Buyout DeskBDVol. II · No. 142  ·  Fri, May 22, 2026ARCHIVED ·  2 deals tracked  ·  Updated 25 hr ago

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Add-on·Construction/Construction Materials·May 19, 2026

Marlin Equity Partners-backed Learning Pool buys Confirm

Adds performance management software for employee assessment and workplace relationship mapping to a corporate learning and talent technology platform.

Confirm, a performance management software platform used by employers to assess employee performance and workplace relationships, has been added to Marlin Equity Partners-backed Learning Pool.

The add-on brings employee assessment and workplace relationship mapping tools into Learning Pool's corporate learning and talent technology platform.

Confirm's product sits in the performance management segment of human capital software.

Employers use the platform to evaluate individual performance, gather workplace relationship data and support talent decisions tied to employee development.

Performance management software is used by companies to set goals, collect feedback, review workers and make talent decisions; Confirm's described functionality centers on assessment and relationship mapping.

Learning Pool provides corporate learning and talent technology for employers and is backed by Marlin Equity Partners.

Confirm fits within that stack as software used after training and development activity, when companies review employee performance and working relationships.

The deal gives Learning Pool a product tied to workforce evaluation and manager workflows rather than course delivery, content authoring or learning administration.

Marlin Equity Partners supported the transaction as sponsor of the buyer.

The deal record identifies Learning Pool as the acquirer and Confirm as the acquired software platform, placing the transaction within sponsor-backed human capital technology M&A.

Confirm becomes part of Learning Pool's corporate learning and talent software offering.