KBS - Human Resource Management and Human Capital Management - Market Insight

PRIVATE EQUITY ACTIVITY

MANAGEMENT BUYOUT OF VIVUP BACKED BY OMNI PARTNERS

KBS DEAL

Vivup, a provider of employee health and wellbeing benefits to over 550 public and private sector organisations, supporting more than 1.5 million employees, was the subject of an MBO backed by private equity firm Omni Partners.

LDC-backed market-leading HR SaaS provider Talos360, based in Warrington, announced the acquisition of global performance management software platform Appraisd. Due diligence was facilitated by KBS sister company K3 Advantage. APPRAISD ACQUIRED BY TALOS360, BACKED BY LDC

NGA HR sold its UK mid-market and SMB (Moorepay) divisions to leading global investment firm Bain Capital, enabling the pursuit of growth opportunities to be accelerated through the partnership. NGA HR UK ACQUIRED BY BAIN CAPITAL

Mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge supported London-based Cezanne HR to acquire Dublin recruitment technology business Occupop, an innovative and sophisticated platform for attracting, managing and retaining talent. OCCUPOP ACQUIRED BY CEZANNE HR, BACKED BY NORTHEDGE

EQT, a purpose-driven global investment organisation, acquired Australian-founded PageUp, a global leader in SaaS talent acquisition, recruitment marketing and talent management solutions. PAGEUP ACQUIRED BY EQT GROUP

LIMERSTON CAPITAL EXITED ELEMENTSUITE AFTER 3.5X REVENUE GROWTH

After a six-year investment cycle, Limerston sold Watford-based Elementsuite to a strategic private buyer, having accelerated growth by driving the professionalisation and expansion of the company’s commercial function and upgrading systems.