Ascend Learning, LLC

Ascend Learning, LLC is a leading healthcare and learning technology company dedicated to providing data-driven online learning tools. Its mission is to change lives by offering software-based educational support that accelerates learning, advances job readiness, and enables employment success. The company's headquarters are located in Burlington, Massachusetts.

The company offers a comprehensive suite of products and services, including admissions testing, educational content, test preparation, professional certifications, and continuing education. These solutions leverage software, assessments, analytics, simulations, and digital content to serve professionals in high-growth healthcare and other licensure-driven occupations, as well as fitness and wellness, and safety and security sectors. Ascend Learning's offerings are utilized by a diverse range of professionals, including physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, certified personal trainers, financial advisors, skilled trades professionals, and insurance brokers.

Ascend Learning is privately held, owned by private equity funds managed by Blackstone and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) since 2017. Gregory Sebasky serves as the Chief Executive Officer. In recent news, Ascend Learning acquired Laudio in September 2025 to enhance its healthcare workforce management solutions, following earlier 2025 acquisitions of myTIPreport and Clover Learning. The company also launched StaffGarden on the Workday Marketplace in June 2026 and introduced ClaireAI™, a virtual mentor for fitness professionals. As of June 2024, Ascend Learning was exploring the sale of its ClickSafety unit to strategically refocus its portfolio.