Learning Pool's strategic growth continues with Elucidat acquisition
Learning Pool |
Learning Pool continues its growth journey with the acquisition of Elucidat, an innovative cloud-based authoring platform trusted by leading global brands.
Browsing news: Mergers and acquisitions
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Workday Completes Acquisition of Paradox
Workday |
With Paradox, HiredScore, and Workday Recruiting, Workday Now has a Powerful End-to-End, AI-Powered Talent Acquisition Suite to Drive Faster Hiring and Better Candidate Experiences.
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City & Guilds sells commercial operations to focus on social impact
Learning News | City & Guilds, PeopleCert |
City & Guilds of London Institute to sell its awarding and training businesses to PeopleCert, refocusing its mission on charitable impact through The City & Guilds Foundation.
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Learning Pool strengthens US footprint and market reach with WorkRamp acquisition
Learning Pool |
Learning Pool has acquired WorkRamp, strengthening its position as a leader in learning technology and marking another milestone in its growth journey.
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Workday Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Sana
Workday |
Acquisition Will Combine Sana's AI-Powered Search, Agents, and Learning with Workday Context and Data to Power Proactive, Personalized, and Intelligent Employee Experiences
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Workday to acquire Sana for $1.1 billion
Learning News | Sana and Workday |
Workday is to acquire AI learning firm Sana in a $1.1bn deal, adding AI-driven learning and agents to strengthen workplace skills and employee experience.
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Docebo Q2 revenue and gross profit rise, net income dips
Learning News |
Docebo has reported strong growth in revenue and gross profit for the second quarter of 2025, alongside a slight drop in net income.
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Mindtools acquires Kineo
Features |
Interview with Mindtools and Kineo CEO, Shabnam Shahani.
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Mindtools acquires Kineo
Learning News |
Interview with Mindtools and Kineo CEO, Shabnam Shahani.
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Financial literacy for employees to reduce stress
Learning News | Nudge Global |
Study reveals UK workers buckling under financial pressure and the positive effects of greater financial literacy on improving wellbeing and reducing stress.
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Mindtools acquires Kineo creating global scale and breadth of comprehensive learning solutions
Kineo |
On 12 May, Mindtools, a global management and leadership skills development provider, owned by Cambridge Information Group (CIG), announces its acquisition of Kineo, a global provider of workplace learning solutions, from City & Guilds. This is a strategic move designed to significantly progress learning innovation, as well as democratize the provision of workplace learning, to a far greater number of customers globally
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Mindtools acquires Kineo: creating global scale and breadth of comprehensive learning solutions
Mindtools |
London - 12 May - Today, Mindtools, a global management and leadership skills development provider, owned by Cambridge Information Group (CIG), announces its acquisition of Kineo, a global provider of workplace learning solutions, from City & Guilds.
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Birmingham-based Assemble You raises £1 Million
Learning News |
Podcast-style workplace training model aims to reach disengaged audiences such as deskless and neurodiverse workers.
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ILX acquires StayAhead
Learning News |
ILX Group announces acquisition of IT training business StayAhead Training.
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MAAS Marketing Announces Strategic Partnership with Powtoon to Revolutionise Visual Communication in L&D
MAAS Marketing |
MAAS Marketing, the world’s only marketing agency dedicated to transforming Learning & Development (L&D) through strategic marketing principles, has partnered with Powtoon, a leading visual communication platform, to bring dynamic, engaging, and effective visual storytelling to L&D professionals.
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Docebo tenfold profit increase to $26M
Learning News |
Docebo reports an increase in net profit in 2024 to $26.7M ahead of expectation and an increase on $2.8M in 2023; Revenue up 20% to £217M.
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Auspicious acquires DBLX
Learning News |
Creative services group's third acquisition in as many months; targets rapid expansion in learning market.
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General Atlantic to buy LTG for £800 Million
Breaking |
US private equity General Atlantic agrees deal to buy Learning Technologies Group for £802.4 Million
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CoachHub secures €40M investment
Learning News |
Growth financing from HSBC Innovation Banking UK to fuel AI innovation and product expansion.
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Rise Up acquires Yunoo to redefine learning as a revenue stream
Rise Up | London |
Transforming learning from a cost centre into a profit centre. Empowering thousands of organisations to place learning at the heart of their business success.
