Aplia - Ownership and Business Overview

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Aplia Ownership

Who owns Aplia?

Aplia is owned by Cengage Learning. It was acquired on February 20, 2007.

Aplia Business Overview

Where is Aplia headquartered?

Aplia is headquartered in San Carlos, California.

What sector is Aplia in?

Aplia is an education company.

When was Aplia founded?

Aplia was founded in 2000.

Education M&A Summary in 2007

Out of 60 sectors in the Mergr database, education ranked 37 in number of deals in 2007. The largest education acquisition in 2007 was Cengage Learning - which was acquired by Apax for $7.8B.

Join Mergr to view all 52 acquisitions of education companies in 2007, including 36 acquisitions by private equity firms, and 16 by strategics.

Aplia, Inc.

959 Skyway Road Suite 325,
San Carlos, California 94070
United States,
(650) 592-5100
www.aplia.com

Aplia, Inc. is an educational company dedicated to improving learning outcomes by increasing student effort and engagement. Founded in 2000 by renowned economist Paul Romer, Aplia, Inc. is built upon the premise that “Student effort is a key determinant in student success.” Aplia is a collection of Web-based tools that enables professors to incorporate two key teaching elements: assigning frequent online homework that is automatically tracked and graded; and easily incorporating active-learning such as experiments and current events into the classroom.


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