NerdWallet Acquires College Finance Company LLC from Candidly

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.

GiveCampus Acquires Community Funded

June 8, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

GiveCampus, the fundraising platform for educational institutions, has acquired Community Funded, a provider of giving-day and crowdfunding technology. The deal—GiveCampus's first acquisition—expands its product capabilities and integrates Community Funded’s customer success, support, product and engineering teams to broaden social fundraising services for K–12 and higher-education customers; GiveCampus completed the acquisition following a $50 million growth investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners.

NerdWallet Acquires On the Barrelhead

June 23, 2022

Financial Services

NerdWallet, Inc. acquired On the Barrelhead, Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $120 million (approximately $70 million cash and $50 million in NerdWallet Class A common stock). On the Barrelhead will be fully integrated into NerdWallet to accelerate the company's data and technology capabilities for improved, personalized credit product recommendations for consumers and SMBs.

KeyBank Acquires GradFin

May 9, 2022

Payments & Fintech

KeyBank has acquired GradFin, a fintech specializing in Public Service Loan Forgiveness counseling and student loan advisory solutions. The acquisition expands KeyBank's digital and niche advisory capabilities, integrating GradFin's high-touch advisory offerings for individuals, financial advisors and employers into Key's product suite.

IDIQ Acquires Credit & Debt (Credit Swag Ventures, Inc.)

June 7, 2022

Financial Services

IDIQ has acquired Credit Swag Ventures, Inc., which operates as Credit & Debt, adding the fintech-financial education site creditanddebt.org and the Money Sensei personal financial management platform to its member services. The acquisition brings Credit & Debt CEO Jeff Mandel into IDIQ as president of IDIQ Monetization and expands IDIQ's financial wellness, educational content, and third-party monetization capabilities.

JPMorgan Chase Acquires Frank

September 21, 2021

Financial Services

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has acquired Frank, a college financial planning platform that streamlines FAFSA, scholarships, course marketplaces and financial education for students and families. The acquisition is intended to deepen Chase's engagement with students and expand its capabilities and products aimed at the student market.