SAN FRANCISCO, June 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Go1, one of the world’s largest corporate education content hubs for on-demand training and resources, announced today it has raised over $100M in its latest funding round closed in May. The new capital will help Go1 accelerate its journey to reach a billion learners with upskilling, reskilling and knowledge tools that empower workers across the globe.

In the tenth annual Disruptor 50 list, CNBC highlights private companies that grew through the ups and downs of the pandemic and are poised to meet increasing economic and consumer challenges.

As the sons of two educators, brothers Martin, Meti, and Massi Basiri have made it their life’s mission to improve global access to education, and in just six years the brothers have grown their company into the world’s largest online international student recruitment platform

Cognism has announced the acquisition of Kaspr, a Paris-based sales prospecting provider, focused on providing easy access to prospecting data.

The acquisition delivers Cognism greater access to the French market with an additional data source to rapidly expand its own database.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Go1, one of the world’s largest corporate education content hubs, announced today the acquisition of Coorpacademy, an innovative e-learning platform and content library with a multinational customer base. With offices in France and Switzerland, Coorpacademy will support Go1’s growth plans for Europe, a notable region expanding its large corporate learning market, and its already vast offerings of digital learning and education resources.

DENVER, CO (April 11, 2022) – Pax8, the leading cloud commerce marketplace, today announced it has raised $185 million in new equity capital from new investor SoftBank Vision Fund 2, increasing the company’s valuation to $1.7 billion. SoftBank Vision Fund led the funding series with additional contributions from existing investors Catalyst Investors, Sageview Capital, Blue Cloud Ventures, and Liberty Global Ventures. As part of the transaction, Kristin Bannon, Investment Director at SoftBank Investment Advisers, will be named to the Pax8 Board of Directors.

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, March 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, ApplyBoard (the platform revolutionizing the international student journey) announced the acquisition of Panda Portal, an international education industry training ecosystem, software platform and proprietary technology. As part of the acquisition, Panda Portal has now been rebranded by ApplyBoard as TrainHub and it will remain a stand alone platform powered by ApplyBoard. 

Nearly 5.5 million businesses were launched in the United States last year, making 2023 the highest year on record for new startups, …

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arctic Wolf, a leader in security operations, has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2022.

This latest FT-Statista ranking of fast-growing European companies illustrates the changing fortunes of some sectors since the Covid pandemic took hold, in 2020.