M&A Deal Summary

Ellucian Acquires Anthology - SIS and ERP Business

On November 17, 2025, Ellucian acquired software company Anthology - SIS and ERP Business from Anthology

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ellucian’s 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Ellucian’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ellucian’s 1st transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-11-17
Target Anthology - SIS and ERP Business
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Ellucian
Sellers(s) Anthology
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Anthology - SIS and ERP Business

Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Anthology's SIS and ERP Business supports the full student lifecycle, and integrates areas like financial aid, faculty workload, payroll, finance, HCM in one platform and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ellucian

Reston, Virginia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Education
DESCRIPTION

Ellucian is a higher education technology solutions provider. Ellucian’s products help colleges and universities manage their core administrative functions including enrollment, budget and financial planning, student information, human resources, strategic planning, and fundraising. Ellucian was founded in 1968 and is based in Reston, Virginia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Florida M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-03-04 EduNav

Cupertino, California, United States

EduNav is a provider of higher education academic planning and student success tools. The data-driven platform empowers educational institutions and their students by streamlining course scheduling, optimizing graduation pathways and fostering collaboration between academic advisors and students. EduNav was founded in 2014 and is based in Cupertino, California.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Anthology

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 1988
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Anthology is a provider of administrative software solutions to higher education, nonprofit organizations, and other learning industries. Anthology's product suite includes student information systems, constituent relationship management, enterprise resource planning, student and alumni engagement, retention, and compliance solutions. Anthology was founded in 1988 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Florida M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-13 Blackboard

Reston, Virginia, United States

Blackboard is a global educational software company that allows thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate and government organizations to extend teaching, learning and campus communication online to millions of students, parents and teachers. Blackboard was founded in 1997 and is based in Reston, Virginia.

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