Tracked deals
8
8 tracked deals across 2016-2026.
Operating Company
Education
Colibri Group
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Colibri Group builds the future of professional education by empowering licensed professionals to achieve more, adapt, and thrive in their careers. It provides learning solutions for licensing, continuing education, test preparation, professional development, and career advancement across regulated industries (including healthcare, accounting, financial services, real estate, construction, and teacher education).
- Focus Areas
- Licensing training, Continuing professional education (CPE), Test preparation / exam prep
- Website
- colibrigroup.com
Recent pace
1
1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Addon
7 addon · 1 buyout
Colibri Group Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 6 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- Colibri Group, Gridiron Capital, LLC
- Target
- Audirie
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Missouri, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Colibri Group acquired Audirie, an AI-driven simulation and assessment company that helps professionals build real-world skills through conversational practice, personalized assessment, and actionable feedback. Audirie’s technology is used primarily in healthcare settings, and Colibri plans to extend simulation-based learning across additional licensing, continuing education, professional development, and workforce training markets.
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January 2, 2025
- Buyer
- Colibri Group, Gridiron Capital
- Target
- Boston Institute of Finance
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Type
- Addon
Colibri Group, a St. Louis–based professional education company backed by Gridiron Capital, has acquired Boston Institute of Finance (BIF), a Newton, Massachusetts provider of CFP education and wealth management exam-prep programs. The deal, which closed January 2, 2025, expands Colibri's financial education portfolio and capabilities across licensing, exam preparation, and professional development for financial advisors and planners.
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- Buyer
- Colibri Group, Gridiron Capital
- Target
- TRC Healthcare, Therapeutic Research Center (TRC)
- Seller
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners V, L.P.
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Type
- Addon
Colibri Group, a Gridiron Capital-backed professional education platform, has acquired TRC Healthcare (Therapeutic Research Center) from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners. TRC is a market-leading provider of evidence-based continuing education, pharmacy products and clinical simulation serving over 1 million clinicians and 3,500+ hospitals; financial terms were not disclosed.
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- Buyer
- Colibri Group, Gridiron Capital
- Target
- Becker Professional Education, OnCourse Learning
- Seller
- Adtalem Global Education (Financial Services segment)
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Addon
Gridiron-backed Colibri Group has acquired Becker Professional Education and OnCourse Learning (the Financial Services segment of Adtalem Global Education), adding accounting, mortgage and governance, risk & compliance (GRC) learning capabilities to its professional education platform. The deal expands Colibri's portfolio of test-prep, continuing education and enterprise compliance solutions and is an add-on to the Gridiron-backed Colibri platform.
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December 14, 2021
- Buyer
- Colibri Group, Gridiron Capital
- Target
- TeachNow, Inc.
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- District of Columbia, United States
- Type
- Addon
Colibri Group, a Gridiron Capital–backed professional education platform, has acquired TeachNow, Inc., a technology-centric teacher certification institution. The acquisition adds teacher education and international reach to Colibri's portfolio of professional learning brands and will allow TeachNow to leverage Colibri’s infrastructure to scale its cohort-based online certification and degree programs.
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February 9, 2021
- Buyer
- Colibri Group, Gridiron Capital
- Target
- BrightPath Education Services
- Seller
- Mel Black
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Addon
Colibri Group, a St. Louis-based provider of licensing and continuing education for professionals (and backed by Gridiron Capital), has acquired BrightPath Education Services, a North Carolina provider of qualifying and continuing education for appraisal and real estate professionals. The acquisition expands Colibri's presence and market leadership in appraisal and real estate education in North Carolina and will integrate BrightPath's live and online course offerings into Colibri's national portfolio.
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September 10, 2020
- Buyer
- Colibri Group
- Target
- HomeCEU
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Addon
Colibri Group, a Gridiron Capital-backed online education platform, has acquired HomeCEU, a provider of continuing education for therapy-focused healthcare professionals. The acquisition brings HomeCEU's video-based content and CEU360 B2B offering into Colibri's healthcare education portfolio to expand course breadth for individual and employer customers.
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- Buyer
- The Colibri Group
- Target
- Securities Training Corporation
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Addon
The Colibri Group has closed an investment in Securities Training Corporation (STC), the market leader in securities exam and regulatory training. STC will remain led by CEO Paul Weisman and its existing management team; Colibri — a Redwood City, California-based learning solutions provider backed by Quad‑C Management — plans to leverage its technology and product capabilities to expand STC's offerings.
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Acquisitions in Colorado
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Acquisitions in Massachusetts
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