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EdventureCo - Lumify Group

Vocational & Professional Education | lumifygroup.com
When the Australian government needs cybersecurity professionals, or a bank in Auckland needs its teams certified in cloud architecture, or a defence contractor in Canberra needs project managers trained to PMI standards — they call Lumify.

Lumify Group, operating under Arowana's EdventureCo platform, is Australasia's largest provider of ICT and professional training. More than 30,000 students pass through its classrooms each year across ten campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Manila. It delivers over 750 courses spanning cybersecurity, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, data analytics, agile methodology, project management, and Microsoft applications.

The group trains ninety-five per cent of the ASX 100. Its client list includes the Australian Department of Defence, CSIRO, ANZ Bank, the Commonwealth Bank, and New Zealand's Ministry of Education. In 2025, Lumify was named Cyber Security Training Business of the Year at the Australian Cyber Awards.

Lumify holds authorised training partnerships with Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Google, ISC2, VMware, and CompTIA. Arowana acquired the original DDLS business in 2017 for A$4.7 million and has since grown it through acquisitions of Auldhouse (New Zealand), Nexacu (Microsoft applications), City Desktop Training, and Wizard Corporate Training.

CEO: Jon Lang
Markets: Australia, New Zealand, Philippines
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Key Information

Industry
Education
Geography
Asia Pacific
Status
Private

Website

www.edventureco.com

Milestones

2022
Digital Skills rebrands its businesses under Lumify Group

EdventureCo acquires Nexacu (founded in 2013)

EdventureCo acquires Plain English Foundation (founded in 2003)
2021
EdventureCo acquires Auldhouse (founded in 1988), the largest provider of digital skills training in New Zealand
2020
DDLS opens first dedicated training facility in the Philippines

New Horizons Worldwide partners with DDLS

DDLS and Open Colleges partner to boost digital skills training

EdventureCo acquires ENS (founded in 1978) to launch its soft skills division
2019
DDLS commences delivery of certified Amazon Web Services training

DDLS enters into a joint venture with Aboitiz Equity Ventures in the Philippines

DDLS launches the Australian Institute of ICT
2018
DDLS becomes Australia’s first Microsoft Gold Learning and Gold Cloud partner

DDLS completes a rigorous on boarding and assessment process to become Australia’s only national 'Google Cloud Authorised Training Partner'

DDLS recognised as a global top provider of Cybersecurity training by EC-Council
2017
Arowana forms EdventureCo, its education and training platform to encompass DDLS and Everthought Education

Arowana acquires DDLS (founded in 1992), Australia’s largest information and communications technology training business

Everthought Education acquires Careers Australia Institute of Training assets from the administrators of the Careers Australia group
2016
Arowana merges Keystone Training and Evolution Academy to form Everthought Education

Arowana acquires Evolution Academy (founded in 1997)

Arowana acquires Keystone Training (founded in 2011)
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