GiveCampus Acquires Community Funded

Silversmith Capital Leads $50M Growth Investment in GiveCampus

September 19, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

GiveCampus, a fundraising SaaS platform for educational institutions, closed a $50 million minority growth equity investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners with participation from individual investors Michael Seibel, Claire Hughes Johnson, and Mike Volpe. The capital will fund accelerated product development and hiring and includes a tender offer to provide liquidity to employees.

Ready Education Acquires CampusGroups

May 16, 2022

Education

Ready Education, a Level Equity-backed mobile-first student engagement platform, has acquired CampusGroups to strengthen its position as a global digital student experience and success platform. The deal expands Ready's customer base and product capabilities across higher education, adds CampusGroups' C-suite talent, and increases Ready's reach across hundreds of institutions and millions of students.

Ellucian Acquires CampusLogic

April 19, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Ellucian has completed the acquisition of CampusLogic, an ed‑tech provider of Student Financial Success SaaS solutions that serves nearly 800 higher‑education institutions and more than five million students. The deal brings CampusLogic's financial aid, scholarship and student-finance tools into Ellucian's Experience Platform and ERP/SIS/CRM suite to strengthen student financial success and improve enrollment and completion outcomes.

FutureFuel.io (Candidly) Acquires College Finance Company

June 15, 2022

Financial Services

FutureFuel.io (now rebranded as Candidly) has acquired College Finance Company, a multi-lender marketplace for education financing, and announced a corporate rebrand to expand from student-debt management into full lifecycle education expense and financial-wellness services. The deal brings College Finance Company's marketplace capabilities into Candidly's AI-driven platform and adds Kevin Walker (College Finance Company co-founder/CEO) to Candidly's leadership as co-founder and president to support growth and product expansion.

GoFundMe Acquires Classy

January 13, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

GoFundMe has completed its all-equity acquisition of Classy, the San Diego–based nonprofit fundraising SaaS platform, with Classy continuing to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary. The combined company aims to create a global leader in modern giving across B2C and B2B, expanding product capabilities (including workplace giving) and leveraging scale to better connect donors and nonprofit organizations.

Graduway Acquires Snap! Advance

February 25, 2020

Software

Graduway announced the acquisition of Snap! Advance, a leading digital fundraising and giving-day software provider, for an undisclosed sum. The deal integrates Snap! Advance’s fundraising and giving day capabilities into Graduway’s career, alumni and fundraising platform, broadening Graduway’s product offering for educational institutions and prompting the opening of a new U.S. office in Seattle.