M&A Deal Summary

Wiley Edge Acquires Analyst Success

On October 29, 2015, Wiley Edge acquired education company Analyst Success from The American College of Financial Service

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Wiley Edge’s 3rd transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is Wiley Edge’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Wiley Edge’s 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-10-29
Target Analyst Success
Sector Education
Buyer(s) Wiley Edge
Sellers(s) The American College of Financial Service
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Analyst Success

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States
Analyst Success is a provider of CFA courses & study packages.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Wiley Edge

Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Category Company
Founded 1807
Sector Publishing
Employees8,800
Revenue 2.0B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to John Wiley & Sons' corporate headquarters in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Entrance to John Wiley & Sons' corporate headquarters in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Wiley Edge is a knowledge company in research, publishing, and knowledge solutions. Dedicated to the creation and application of knowledge, Wiley serves the world’s researchers, learners, innovators, and leaders, helping them achieve their goals and solve the world’s most important challenges. Wiley Edge was founded in 1807 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 19
Sector (Education) 3 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 7 of 13
Year (2015) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-12 SimBioSys

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

SimBioSys, Inc., is a provider of scientific software tools that facilitate the drug discovery process. Providing a wide range of software solutions, the company is focused on the development of scientific tools to facilitate the drug discovery process. It retains a constant focus on the innovation of algorithms to provide improved throughput and accuracy in the fields of flexible docking, virtual screening and de-novo structure design, and computer-aided retrosynthetic analysis.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-18 Atypon Systems

Santa Clara, California, United States

Atypon Systems, Inc. is a publishing-software company provides Literatum, an innovative platform that primarily serves the large scientific, technical, medical and scholarly industry.

Buy $120M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The American College of Financial Service

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States
Category Company
Founded 1927
Sector Education
DESCRIPTION

The American College of Financial Service is a provider of financial education services.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Education) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1
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