CeriFi (Leeds Equity-backed) Acquires Solomon Exam Prep

CeriFi (Leeds Equity-backed) Acquires Checkpoint Learning and West LegalEdcenter from Thomson Reuters

December 1, 2022

Education

CeriFi, a Leeds Equity Partners-backed professional education platform, has acquired Checkpoint Learning and West LegalEdcenter from Thomson Reuters, significantly expanding its continuing education and licensing offerings for accounting, tax and legal professionals. The acquisitions add scale across employer and academic relationships and broaden CeriFi's product suite for lifelong professional learning; terms were not disclosed.

CeriFi Acquires MarkMeldrum.com

April 6, 2022

Education

CeriFi, a Leeds Equity Partners portfolio company, has acquired MarkMeldrum.com, a provider of CFA exam preparation materials including lecture videos, question banks and mock exams. The acquisition expands CeriFi's portfolio of financial education and certification solutions and represents an add-on to its existing offerings; terms were not disclosed.

CeriFi (Leeds Equity Partners Portfolio) Acquires Spidell Publishing

January 24, 2022

Education

CeriFi, a portfolio company of Leeds Equity Partners, has acquired Spidell Publishing, a provider of tax continuing education seminars, webinars and subscription-based tax publications. The acquisition deepens CeriFi's tax education and training product suite and represents another add-on as CeriFi continues to grow its portfolio of professional education businesses.

CeriFi (Leeds Equity Partners portfolio) Acquires Fast Forward Academy

August 4, 2021

Education

CeriFi, a portfolio company of Leeds Equity Partners, has acquired Fast Forward Academy, a provider of tax and accounting exam preparation and continuing education courses. The acquisition expands CeriFi’s financial education and certification product suite and further positions CeriFi to serve students and professionals across the financial services industry; terms were not disclosed.

CeriFi Acquires CPMI Professional Development

April 5, 2021

Education

CeriFi, a Leeds Equity Partners portfolio company, has acquired CPMI Professional Development, a provider of insurance pre-licensing and continuing education courses for insurance agents across the United States. The add-on deal (terms not disclosed) expands CeriFi's product offering into insurance licensing and continuing education, combining CPMI's insurance content with CeriFi's learning platform.

CeriFi (a Leeds Equity Partners Portfolio Company) Acquires Lone Star CFP Exam Preparation Assets

April 5, 2019

Education

CeriFi, a portfolio company of Leeds Equity Partners, acquired the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) exam preparation assets of Lone Star Financial Education (Lone Star CFP). The deal adds Lone Star's CFP content library and practice-question database to Dalton Education's CFP offerings, and Lone Star founder Dr. Craig Lemoine will join the CeriFi/Dalton Education team as senior faculty. Terms were not disclosed.