?? October 2024: European HRTech Investment Update - M&A ??

Last month, was a more busy month again in terms of mergers and acquisitions. There quite a few interesting European and also global #HRTech deals including some mergers recorded.

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?? Rivean Capital (NL) acquired PERBILITY GmbH (DE) from Main Capital Partners (NL) adding another exit to Main Capital's HR Tech investments this year. During Main Capital's investment period Perbility grew with the acquisition of concludis - e-Recruiting and BEGIS GmbH bringing those different HRTech products into one integrated HR suite solution: https://riveancapital.com/news/rivean-capital-acquires-perbility-one-of-the-leading-hcm-software-providers-in-germany/

?? WorkNest (UK) acquired Wirehouse Employer Services (UK), a vendor offering retained HR, employment law and health & safety consulting and advice services to SMEs. This way, WorkNest, a division of The GRC Group, an Inflexion backed leader in governance, risk and compliance software and tech-enabled services will extend WorkNest’s national client base and deepen its team of specialists and qualified consultants: https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/24687791.chester-business-announces-acquisition-cheshire-firm/

?? HR Path (FR) acquired IN-RGY | an HR Path company (CA). HR Path as a global leader in HR and HRIS consulting acquisition the Canadian HR consulting firm specializing in HR digital transformation. Thus HR Path is further expanding its global footprint. Whilst this is not a pure software/ tech acquisition, it still remains notable in the HRTech ecosystem: https://hr-path.com/en/our-news/hr-path-acquires-in-rgy-expanding-global-reach-and-strengthening-canadian-market-presence/2024/10/08/

?? TalentNeuron acquired HRForecast (DE). TalentNeuron is a leading provider of labor market analytics. With this acquisition it adds the strategic workforce planning and skills management software of Munich-based HRForecast to its portfolio. The combination of the two companies creates an end-to-end strategic workforce planning platform: https://www.talentneuron.com/about/newsroom/talentneuron-acquires-hrforecast

?? nilo (DE) and Likeminded - we joined forces with nilo.health (DE) announced a merger of their two businesses. The two providers for employee mental health support will now serve around 500 clients in Europe with this combination: https://nilohealth.com/blog/breaking-news-announcing-the-nilo-health-likeminded-merger/

?? Greple (DE) and MYPEGASUS (DE) announced a merger of their two businesses. Greple combines assessments with competency management and MyPegasus offers services in the context of transformation, academy/ learning, transfer and outplacement. The two vendors already worked together as partners: https://www.mypegasus.de/news/2024/10/31/fusion-der-greple-gmbh-und-der-mypegasus-gruppe-zum-01-11-2024/

?? Careerminds (US) acquired Progression (UK), a London-based AI platform that enables organizations to establish career frameworks and job architectures. With this acquisition Careerminds as provider of global outplacement and career development solutions plans to enhance its portfolio with the innovative solution: https://progression.co/blog/progression-is-joining-the-career-io-family/

?? Visma (NW) acquired Rex+ Group (Chile), a provider of SaaS solutions for payroll and workforce management. Thus, Visma strengthens its position and relevance in Latin America: https://tech.eu/2024/10/04/visma-strengthens-hr-tech-offering-in-chile-with-acquisition-of-rex-group/

?? DOMINO HR International Ireland (FR) as recruitment agency acquired TOMA INTERIM Nantes (FR), a temporary employment agency specialising in the construction, industry, logistics and service sectors: https://www.delsol-lawyers.com/DELSOL-Avocats-advised-Domino-RH-on-the-acquisition-of-Toma-Interim

?? Globally, most notable and also heavily discussed HRTech deals was the acquisition of WorkForce Software by payroll giant ADP .

I am looking forward to a session at OMMAX tonight where I will likely also discuss some of the deals as well as industry trends with Toni Stork , Gero Hesse and Christian Hansmann !

Congrats to all of those involved in these deals and all the best for the next iteration of the journey!

Let me know if I overlooked something in the comments below! ?

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