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Ciphr acquires Avantus
Ciphr |
Ciphr has acquired employee benefits platform provider Avantus
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Investment group to acquire CompTIA
Learning News |
H.I.G. Capital and Thoma Bravo have announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the brand and information technology certification and training business and products of CompTIA.
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Whatfix raises $125 Million
Learning News | Whatfix |
Investment to enhance digital adoption product suite through organic growth and acquisitions and expand presence in US, EMEA, and APAC regions.
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Docebo Q2 revenue up 22%
Learning News | Docebo |
Docebo has reported an increase in revenue and profit for the second quarter 2024.
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Accenture completes acquisition of Udacity
Learning News | Accenture |
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has completed the acquisition of Udacity, a digital education pioneer that blends online learning with human instruction.
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Cornerstone acquires SkyHive
Learning News | Cornerstone |
Cornerstone's latest acquisition adds an AI-powered skills intelligence platform to help build future-ready workforces.
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Docebo financials head North; 24% increase in revenue and net income
Learning News | Docebo |
Learning platform vendor Docebo has reported a jump in revenues to $51.4 million and net income up to $5.2 million, for the first quarter 2024.
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LMS365 acquires HR tech platform Valuebeat
Learning News | LMS365 |
LMS365, an AI-powered learning platform built into Microsoft 365 and Teams, today announced its acquisition of Valuebeat.
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Cornerstone acquires spatial learning business, Talespin
Learning News | Cornerstone |
Cornerstone has announced the acquisition of extended reality capabilities and a team of highly specialised domain experts from Talespin, a spatial learning company focused on workforce skills development.
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Skill Dynamics acquires Content Enablers
Learning News |
Skill Dynamics, a provider of supply chain and procurement training has acquired the compliance training business, Content Enablers.
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Learning Pool enters Digital Adoption Platform market
Learning News |
Learning Pool has acquired OnScreen, a Digital Adoption Platform, which helps employees adopt new digital applications and processes.
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Traliant acquires Kantola Training Solutions
Learning News | New York, NY |
Traliant has announced the acquisition of Kantola Training Solutions, a provider of harassment prevention and DEI training and HR compliance, for over 15,000 organizations, including Subaru, FedEx and Hyundai.
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VantagePoint Performance acquired by Imparta; interview with Lisa Doyle
Features | Imparta |
Imparta has expanded in the US with the purchase of a sales organisation development business; Lisa Doyle from VPP joins Learning News to discuss the acquisition and the challenges sales teams face.
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VantagePoint Performance acquired by Imparta; interview with Lisa Doyle
Learning News | Imparta |
Imparta has expanded in the US with the purchase of a sales organisation development business; Lisa Doyle from VPP joins Learning News to discuss the acquisition and the challenges sales teams face.
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Lumify Group Expands its Portfolio by Acquiring City Desktop Training
Lumify Group | Sydney, Australia |
Lumify Group’s parent company EdventureCo completes the acquisition of City Desktop Training to expand its offering in Adobe end user training.
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Imparta acquires the business of VantagePoint Performance
Imparta | London, UK |
Richard Barkey, Founder and CEO of Imparta, comments on Imparta's latest acquisition of VantagePoint Performance, the US-based sales training organisation.
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What’s the strategy behind Go1 acquiring Blinkist?
Features | Go1 |
Go1’s acquisition of Blinkist and a new model for consumption of learning content.
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What’s the strategy behind Go1 acquiring Blinkist?
Learning News | Go1 |
Go1’s acquisition of Blinkist and a new model for consumption of learning content.
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Docebo reports Q2 financial results
Learning News |
Docebo's revenues continue to rise, up 25% to $43 million for 2023 Q2, yet with a net loss of $5.7 million, down from a profit of $2.1 million on the same period last year.
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LMS365 acquires Weekly10
Learning News |
UK-based performance and engagement management company purchased to prioritise the needs of individual learners.
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Docebo’s revenues and profits up
Learning News | Docebo |
Docebo's positive financial trajectory holds into Q1. Digital learning tech vendor Docebo returned to profit in Q4 2022 and its performance continued in Q1 2023 with revenue up 29% over Q1 2022 to $41.5M and a net profit of $1.2M.
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Go1 acquires Blinkist
Go1 |
Learning content provider buys book and podcast mobile app.
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Belfast IT trainer acquires cloud engineering trainer
Learning News | Neueda, Belfast, UK |
Neueda expands global offering with acquisition of Conygre in multi-million pound deal.
