, expanding AppDirect’s advisor channel offerings and giving Firstbase broader go-to-market reach.

Infobase Acquires Omnigraphics

January 19, 2022

Education

Infobase, a Centre Lane Partners portfolio company, has acquired Omnigraphics, a Detroit-based publisher of authoritative health and reference content. The acquisition expands Infobase's editorial capabilities and adds Omnigraphics' health, disability, teen health, teen finance and diversity reference collections to Infobase's library and classroom-focused product portfolio.