Monday, July 13, 2026

< + > Colibri Group Announces Acquisition of Audirie | ChartSpan Acquires Validic

Check out today’s featured companies who have recently completed an M&A deal, and be sure to check out the full list of past healthcare IT M&A.


Colibri Group Announces Acquisition of Audirie to Advance AI-Enabled Professional Learning

Acquisition Expands Colibri’s Capabilities in Simulation-Based Learning, Assessment, and Professional Skill Development

Colibri Group (Colibri), a professional education company that empowers professionals to achieve more, adapt, and thrive in their careers, announced today the acquisition of Audirie, an AI-driven simulation and assessment company focused on helping professionals build real-world skills through conversational practice, personalized assessment, and actionable feedback. Colibri Group is backed by Gridiron Capital, LLC (Gridiron Capital), a leading investment firm focused on partnering with management teams to build market-leading companies.

The acquisition represents a strategic investment in the future of professional education and the evolving ways professionals learn, practice, and build expertise throughout their careers. Audirie’s technology enables learners to practice realistic scenarios through AI-powered conversational simulations. Combined with Colibri’s domain expertise and decades of professional education experience, these capabilities create new opportunities for professionals to practice, build confidence, and prepare for real-world situations.

“We’ve made significant strides in AI-driven personalized learning experiences through innovations like Newt and Rubi, improving the effectiveness of learning while supporting the human expertise essential to professional success,” said Shravan Goli, CEO at Colibri Group. “Audirie adds exciting new capabilities that will help us leverage AI further in pursuit of what has long been the holy grail of learning — a personalized, interactive, one-on-one learning experience.”

Today, Audirie’s solutions are deployed primarily in healthcare settings. Colibri sees significant opportunities to extend these simulation-based learning capabilities across the professions and industries it serves. Together, the companies will focus on expanding access to this technology across licensing, continuing education, professional development, and workforce training solutions.

“Joining Colibri Group creates a tremendous opportunity to bring simulation-based learning to more professionals across a broader range of industries,” said Michael Alexander, Co-Founder of Audirie…

Full release here, originally announced June 17th, 2026.


ChartSpan Acquires Validic to Create the Industry’s Leading Platform for Data-Driven, Cost-Effective Clinical Care

ChartSpan Unites Best-In-Class Care Management with the Industry’s Largest Digital Health Platform for Wearable and Clinical Device Data, Enabling Continuous Patient Visibility and Improving Health Outcomes; This Positions ChartSpan as the Leader in Clinical Services and Infrastructure for Data-Driven Care

ChartSpan, a leading provider of care management services, today announced the completed acquisition of Validic, the leading personal health data platform. Together, ChartSpan and Validic will redefine remote care management by uniting specialized clinical services, expert care teams, and the technology infrastructure that transforms patient-generated health data into proactive clinical action. The combined company, ChartSpan, will provide clinical services, devices, and infrastructure for healthcare clients.

With Validic’s team and technology now part of ChartSpan, the unified company is uniquely positioned as the intelligence, conduit, and action layer powering effective remote health programs, including Chronic Care Management, Advanced Primary Care Management, Remote Patient Monitoring, and custom programs.

“Healthcare has historically made decisions based on snapshots of patient health,” said Christine Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer at ChartSpan. “By combining Validic’s personal health data infrastructure with ChartSpan’s clinical services, we’re helping healthcare organizations move from periodic observation to continuous understanding: identifying risk earlier, intervening sooner, and improving outcomes while lowering costs at scale. This partnership lays the foundation to turn health data into high-precision clinical action at every step of a patient’s journey, giving our customers the tools to stay ahead of both acute episodes and chronic disease progression for every patient they serve.”

“For over a decade, Validic has worked to make personal health data accessible and actionable within healthcare,” said Drew Schiller, Chief Executive Officer at Validic…

Full release here, originally announced June 22nd, 2026.



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