Ed-tech provider PowerSchool has acquired SRB Education Solutions, a Canadian developer of administration and software services. In addition, the Israel-based developer of math and science games, Matific, has raised $45 million.
Byndr, a mobile learning management platform with offices in India and the United States, has raised $700,000 in seed funding, and the Volaris Group, has acquired the Alpha School System, an Australian provider of school information systems.
Edgenuity today announced its acquisition of Compass Learning, in an effort to broaden its delivery of digital courses for students in grades 6-12 into the lower grades.
Modo Labs, a mobile-engagement platform, took in $10 million in a funding round, and Yellowdig, which provides software-as-a-service–a growing area of interest for K-12 districts–received $1 million from SRI Capital.
New York University’s Steinhardt School is partnering with StartEd Companies to establish an accelerator and incubator program. And the market for ed-tech acquisitions is heating up outside the United States.
In addition, Weld North Holdings LLC, an investment company and a provider of digital and software-as-a-service education solutions, has completed the merger of Truenorthlogic and Performance Matters.
A Chinese tutoring platform raises funds to build a livestreaming platform, and CogBooks, a U.K.-based adaptive online technology business, takes in $1.7 million from a group of investors.
In recent dealmaking news, social learning community Brainly acquired OpenStudy while ed-tech companies Knowledgemtion and Flocubulary picked up investment funding.
Digital writing solution provider Citelighter has raised a $2.1 million convertible note from a variety of investors, with the goal of improving its technology and building its sales.
Planet3 has raised money from a Nevada-based developer of data centers that will be used to expand the organization’s personalized learning platform, which seeks to use the earth as a laboratory for teaching about the sciences.