Inverness Graham Acquires Axcel Learning

Inverness Graham-backed Alliant Acquires AnalyticsIQ

June 30, 2025

Data & Analytics

Alliant, the marketing data and analytics platform backed by private equity firm Inverness Graham, has acquired AnalyticsIQ, a predictive analytics and people-based marketing data company. The deal (terms undisclosed) brings AnalyticsIQ's audience modeling and cognitive-psychology-driven data into Alliant's transactional audience graph and names AnalyticsIQ CEO Scarlett Shipp as CEO of the combined business.

Inverness Graham Acquires Alliant

November 13, 2024

Data & Analytics

Philadelphia-based buyout firm Inverness Graham has acquired Alliant, a marketing data and analytics provider known for its Alliant DataHub and cooperative data model. Inverness Graham said it will support Alliant's growth through strategic partnerships and additional acquisitions to expand its marketing data, analytics and technology capabilities.

Axcel Learning (Alpine Investors) Acquires ExitCertified

June 20, 2023

Education

Axcel Learning, the professional education platform backed by Alpine Investors, has acquired ExitCertified, an instructor-led and self-paced IT training provider. The deal is an add-on to Axcel's growing portfolio of IT training businesses (which already includes Web Age Solutions and Accelebrate) and will see ExitCertified continue to operate under its brand while leveraging shared resources across the platform.

Axcel Learning Adds Dion Training to Its Professional Education Platform

May 31, 2023

Education

Axcel Learning, a professional education platform backed by Alpine Investors, has partnered with Dion Training, an Orlando-based IT certification exam preparation company. The deal brings Dion Training onto Axcel's platform as an add-on to expand its test-prep and IT/cybersecurity training capabilities; terms were not disclosed.

Axcel (Alpine Investors) Acquires Accelebrate to Expand IT Training Portfolio

January 17, 2023

Education

Axcel, the Alpine Investors‑backed professional education platform, has acquired Accelebrate, an Atlanta‑based IT training company, and will integrate it with its IT training business Web Age Solutions. Accelebrate founder Steve Heckler will remain involved as an advisor while Accelebrate works with Tim Toomey, CEO of Web Age, to scale instructor‑led on‑site and online training for financial services, government, and technology clients.

Acendre Acquires ICS Learning Group

May 20, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Acendre, a provider of secure cloud-based talent management software, has acquired ICS Learning Group, a Pasadena, Maryland-based provider of e-learning solutions and the Asentia LMS. The acquisition integrates ICS’s LMS and custom courseware capabilities into Acendre’s talent management platform to offer a unified, end-to-end SaaS solution for regulated industries.