Colibri Group Acquires Becker Professional Education and OnCourse Learning
March 11, 2022
Gridiron-backed Colibri Group has acquired Becker Professional Education and OnCourse Learning (the Financial Services segment of Adtalem Global Education), adding accounting, mortgage and governance, risk & compliance (GRC) learning capabilities to its professional education platform. The deal expands Colibri's portfolio of test-prep, continuing education and enterprise compliance solutions and is an add-on to the Gridiron-backed Colibri platform.
- Buyers
- Colibri Group, Gridiron Capital
- Targets
- Becker Professional Education, OnCourse Learning
- Sellers
- Adtalem Global Education (Financial Services segment)
- Platforms
- Colibri Group
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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