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Hemsley Fraser acquires MindOnSite and STS
Hemsley Fraser | London, United Kingdom |
Acquisitions boost digital learning and project management credentials and capabilities at learning & talent development provider
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Strong end to 2022 sees Docebo return to profit
Learning News | Docebo |
Docebo Q4 revenue up 31% to $39 million; annual revenue $142 million and EBITDA $1.3 million.
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£4M investment in HowNow: interview with Nelson Sivalingam
Features | HowNow |
Nelson Sivalingam, Co-founder and CEO, HowNow, joins Learning News.
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£4M investment in HowNow: interview with Nelson Sivalingam
Learning News | HowNow |
Nelson Sivalingam, Co-founder and CEO, HowNow, joins Learning News.
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£4 Million investment for HowNow
Learning News | HowNow |
HowNow, a learning experience platform, founded by Nelson Sivalingam, has announced it has received funding from Pearson and Mercia. The investment will be used to fund expansion.
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Anders Pink acquisition by Go1: Michelle Hazelton talks to Learning News
Features |
The AI-powered content curator, Anders Pink is acquired by the learning ecosystem builder Go1. Managing Director, Michelle Hazelton provides an update with Rob Clarke on Learning News.
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Anders Pink acquisition by Go1: Michelle Hazelton talks to Learning News
Learning News |
The AI-powered content curator, Anders Pink is acquired by the learning ecosystem builder Go1. Managing Director, Michelle Hazelton provides an update with Rob Clarke on Learning News.
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Go1 acquires Anders Pink
Learning News | Go1 |
Go1 acquires Anders Pink to provide best-in-class content curation capability for learners.
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Anders Pink acquired by Go1 to provide best-in-class content curation
Anders Pink |
We’re delighted to announce today that Anders Pink is becoming part of Go1.
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ILX acquires software training business, TSG
Learning News | ILX |
LX Group announces acquisition of TSG Training, a provider of IT and software testing training courses.
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Cognota and Infopro Learning partner to enable corporate L&D teams to overcome LearnOps challenges
Cognota | Toronto, CA |
Cognota, the leading provider of operations software for learning and development teams, partners with Infopro Learning, a leader in workforce transformation.
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Assemble You secures investment for podcast learning
Learning News | Assemble You |
Ufi Ventures leads £310,000 investment in Assemble You, a podcast-style audio library helping workers to learn on the go.
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DDLS expands its digital skills training portfolio with $A19.1 million Nexacu acquisition
Lumify Group | Sydney, Australia |
DDLS Group, Australia’s largest provider of corporate ICT and digital skills training, has completed the acquisition of Nexacu, Australia’s leading provider of instructor-led Microsoft Application training for end-users, in a deal worth $A19.1 million.
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Docebo Q2 revenue up 36%
Docebo |
Docebo has reported its second quarter revenue has increased by $34.9 million, an increase of 36% compared to the same period last year.
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LGCA Launches Training Programme for AGRC's Certificate in Corporate Governance
Learning News | London Governance & Compliance Academy, London |
LGCA has just released the training programme for The Association of Governance, Risk & Compliance (AGRC) Level 3 Certificate in Corporate Governance. It is self-paced, online and includes one year of membership to AGRC.
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Go1 secures further $100M
Go1 | San Francisco |
Go1 has raised over $100M following significant growth and international expansion.
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Access Learning to acquire digital learning platform Bookboon
The Access Group | Loughborough, UK |
Access Learning, part of The Access Group, a leading provider of business management software to mid-market organisations, today announces the acquisition of Bookboon, a self-directed soft skills content provider. Bookboon will complement Access Learning’s existing portfolio of industry-leading digital learning solutions.
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Docebo Reports First Quarter 2022 Results
Docebo | Toronto, Canada |
Revenue growth of 47% and ARR growth of 55% on continued new customer and ACV growth.
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Rise Up Raises €30m to Advance Employee Learning Across Europe
Rise Up | London, UK |
Fast-growing employee learning software solution Rise Up just completed Series B financing with Connected Capital, an investor focused on B2B SaaS companies with rich experience in HR tech. Together with MAIF Avenir and IMPACT Partners, Rise Up raised €30 million to advance employee learning across Europe.
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Go1 acquires Coorpacademy
Go1 |
The corporate learning platform Go1 has announced the acquisition of the European e-learning platform, Coorpacademy, for an undisclosed sum.
