Mergers & Acquisitions
News about mergers & acquisitions from EdWeek Market Brief, which covers the intersection of K-12 schools and business.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt CEO Talks About Consolidation, What's Next for AI, and the End of ESSER
Jack Lynch sees risks for artificial intelligence tools exacerbating student isolation, but benefits in their ability to support teachers.
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K-12 Market News
K-12 Dealmaking: D2L Pays $25.6M for H5P Group; Proximity Buys Coursemojo's Virtual Learning Business
The Canadian LMS provider D2L has acquired a company that delivers content creation and management software for $25.6 million.
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MagicSchool AI Raises $15M; Instructure Acquires Scribbles
MagicSchool AI, a platform that offers AI tools for educators, raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Bain Capital Ventures.
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K-12 Dealmaking: Amira Learning Merges With Istation; Weatherford Capital Invests in BusPatrol
A Brazilian ed-tech company, Somos Young, has secured $12.3 million in funding.
Strategy & Operations
Market Analysis
What's Next for the New Wave of Consolidation in the Education Market?
The drying up of federal funding and an oversaturation in some segments of the K-12 space is fueling a run of mergers and acquisitions.
Strategy & Operations
K-12 Market News
Bain Capital to Acquire PowerSchool for $5.6B
The news comes roughly a month after media reports indicated Bain was interested in taking the major global ed-tech company private.
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K-12 Market News
K-12 Dealmaking: Francisco Partners Invests in TCI; Imagine Learning Makes Acquisition
Odyssey, a company behind a software platform used to manage school choice programs, raised $10 million.
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K-12 Dealmaking: ETS Acquires Mastery Transcript Consortium; Elevate K-12 Secures $25M From Trinity Capital
ETS' acquisition comes as it works with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to shift to skill-based learning.
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K-12 Market News
Report: PowerSchool in Talks With Bain Capital to Go Private in Deal Worth $6B
In a statement, a PowerSchool spokesperson said the company "does not comment on rumors and speculation."
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K-12 Market News
K-12 Dealmaking: Abre Raises $24 Million Through Series A Round; Follett Acquires MasterLibrary
Vivek Sinha, former COO of Unacademy, announced his new venture, Beyond Odd Technologies, had raised $11 million in seed funding.