M&A Deal Summary

HSI Acquires Blue Ocean Brain

On November 30, 2021, HSI acquired education company Blue Ocean Brain

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is HSI’s 6th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is HSI’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is HSI’s 1st transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-11-30
Target Blue Ocean Brain
Sector Education
Buyer(s) HSI
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Blue Ocean Brain

Glen Allen, Virginia, United States
Blue Ocean Brain is a provider of workplace learning and professional development content. Blue Ocean Brain provides daily, expertly crafted content, designed to support and enhance a company's most important resource – its employees. The Company's catalog consists of thousands of microlearning lessons spanning modern workplace topics such as diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); leadership; emotional intelligence; handling change; communication; and much more. Blue Ocean Brain was founded in 2010 and is based in Glen Allen, Virginia.

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Buyer

HSI

Frisco, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1978
Sector Education
DESCRIPTION

HSI provides a comprehensive set of health and safety solutions to help its customers meet their training and compliance requirements. HSI offers more than 780 training courses for emergency care, workplace safety, health & safety services, and professional responders. HSI also provides hands-on training via 51,300 authorized affiliate instructors and 13,200 third-party training centers in the U.S. and Canada. HSI also offers a proprietary management system platform that tracks customers’ health & safety programs and employee compliance. HSI was founded in 1978 and is based in Frisco, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 12
Sector (Education) 6 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 12
State (Virginia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 10 of 11
Year (2021) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-27 Solv

Perth, Australia

Solv is an injury, safety, and health management software provider. Solv offers a suite of injury, safety and health solutions that ensure businesses remain safe, compliant, and focused on employee health and safety. The Solv platform simplifies injury and claims management, occupational health, and safety management, creating an all-in-one solution for employee and workplace health and safety. Solv was founded in 2009 and is based in Perth, Australia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-03 SafetySkills

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

SafetySkills is a e-learning provider offering an extensive library of OSHA, EHS and HR compliant courses. Their outcome-based training and EHS management platform allows users to assign interactive compliance training, customize reporting, print completion certificates, complete and send various reports, conduct both preventive and investigative reviews, and much more. SafetySkills was founded in 1993 and is based in Oklahoma City.

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