Simplilearn Acquires Fullstack Academy

Skillsoft Acquires Codecademy

December 22, 2021

Education

Skillsoft acquired Codecademy in a transaction valued at approximately $525 million in cash and stock, combining Codecademy's interactive coding platform and roughly 40 million registered learners with Skillsoft’s enterprise learning business. The deal expands Skillsoft’s Technology & Developer capabilities, creates cross‑selling opportunities across Skillsoft’s large corporate customer base, and is expected to be immediately accretive to bookings, revenue growth, and gross margins.

Learnit Acquires AcademyX

March 3, 2020

Education

Learnit, a San Francisco-based provider of instructor-led corporate training, has acquired AcademyX to expand its technical upskilling capabilities. The deal brings AcademyX's technical course offerings and customer base into Learnit's portfolio to scale learning and development programming for enterprise clients.

F5 Acquires Threat Stack

October 4, 2021

Cybersecurity

F5 has completed the acquisition of Threat Stack to integrate cloud-native workload protection into its application and API security portfolio. The deal adds Threat Stack’s cloud security capabilities and technical talent to strengthen F5’s visibility and threat detection across application infrastructure and workloads.

Cornerstone OnDemand (Clearlake-backed) Acquires SumTotal from Skillsoft

August 16, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Cornerstone OnDemand, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, has completed its acquisition of SumTotal from Skillsoft, combining two learning and talent SaaS platforms. The deal expands Cornerstone's capabilities and vertical expertise in regulated industries while bringing SumTotal's customers and technology into Cornerstone's portfolio as an add-on to the PE-backed platform.

Axcel (Alpine Investors) Acquires Accelebrate to Expand IT Training Portfolio

January 17, 2023

Education

Axcel, the Alpine Investors‑backed professional education platform, has acquired Accelebrate, an Atlanta‑based IT training company, and will integrate it with its IT training business Web Age Solutions. Accelebrate founder Steve Heckler will remain involved as an advisor while Accelebrate works with Tim Toomey, CEO of Web Age, to scale instructor‑led on‑site and online training for financial services, government, and technology clients.

African Leadership International Acquires Holberton Inc.

July 13, 2022

Education

African Leadership International (ALI) has entered into an agreement to acquire Holberton Inc., a Silicon Valley-founded, project-based software engineering school. The acquisition will integrate Holberton's advanced technology program into ALI's ALX skills acceleration and placement network to scale training and connect African software engineering talent with global employers.