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BLEgroup Goes Atomic
Atomic Learning, BLE Group — Saturday, October 13, 2012
Atomic Learning continues to deepen its long-term relationship with the BLEgroup. By orchestrating pilot opportunities toward greater impact on and insight from district leaders, the BLEgroup's experience and commitment strengthens Atomic Learning's market presence and potential. Read More »
Berkery Noyes Releases M&A Report For Q3
Berkery Noyes — Saturday, October 13, 2012
Berkery Noyes, an independent mid-market investment bank, today released its third quarter 2012 mergers and acquisitions trend report for the Education Industry. The report analyzes M&A activity in the sector for the first three quarters of 2012 and compares it with data covering 2011. Read More »
Parchment Acquires Avow Systems
Parchment Inc. — Sunday, October 07, 2012
Parchment Inc. today announces the acquisition of Avow Systems, Inc., merging two of the leading electronic transcript (e-Transcript) platforms - Docufide® serving 30 percent of U.S. secondary schools and Avow Systems serving nearly 100 top postsecondary institutions. On a combined basis, Parchment is the largest focused e-Transcript provider, with more than 9,000 high schools and colleges in its network, 6 million transactions completed, 115 employees, and $6 million annual investment in research and development. Read More »
Corwin and Learning Forward Forge Strategic Alliance
Corwin, Learning Forward — Monday, October 01, 2012
Corwin and Learning Forward, two organizations that share the same mission of increasing student achievement through more effective professional learning, have forged a strategic alliance to work together on a multitude of professional learning initiatives. The new alliance opens the door to more joint ventures, such as a book series, webinars, workshops, institutes and international expansion. Read More »
ESM Solutions Retires eSchoolMall and Mercury Commerce Brands
ESMSolutions — Thursday, September 27, 2012
ESMSolutions announced their intent to simplify the customer experience by eliminating use of two distinct brand names. eSchoolMall has been the brand name associated with their K-12 and educational service agencies' customers. Mercury Commerce has been the brand name associated with their higher education, state and local government and commercial customers. Read More »
Duck Duck Moose Raises $7 Million in Series A Financing
Duck Duck Moose — Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Duck Duck Moose, the creator of award-winning educational apps for children, announced today that it has received $7 million in Series A venture funding led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Stanford University. The funding will be used to grow Duck Duck Moose’s popular family of apps,... Read More »
Google Ventures Backs Math Education Startup Desmos
Desmos, Inc. — Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Desmos, Inc., an education technology company devoted to inspiring and engaging the next generation of math students, has reinvented the graphing calculator for today’s increasingly wired classrooms. With an interactive, HTML5 graphing platform that works seamlessly across all modern browsers, Desmos offers a much-needed upgrade to traditional hand-held calculators. Read More »
GuideK12 Partners with BLEgroup
GuideK12 — Tuesday, September 25, 2012
GuideK12™ has chosen the BLEgroup to gain valuable insight on product development, pilot program implementation and district trends by leveraging the BLEgroup's platform. And for this geovisual analytics software company, the BLEgroup can map their road to success through critical industry feedback. Read More »
Weld North Acquires Editure PD and JBHM Education Group
Weld North Holdings LLC — Monday, September 24, 2012
Weld North Holdings LLC announced today that it has entered the $3.6 billion education, school improvement services and professional development industry by acquiring a 100% interest in each of Editure Professional Development Inc. and JBHM Education Group. Both transactions closed in September. Read More »
Patron CompanyAcquires MyVRSpot
Patron Company — Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The Patron Company, developers of socially responsible e-commerce networks, announces today the acquisition of MyVRSpot from FTC Family of Companies to expand its suite of services for schools. The company will continue to operate MyVRSpot, the leading educational multimedia-sharing site with more than 1.2 million users, and plans to create a blended offering this fall. Read More »
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