Mergers & Acquisitions: education news
Acquisitions, mergers and take-private deals involving education and edtech companies.
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2026
Imarticus Learning acquires Singapore's BELLS Institute of Higher Learning
India's Imarticus Learning announced on July 31, 2026, that it had acquired BELLS Institute of Higher Learning, a Singapore-based professional training provider, in a…
Egypt's iSchool acquires software firm Rubikal to build AI tools for schools
Egyptian education technology company iSchool has acquired Rubikal, a software engineering firm also based in Egypt, according to a report dated April 22, 2026. The…
2025
Coursera and Udemy agree to combine in all-stock merger
Coursera and Udemy, two US-listed online learning companies, announced on December 17, 2025 that they had signed a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock…
Workday agrees to acquire Swedish AI learning company Sana for $1.1 billion
Workday announced on September 16, 2025 that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sana, a Stockholm-based artificial intelligence company, for approximately…
Seesaw acquires Jordan's Little Thinking Minds to add Arabic literacy tools
US learning platform Seesaw has acquired Little Thinking Minds, a Jordan-based developer of Arabic literacy products for schools, in a deal reported on April 15, 2025.…
Singapore's Manifest Global acquires BridgeU from Kaplan
Manifest Global, a Singapore-headquartered education group whose brands include the student guidance platform Cialfo, announced on April 7, 2025, that it had acquired…
2024
Bain Capital agrees to acquire PowerSchool in $5.6 billion transaction
PowerSchool Holdings, a Folsom, California provider of cloud software for K-12 schools, announced on June 7, 2024 that it had agreed to be acquired by the private…
Kuwait's Baims acquires Egyptian tutoring startup Orcas
Kuwait-based education technology company Baims has acquired Egyptian tutoring startup Orcas, in a deal reported on January 8, 2024. Baims took full ownership of Orcas…
2023
Goldman Sachs-led investor group makes NOK 17.2 billion offer for Kahoot!
Kahoot!, the Oslo-based learning platform, announced on July 14, 2023 that it had agreed to the launch of a recommended all-cash offer for the company from an investor…
LEAD completes acquisition of Pearson's K-12 learning business in India
LEAD, an Indian school edtech company, said on March 15, 2023 that it had completed its purchase of the local K-12 learning business of Pearson India. The agreement was…
2022
GoStudent acquires German tutoring chain Studienkreis from IK Partners
GoStudent, the Vienna-based online tutoring company, announced on December 2, 2022 that it was acquiring Studienkreis, a German provider of center-based tutoring, from…
Vedantu takes majority stake in test prep provider Deeksha for $40 million
Vedantu, an Indian online tutoring company for school students, acquired a majority stake in Deeksha, a test preparation provider, for $40 million. The deal was…
Ruangguru acquires study-abroad startup Schoters and coding school Kalananti
Indonesian education technology company Ruangguru announced on July 4, 2022, that it had acquired two local startups: Schoters, which prepares students for study…
2021
Adda247 acquires civil service test prep platform StudyIQ for $20 million
Adda247, an Indian test preparation platform focused on government job examinations, acquired the civil service exam preparation provider StudyIQ in a deal reported on…
2U agrees to acquire edX from Harvard and MIT for $800 million
2U, a publicly traded provider of online degree programs for universities, announced on June 29, 2021 that it would acquire edX, the online course platform created by…
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