M&A Deal Summary

QA Acquires Cloud Academy

On July 10, 2019, QA acquired internet software and services company Cloud Academy

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is QA’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is QA’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is QA’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-07-10
Target Cloud Academy
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) QA
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Cloud Academy

San Francisco, California, United States
Cloud Academy, Inc. is an enterprise technology training platform. Cloud Academy is based in San Francisco, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

QA

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1985
Sector Education
DESCRIPTION

QA is an independent provider of IT professional and personal development skills training with more than 240 instructors delivering over 1,200 different courses across 26 centers throughout the UK. QA Group is comprised of four fast-growing divisions- QA Learning, QA Apprenticeships, QA Consulting and QA Higher Education- all of which deliver innovative and cutting edge skills solutions to UK organisations. QA was founded in 1985 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 3
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-01 Xpertise Group

Leeds, United Kingdom

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-02 Circus Street

London, United Kingdom

Circus Street provides commercial digital skills including e-commerce, data analytics and digital marketing skills through its subscription-based, proprietary digital platform. Circus Street was founded in 2009 and is based in London, England.

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