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Celebrating its 25th Anniversary brings a Change of Name for eCom
eCom Learning Solutions | Dunfermline, Scotland |
In a move timed to coincide with its 25th anniversary year, the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland is changing its name and refreshing its website to reflect its growing reach, in terms of both products and clients.
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Omniplex Learning launch new digital adoption platform
Omniplex Learning |
Omniplex Learning, a leading provider of learning and development services, has announced the acquisition of SAAS digital adoption specialist Nickelled. The digital adoption solution will become a core element of Omniplex Learning’s portfolio under the name Omniplex Guide.
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Docebo expands APAC presence with acquisition of Skillslive
Docebo | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Docebo Inc. (NASDAQ:DCBO; TSX:DCBO) (“Docebo” or the “Company”), a leading artificial intelligence (AI)-powered learning suite provider, today announced it has acquired Skillslive, an educational consulting agency, located in Melbourne, Australia, that takes a collaborative approach to align learning pathways with professional development, competencies, compliance, certification, and accreditation.
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$54 million investment in eLearning Brothers
Learning News | eLearning Brothers |
eLearning Brothers has secured a $54 million investment to fund future growth; funds will be used to first complete the acquisitions of Rehearsal and Origin Learning.
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eLearning Brothers acquires Origin Learning
Learning News | eLearning Brothers |
eLearning Brothers today announced its acquisition of India-based Origin Learning, its fifth acquisition in the last two years and second of 2022.
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Skillcast Group plc AIM Listing on LSE
Skillcast | London |
Listing on the London Stock Exchange marks a new chapter for Skillcast. The co-founders reflect on their 20-year journey and the road ahead.
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360Learning raises $200M; plans to 'reboot' corporate learning
Learning News |
360Learning has received a $200 million investment from three different investors and defines mission to reimagine corporate learning.
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Learning Technologies Group completes acquisition of GP Strategies
Learning Technologies Group | London, United Kingdom |
Acquisition of GP Strategies enables LTG to create a leading workforce transformation business focused on learning and talent.
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Financial update and news roundup
Learning News |
The latest acquisitions and investments in learning provider businesses.
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Investment for e-assessments platform provider Inspera
Learning News | Inspera |
Inspera has received growth capital investment to the meet surge in demand for e-assessments.
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Anthology and Blackboard to merge
Learning News | London |
Two leaders in the edtech market, Blackboard and Anthology, are to merge to create a global provider of education software and solutions.
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€12 million investment leads training platform to new countries
myskillcamp | Brussels |
Belgian-based training platform, myskillcamp is growing their area of operation by expanding into the UK, Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, thanks to the investment of €12 million by five investment agencies.
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Valamis acquires TWM: interview with Jussi Hurskainen
Learning News | London |
Valamis has acquired career mobility software provider, TWM; Valamis CEO, Jussi Hurskainen, joins Learning News to talk about the acquisition and career mobility applications.
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Eagle Point Software acquires UK-based KnowledgeSmart
Learning News | Acquisitions |
Eagle Point and provider of architecture, engineering and construction software has acquired KnowledgeSmart, a provider of skills gap analysis and benchmarking services for AEC firms.
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WBT Systems announces acquisition by Advanced Solutions International
WBT Systems | Nashua, United States |
WBT Systems and Advanced Solutions International (ASI), two leading global providers of products and services for associations and non-profits today announced the signing of an agreement for ASI to acquire WBT Systems. WBT Systems’ flagship learning platform TopClass LMS, will join ASI’s portfolio of subscription (SaaS) products and services.
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Cornerstone to be acquired by Clearlake for over $5 Bn
Learning News | Market latest |
Talent management software provider, Cornerstone OnDemand, is to be acquired by private equity firm, Clearlake Capital, for $5.2 Billion.
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Docebo reports 2021 Q2 results: record revenue $25 Million up over 70%
Docebo | Toronto, Canada |
Docebo has reported record revenues for the last quarter adding over $10 Million in annual recurring revenue for the three months ending 30 June.
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Open LMS Half-Year Results Show More Than 20% New Sales Growth and Over 100 New LMS Customers
Open LMS | Indianapolis, IN |
Half-year results from Open LMS show 20% new sales growth rate, the fastest in the company’s history, and a total of nearly 1,700 SaaS LMS customers globally.
