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IXL Learning Acquires U.K.-based MyTutor

May 30, 2025

Education

IXL Learning has acquired U.K.-based one-on-one tutoring provider MyTutor; terms were not disclosed. The deal is IXL's first acquisition of a company headquartered outside the United States and expands its tutoring capabilities and European presence, adding MyTutor's network used by hundreds of thousands of families and a large portion of U.K. secondary schools.

Voxy Acquires Fluentify

March 28, 2023

Education

Voxy has acquired Fluentify to combine Voxy's AI-driven English corporate training platform with Fluentify's multi-language live-instruction offering, expanding Voxy's language portfolio and strengthening its presence in Europe. Fluentify will operate as Voxy Italy, bringing hundreds of native-speaking tutors and an established corporate customer base into Voxy's global enterprise learning platform.

Verbit Acquires U.S. Captioning Company

May 12, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Verbit has acquired U.S. Captioning Company, a leading U.S. provider of closed captioning and real-time captioning services for national TV networks, producers and programmers, to expand its media vertical. The deal adds U.S. Captioning’s multi-language post-production and real-time captioning capabilities and its nationwide workforce of captioners to Verbit’s transcription and captioning platform, strengthening Verbit’s reach in media and broadcast accessibility.

Unbabel Acquires Lingo24

December 16, 2021

AI & Machine Learning

Unbabel has acquired Lingo24 to expand its AI-powered language operations platform into marketing localization and multilingual customer support. The acquisition adds Lingo24’s enterprise customer relationships, localization expertise and tech-enabled translation capabilities, enabling Unbabel to deliver more consistent multilingual experiences across CRM and CMS channels.

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.

IAC Acquires Tutor.com

January 7, 2013

Education

IAC has completed the acquisition of Tutor.com, an online tutoring service that connects students with qualified tutors for on-demand one-to-one sessions. Tutor.com will continue to be led by founder and CEO George Cigale from its New York offices; IAC expects to accelerate usage through product, marketing and distribution expertise.