Sandbox Acquires Teachit from AQA
September 2, 2020
Sandbox, the London-based operating platform for digital education products, has acquired Teachit, a UK teacher resource provider, from education charity AQA. The deal adds Teachit’s library of 18,000+ resources and 550,000-teacher community to Sandbox’s Learning portfolio and is intended to accelerate international growth and collaborate with Sandbox’s US-based TeacherVision to serve over 2 million teachers.
- Buyers
- Sandbox
- Targets
- Teachit
- Sellers
- AQA
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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