Education Acquisitions in Oregon

Prairie Capital VII, LP partnered with the founders (the Arick family) to recapitalize STAR Autism Support, a Beaverton, Oregon-based provider of digital special education curriculum and professional development for K-12 districts. Prairie Capital will support acceleration of STAR's SaaS solutions through investments in talent, sales and marketing, product development and add-on acquisitions.

CollegeNET, a Portland-based provider of web-based technologies for higher education, has received a strategic growth investment from an affiliate of Peak Rock Capital. The investment will provide runway for product development — including CollegeNET's patent-pending AI Opportunity Drivers — and support the company's planned growth in higher-education technology markets.

Learning technology company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has acquired research and assessment organization NWEA. NWEA will operate as a division of HMH, keeping its MAP Growth assessment brand while integrating assessment insights with HMH curriculum to deliver a connected K–12 instruction and assessment solution.

3STEP Sports has acquired North Pacific Juniors Volleyball Club (NPJ), adding NPJ's four-location youth volleyball platform in the Pacific Northwest to 3STEP's national volleyball vertical. The acquisition expands 3STEP's footprint in Oregon and Washington and brings NPJ's year-round programming, beach volleyball assets and a 38,000 sq. ft. Salem hub into 3STEP's network.

CeriFi, a Leeds Equity Partners–backed portfolio company, has acquired Solomon Exam Prep, a provider of securities licensing exam preparation and review materials. The acquisition — CeriFi's twelfth — expands CeriFi's securities licensing content and product suite; financial terms were not disclosed, and founders Karen and Jeremy Solomon will join CeriFi.

American Safety Council (ASC), a portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners, has acquired At Your Pace Online (AYPO), a provider of online professional licensure and state-mandated continuing education across construction trades, real estate, HVAC, electrical, plumbing and insurance. Financial terms were not disclosed; ASC said the deal broadens its digital offerings and expands coverage of adjacent vocational markets.

TPC Training acquired eFoodHandlers to expand its online food safety training and certification offerings, integrating eFoodHandlers' state-specific, video-based courses into TPC's FUSION LMS. The deal strengthens TPC's compliance-driven eLearning footprint across restaurants, schools, and other foodservice customers nationwide.

Health & Safety Institute (HSI), a provider of EHS software, training and compliance services (majority-owned by Waud Capital Partners), acquired Martech Media, Inc., an industrial technologies training and e‑learning provider. The acquisition adds Martech Media’s interactive industrial curriculum and training professionals to HSI’s platform to expand HSI’s industrial technical training and workforce development capabilities.

Waud Capital Partners has acquired Health & Safety Institute (HSI), a cloud-based environmental, health and safety (EHS) compliance and training platform, from The Riverside Company. The transaction provides HSI with growth capital and operational support to expand its technology platform and accelerate growth; terms were not disclosed.