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Why synchronous learning is the latest thing in elearning
eLearning WMB | Maidenhead |
How the latest learning management systems allow for elearning to blend in with the classroom.
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Acquisitions and investment in the learning sector
Learning News | London |
July saw a host of acquisitions and investment in the learning sector. Fuse, Capita, Filtered, Learning Technologies Group, Articulate, OpenSesame, QA, Valamis and The Working Manager are just a few of those active over the last month. Learning News has the latest.
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Fuse merges intelligent search and predictive performance support to unlock knowledge-in-the-flow
Fuse Universal | London, UK |
Learning tech provider announces acquisition and strategic partnership as it creates new category with hyper-accessible knowledge in the flow.
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LTG to acquire GP Strategies
Learning Technologies Group | London, United Kingdom |
Agreement to acquire GP Strategies reflects LTG’s ambition to create a leading workforce transformation business focused on learning and talent.
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QA acquires Circus Street
Learning News | London |
QA has completed the acquisition of Circus Street, a provider of digital skills including ecommerce, data analytics and digital marketing skills.
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Articulate Raises $1.5 Billion
Learning News | Articulate |
Articulate has raised $1.5 Billion in Series A Round led by General Atlantic, with participation from Blackstone Growth and ICONIQ Growth.
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Kortext raises £15m to accelerate platform development roadmap
Learning News | Kortext |
Kortext, the UK’s market leading, university focussed, digital teaching and learning platform, announces that it has finalised additional investment funding from dmg ventures and Paul Zwillenberg, CEO of DMGT will join the Kortext Board.
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Pluralsight to acquire A Cloud Guru
Pluralsight |
Pluralsight has agreed to acquire A Cloud Guru; targets growing cloud skills gap.
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LTG invests in open source Moodle market
Learning News | London |
Interview with Piers Lea from LTG and Phill Miller from Open LMS, one of the Moodle-related learntech companies acquired by LTG in 2020.
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Interview with Peter Salzer, Global Knowledge
Learning News | London |
An extended interview with Peter Salzer, Executive Chairman, Global Knowledge, discussing how GK has coped during the pandemic, about the global IT and business skills market and about GK's intention to merge with Skillsoft.
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LTG expands mid-enterprise learning and talent software offering with acquisition of Bridge
Learning Technologies Group | London, United Kingdom |
The acquisition of Bridge will expand Learning Technologies Group’s capabilities in the mid-enterprise market.
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LTG expands Diversity and Inclusion offer with acquisition of PDT Global
Learning Technologies Group | London, United Kingdom |
Highly complementary acquisition expands the capabilities and reach of LTG’s existing Diversity and Inclusion business, Affirmity.
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Kallidus expands HCM offering with acquisition of Sapling
Learning News | London |
Learning News in discussion with Kallidus CEO, Rob Caul, on the acquisition of people operations platform, Sapling.
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Learning Technologies Group expands performance management offering with acquisition of Reflektive
Learning Technologies Group | London, United Kingdom |
Acquisition of agile performance management software, Reflektive, will expand PeopleFluent’s capabilities with enhanced engagement and analytics tools.
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Learning Pool acquires Remote Learner as part of ambitious US expansion plan
Learning Pool |
Learning Pool today announced the acquisition of Remote Learner, the Denver, Colorado based LMS specialist and learning technology company.
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Open LMS Expands Global Moodle Offering with Acquisition of eThink Education
Open LMS | Indianapolis |
Deal continues period of optimal growth for Open LMS in eLearning market for education and corporate sectors
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Former Saba Studio Business acquired by BestatDigital
Learning News | Brighton, UK |
The former Saba Studio business, previously part of Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., has been acquired by BestatDigital Ltd., a privately owned digital learning and communications company. As part of the transaction, the former Saba Studio team of approximately 60 employees and self employed consultants will transition to the new company.
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Learning Technologies Group to acquire eCreators
Learning Technologies Group | London, United Kingdom |
Agreement to acquire eCreators reinforces Learning Technologies Group’s strategic position as the world’s leading commercial Moodle provider.
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PeopleFluent Adds New Talent Development and Internal Mobility Capabilities Through Acquisition of Patheer
PeopleFluent | Raleigh, North Carolina |
Additional talent experience tools, now available as PeopleFluent Talent Mobility, will help employers close critical skills gaps and design modern career paths.
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