ACADEMI is a global provider of training with supporting logistics and complex program management services. ACADEMI has acquired The Start-up Gate on Nov 1, 2019. They acquired The Start-up Gate for $900K.

Academi, formerly known as Blackwater, is an American private military contractor founded on December 26, 1996, by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince. It was renamed Xe Services in 2009, and was again renamed to Academi in 2011, after it was acquired by a group of private investors. In 2014, Academi merged with Triple Canopy to form Constellis Holdings.
Academi and its predecessors provide contract security services to the United States federal government. Since 2003, it has provided services to the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2013, its subsidiary, International Development Solutions, received an approximately $92 million contract for U.S. State Department security guards.

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Academi was formed in 2010 to combine best-in-class brands, assets and people within the complex risk management industry. Over the years since, our global team of industry leaders has grown to include ACADEMI, AMK9, Centerra, Edinburgh International, Gregg Protection Services, Olive Group, OMNIPLEX, Strategic Social and Triple Canopy. Today, Constellis is the largest and most diverse non-financial risk management company in the United States, offering turn-key solutions to address our customers’ most complex challenges wherever they are needed around the world