SHL Acquires Aspiring Minds

Multiverse Acquires Searchlight

April 8, 2024

Software

EdTech company Multiverse has acquired Searchlight, a California-based talent intelligence and skills assessment platform that uses AI to match candidates and close skills gaps. The acquisition will integrate Searchlight's bias-free AI and talent intelligence into Multiverse's apprenticeship and upskilling platform to accelerate AI-driven skills diagnosis and training delivery.

Curriculum Associates Acquires Mentoring Minds

June 29, 2021

Education

Curriculum Associates, the maker of the i-Ready K–8 assessment and instructional platform, has acquired Mentoring Minds, a Texas-based education publisher of the ThinkUp! Standards Mastery System. The acquisition will migrate Mentoring Minds' ThinkUp! content into the Teacher Toolbox for i-Ready to expand Curriculum Associates' curriculum offerings and support educators with additional instructional resources.

Growth Catalyst Partners Acquires InspiredMinds!

November 20, 2024

Consulting

Growth Catalyst Partners, a U.S. middle-market private equity firm, has acquired U.K.-based InspiredMinds!, a global AI strategy group and events community. Growth Catalyst will integrate InspiredMinds! into its Data Society Group platform while the business continues to operate independently and plans to launch its festival-style AI summits in the United States in 2025.

Careerminds Acquires Progression to Enhance AI-Driven Career Development

October 8, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Careerminds, a global provider of outplacement and career development solutions, has acquired Progression, a London-based AI-powered career-framework SaaS company. The acquisition expands Careerminds' product capabilities by integrating Progression's AI-driven job architecture and upskilling/reskilling tools into its global career-development offerings.

iCIMS Acquires AI Recruitment Platform Apli

September 11, 2025

Software

iCIMS, the Holmdel, New Jersey–based talent acquisition software provider, has acquired Apli, an AI-powered recruitment automation company focused on frontline hiring in Latin America. The acquisition integrates Apli’s conversational AI and assessment capabilities into iCIMS’ enterprise platform to accelerate high-volume hiring and expand iCIMS’ frontline hiring solutions globally.

SHL and Mynavi Acquire SHL Japan

May 2, 2023

Staffing & HR

Exponent-backed SHL has acquired SHL Japan in a public-to-private transaction structured as a joint venture with Japanese recruitment specialist Mynavi. The deal brings SHL Japan into SHL Group’s SaaS-led platform, strengthening SHL's presence across APAC and representing one of the first mid-market P2P transactions in Japan by a foreign sponsor.