Keystone acquires studddy to develop attain in Europe — science weblog

The acquisition of the platform, previously often known as TarGroup Media, will assist Keystone to develop its attain inside Europe.

“We’re excited to spice up our providing to German college students and strengthen our footprint within the European market with studddy becoming a member of the Keystone household,” stated Fredrik Högemark, CEO of Keystone Training Group.

Since 2010, along with the studddy crew, founder Milan Klesper has constructed the market chief for home scholar recruitment inside Germany and Austria, attracting over 12 million guests every year to its 30 portals.

“We’re very happy to have discovered a associate in Keystone whose founding story is sort of equivalent to ours. We have now each grown from a single examine portal to a multinational firm targeted on serving to hundreds of thousands of younger folks make the appropriate examine selection yearly,” Klesper added.

Co-founder Joachim Feger agreed, saying that with Keystone’s worldwide community, studddy can “now introduce potential college students to much more examine choices”, whether or not that’s in Germany and Austria, overseas or with a sports activities scholarship at an American college.

Keystone beforehand acquired postgrad specialists FindAUniversity and UniQuest within the UK. Its US sports activities placement company, shaped in October 2021, additionally acquired German student-athlete placement company uniexperts in early 2022. It additionally operates SONOR and Blueberry companies within the Nordics, and merged with Educations Media Group in 2021.

“For our clients – our associate universities and schooling suppliers – it means we are able to provide much more assist in order that they’ll attain potential college students throughout all channels and geographies,” Feger added.

The German increased schooling market contains over three million college students, together with 350,000 worldwide college students, the businesses famous.

Högemark pointed to shared values between studddy and Keystone, backed by Nordic enterprise corporations Viking Enterprise and Verdane.

“Their drive for supporting college students by way of the recruitment course of and for making certain college school rooms are crammed with the best-fit college students, aligns completely with our imaginative and prescient at Keystone, making this the right match,” he stated of Studddy.

Högemark, who took over as CEO in November 2022, just lately advised The PIE that Keystone is open to potential acquisitions in areas that may strengthen the corporate’s place out there.

“This new partnership will enhance our service as a supplier of end-to-end enrolment technology options”

“Coupled with Keystone’s highly effective world attain throughout scholar search, and thru our European scholar recruitment companies, this new partnership won’t solely strengthen our place in Europe but additionally enhance our service as a supplier of end-to-end enrolment technology options for the worldwide market,” Högemark added.

“Finally, a extremely invaluable providing for establishments desirous to recruit college students from throughout the area, each domestically and internationally.”