Turnitin Acquires Plagiarism Detection Competitor, VeriCite

Mergers and Acquisitions

Turnitin Acquires Plagiarism Detection Competitor, VeriCite

Feb 20, 2018

VERICITE, a developer of a plagiarism detection tool used in schools and universities, has been acquired by Turnitin. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. In a blog post announcing the transaction, Turnitin CEO Chris Caren noted that VeriCite’s leadership and staff will join the Turnitin.

Founded in 2014, Vericite claimed as many as 150 institutional customers in K-12 and higher education as of November 2017. In her post announcing the deal, Vericite CEO Valerie Schreiner said that no immediate changes to pricing or service will happen for its customers.

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