{"id":3137,"date":"2021-03-23T12:39:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T19:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stgpartners.com\/?p=3137"},"modified":"2022-10-22T18:12:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T01:12:03","slug":"symphony-technology-group-acquires-commpartners-a-leading-saas-provider-of-learning-management-system-software-and-virtual-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg.com\/news\/symphony-technology-group-acquires-commpartners-a-leading-saas-provider-of-learning-management-system-software-and-virtual-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Symphony Technology Group Acquires CommPartners, a Leading SaaS Provider of Learning Management System Software and Virtual Events"},"content":{"rendered":"
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 23, 2021\u00a0 \u2013 Symphony Technology Group (\u201cSTG\u201d), a leading Palo Alto-based private equity firm focused on investing in the software, data analytics and software-enabled technology services sectors, today announced that it has acquired CommPartners, a Columbia, Maryland-based learning management system (\u201cLMS\u201d) and virtual events company primarily serving the association market. The acquisition underscores STG\u2019s commitment to building a unique, market-leading software platform offering continuing education, professional development, events, learning and content management solutions to associations, non-profits, healthcare & life sciences organizations.<\/p>\n
CommPartners marks STG\u2019s fourth investment in this platform following the acquisition of CadmiumCD, EthosCE, and Warpwire in 2020.<\/p>\n
The entire CommPartners team will be joining the new entity that will be created through the integration of the four companies.<\/p>\n
Over the coming months, the CommPartners team will work with the aforementioned entities to merge into one unified learning and events platform. With CommPartners bringing all of their products and services into the acquisition, the new platform will include many benefits familiar to their customers including the following:<\/p>\n
The CommPartners acquisition is part of a larger strategy by STG to build the world\u2019s most-loved technology platform powering world-class events and enduring educational experiences. This fourth acquisition brings STG one step closer to simplifying the production of events while maximizing the value of online learning with a single, flexible platform designed to capture the chemistry of people, ideas, and knowledge.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are thrilled to be a part of STG\u2019s platform of world-class education experiences,\u201d said CommPartners co-founder and CEO, Rich Finstein. \u201cOur Elevate Learning Management System will enrich STG\u2019s ecosystem and enable organizations to offer and support a wide range of learning outcomes. In addition, we now are able to provide our association customers and members an all-in-one solution for onsite, hybrid and virtual learning experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very excited to bring CommPartners into our expanding portfolio of industry-leading products and scale it even further by investing in new solution areas and complementary acquisitions,\u201d said Rushi Kulkarni, Principal at STG.<\/p>\n
About CommPartners<\/strong><\/p>\n CommPartners helps organizations conceive, develop and fulfill their education strategy. The company\u2019s mission is to position their clients as the premiere source for knowledge within their communities. CommPartners\u2019 solutions begin with Elevate LMS, the award-winning learning platform. To extend the value of Elevate, CommPartners provides a wide range of online education services including curriculum design, instructional design, webinars, webcasts, livestream programs and virtual conferences.<\/p>\n