McGraw Hill Acquires Edtech Pioneer Achieve3000
August 30, 2021
McGraw Hill, a Platinum Equity portfolio company, acquired Achieve3000, a Red Bank, New Jersey–based provider of differentiated instruction and learning acceleration for PreK–12. The add-on acquisition (financial terms not disclosed) expands McGraw Hill's supplemental and intervention digital offerings and supports the company's continued digital transformation.
- Buyers
- McGraw Hill, Platinum Equity
- Targets
- Achieve3000
- Sellers
- Insight Partners
- Platforms
- McGraw Hill
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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