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Feb 5, 2026

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Censia

Censia AI Adds Peter M. Fasolo to Board, Strengthening the Workforce Intelligence Layer for Enterprise Transformation

Censia AI, the enterprise workforce system of intelligence, announced today the appointment of Peter M. Fasolo to its Board of Directors. Fasolo brings decades of experience leading global talent strategy and organizational transformation and will help guide Censia's mission to make workforce decisions faster, more precise, and continuously adaptive.

Feb 5, 2026

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Orijin

Instructure and Orijin Partner to Expand Secure, Scalable Education Across United States Correctional Systems

Instructure, the leading learning ecosystem and maker of Canvas LMS, powered by AWS, announced a partnership with Orijin, a leading education and workforce development platform for correctional systems, to expand secure, scalable education across correctional facilities nationwide. Orijin chose to partner with Instructure for its ability to scale alongside Orijin and address the increasing complexity of delivering secure, high-quality education for correctional facilities.

Feb 3, 2026

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Regent Education

Regent Education Joins the CollegeBuys Institutional Purchasing Program

Regent Education, a leader in SaaS-based financial aid and fund management solutions, announced today a new partnership with CollegeBuys. As part of this agreement, California's community colleges will have access to discounted pricing for the Regent Award Suite of financial aid and fund management solutions.

Feb 2, 2026

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Regent Education

Regent Education is Excited to Announce We’re TrustEd App Certified for CBE

Higher education is facing increasing pressure to demonstrate how learning translates into real-world skills, sparking a rise in competency-based education (CBE) programs nationwide.

Jan 29, 2026

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Knack

Knack Appoints National Higher Education Leader Dr. Mark Becker to Board of Directors

Former Georgia State University and APLU president brings deep experience in student success and institutional transformation. MIAMI, Jan. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Knack, the eminent student-led learning strategy for colleges and universities, today announced the appointment of Mark P. Becker, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors as it continues to expand student-centered peer learning at institutions nationwide. As colleges face growing pressure to improve student outcomes, institutions are...

Jan 28, 2026

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Noodle Partners

Noodle Achieves SOC 2 Compliance to Protect University and Learner Data

Noodle today announced that it has achieved SOC 2 Type I compliance, reinforcing the company’s commitment to protecting the data of its university partners and learners. The independent, third-party assessment provides validation that Noodle’s security controls are appropriately designed to meet applicable SOC 2 criteria at a point in time.

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PAIRIN Closes $4.36M Series A Funding to Accelerate Delivery of Solutions to Aid America’s Workforce Impacted by the Pandemic

  • Jan 6, 2021
  • 2 min read

Updated: Nov 21, 2024

PAIRIN, the workforce journey company, today announced the official close of its Series A investment round, now totaling $4.36M. Building upon the $2.1 million raised in June via social impact investors such as New Markets Venture Partners, Juvo Ventures, JFFLabs, Village Capital and Voqal, this latest close includes additional funding from existing investors and new investor Potencia Ventures.


The COVID-19 pandemic has pulled back the curtain on the challenges that come with navigating and delivering services like unemployment, career planning and education, provided by states, education institutions and workforce programs. These services are often difficult to use, inflexible, not personalized for users and costly to replace. PAIRIN helps ensure end users can quickly and easily navigate access to services like career assistance and college planning through its innovative My Journey platform.


“Not only are individuals struggling in the workforce because of the pandemic, but many government and workforce agencies are also facing challenges with budget cuts and consolidation,” said Michael Simpson, CEO and founder, PAIRIN. “We are very grateful to our investors for their continued support. These new funds will help ensure that we can bring the most efficient and intuitive technology to workforce and government agencies across the country, just like we did with the states of Virginia and Colorado and many other organizations. This will help improve their processes and allow our clients to have a larger impact on the millions of individuals affected by the pandemic and economic challenges in 2020 and beyond.”


These additional funds will be used to deliver new functionality for PAIRIN’s My Journey platform to help governments, workforce agencies and education institutions support those looking to reskill, find a new career and get connected to helpful information and services. My Journey provides an easy-to-navigate application layer on top of confusing workforce systems to help providers more efficiently deliver services to the people they serve, while collecting the critical information they need for their systems of record. The funds will also drive PAIRIN’s team growth as it continues to expand and hire to support its widespread expansion of My Journey.


To learn more about PAIRIN and My Journey, visit www.PAIRIN.com.


About PAIRIN


PAIRIN is a social enterprise company unifying the essential content and resources provided by regional workforce, government and educational organizations to make everyone’s journey relevant and equitable. PAIRIN’s My Journey platform enables organizations to more effectively deliver career guidance, skills development and tailored community services through one easy-to-implement and easy-to-use solution. PAIRIN was founded in 2012 and is based in Denver, Colorado. For more information visit www.PAIRIN.com.


 
 
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