Columbus edtech company acquired after 10 years of bootstrapping

A software maker the helps community colleges keep students from dropping out has been acquired after growing solely backed by revenue and grants in the 10 years since graduating from a Rev1 Ventures accelerator program.

Following the deal, Aviso Retention is now the new Columbus office of Austin-based Watermark Insights LLC. Founder and CEO Alexander Leader joined Watermark as chief impact officer, along with the Aviso staff. Terms were not disclosed.

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Written by Carrie Ghose.

Originally published February 4, 2022.