EdBizWatch

Mendeley Bought for $69M-$100M by Elsevier

Platform for academics and orgs to share research & collaborate via a social network. 

Mendeley Bought for $69M-$100M by Elsevier, Ingrid Lunden, TechCrunch

Privacy, Transparency and Gates Foundation-Funded inBloom

InBloom's mission: build an open source, cloud-based education data infrastructure.  

Privacy, Transparency & Gates Foundation-Funded inBloom, Audrey Watters, Hack Education

InBloom Launches with $100 Million from Gates Foundation

The new nonprofit is the outgrowth of the Shared Learning Collaborative.

InBloom Launches with $100 Million from Gates, Carnegie, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

Who Were the Top Ed Tech Acquirers in 2012?

There were 48 ed tech deals in 2012, down slightly from 51 in 2011.

Who Were the Top Ed Tech Acquirers in 2012?, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

Laureate Education Gets $150M From World Bank Group

Laureate educates 750,000+ students in 29 countries through 65+ Laureate Universities.

World Bank Group Invests in Baltimore-Based Laureate Education, Steve Kilar, Baltimore Sun

Lynda.com Raises $103M From Accel & Spectrum

Veteran, video-based edu platform generated $70M revenue in 2011 without outside investors.

After 17 years, Lynda.com Raises Its 1st Round of Funding, Rip Empson, TechCrunch

McGraw-Hill Sells Ed Division for $2.5 Billion to Apollo

Now there are 4. Apollo joins "big 3" edu publishers, Pearson, Houghton Mifflin, & News Corp.

McGraw-Hill Sells Ed Division to Private Equity Firm, Jason Tomassini, Education Week

EmbanetCompass Bought for $650 Million by Pearson

Deal gets Pearson a college online learning service, helps offset stagnating print products.

Pearson Buys EmbanetCompass for $650 Million, Simon Thiel, Businessweek

Deltak to be Bought by Wiley for $220 Million

Deltak expands Wiley's Global Education to a high-growth market, brings new expertise.

Wiley to Buy Online-Education Firm Deltak, Ben Fox Rubin, Wall Street Journal

Apollo May Bid for McGraw-Hill Education

Sale of textbook publishing division could fetch between $2.8 billion and $3.8 billion...

Apollo May Bid For McGraw-Hill Education, Reuters

Moodle's Leading Support Companies Bought by Blackboard

Blackboard purchases Moodle open source supporters, Moodlerooms and NetSpot.

Blackboard Buys 2 Leading Moodle Supporters, Jeffery R. Young, The Chronicle of Higher Ed

Archipelago Bought for $291M by Plato

Archipelago provides subscription-based, PreK through post secondary online education products.

Plato Learning Buys Archipelago Learning, peHub

China Agrees to Deal to Make 850K Tablets for Thai Schools

Thai government orders 850K tablets for all its first graders, in a one-tablet-per-child scheme.

China Agrees to Deal on Tablets for Thai Schools, Jon Russell, TNW

Flurry of M&A Activity in K-12 Marketplace in 2011

The education industry accounted for $10 Billion in mergers and acqusitions in 2011.

Mergers On the Rise in K-12 Marketplace, Jason Tomassini, Education Week

Connections Education Bought for $400 Million by Pearson

Connections Education operates virtual public schools in 21 states.

Pearson Acquires Connections Education -Pearson Press Release, PR Newswire

Blackboard Bought for $1.64 Billion by Providence Equity

Blackboard’s products are widely-used, over 5,000 institutions use the company’s software.

Educated Buy? Providence Equity Partners to Acquire Blackboard -Rip Empson, TechCrunch

Schoolnet Bought for $230 Million by Pearson

Schoolnet aligns assessment, curriculum, to personalize learning and improve teaching.

Pearson to Acquire Schoolnet, Pearson Press Release

Wireless Generation Bought for $360 Million by News Corp

News Corp buys 90% Stake, gets Wireless Generation’s assessment software, mCLASS

News Corp, After Hiring Klein,Buys Technology Partner -Fernanda Santos, New York Times