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Venero ranked #1 HR Tech M&A advisor in 2022, sees strong momentum for HR Tech M&A in 2023

3/1/2023

 
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LONDON, PARIS, BERLIN, LOS ANGELES, 9 January, 2023 – In 2022 Venero Capital Advisors ranked as the #1 HR Tech focused M&A and corporate finance advisor globally by deal volume. The firm has been delivering almost a deal per month on average and in the last two years completed 17 M&A, debt financing, and equity financing advisory transactions for HR Tech and Work Tech businesses across Europe, N. America and Australasia – a track record that is by far the largest within the HR Tech sector compared to any other investment bank. 

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Venero advises Upstream on long-term debt refinancing with NBG and EIB

14/12/2022

 
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Upstream is a leading MarTech company in the fastest-growing markets in the world. Its mobile marketing automation platform, Grow, combines innovations in marketing automation and multi-channel digital communication, delivering tangible ROI on every marketing dollar spent for its customers. Venero Capital Advisors acted as exclusive financial advisor in the refinancing of a €25 million long-term debt facility aimed at expediting scaling up Upstream's Mobile Marketing Technology.
 


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Certemy Closes Series B Round Led by Numeta Capital and Apis Holdings

8/12/2022

 
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LOS ANGELES, CA December 8, 2022 – Certemy, a leading provider of SaaS employee compliance and credentialing management software for employers and professional credentialing organizations, announced the successful closing of a Series B funding round led by Numeta Capital and Apis Holdings. The Series B funding included the conversion of a prior series of convertible notes. Investment banking advisory services were provided by Venero Capital Advisors Ltd. Legal services were provided by Blank Rome LLP. 


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Visier adds robust skills intelligence with acquisition of Boostrs

24/10/2022

 
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VANCOUVER, CANADA and PARIS, FRANCE, October 24, 2022 – Boostrs, a Paris-headquartered European leader in mapping and matching employee skills in order to deliver HCM solutions, has announced the acquisition of its assets by Visier, the Canada-headquartered globally recognised leader in people analytics with 25,000 customers worldwide. Venero Capital Advisors acted as exclusive financial advisor to Boostrs.

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Marlin portfolio company Learning Pool acquires People-Analytix

12/10/2022

 
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LOS ANGELES, LONDON and ZURICH, October 11, 2022 – Marlin Equity Partners has acquired People-Analytix AG, an AI-based employee skills management platform. Headquartered in Switzerland, the company’s skills management platform includes a proprietary multilingual skills ontology with over 20,000 unique skills, enabling companies to identify organizational skills gaps, uncover workforce trends and match employees to jobs, projects and learning. People-Analytix will be merged with Learning Pool, an existing Marlin portfolio company. Venero Capital Advisors acted as financial advisor to People Analytix. 

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Workmate announces acquisition by PERSOL Asia Pacific

12/10/2022

 
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Singapore, Oct. 11, 2022 — Workmate, Singapore’s fastest-growing on-demand staffing platform for the frontline workforce, has been acquired by PERSOL, one of the largest HR service providers in the Asia Pacific region. The combination of Workmate and PERSOL will accelerate the advancement of Workmate’s on-demand manpower solutions across the Asia Pacific. Venero Capital Advisors acted as exclusive financial advisor to Workmate.

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Visma acquires fast-growing Belgian HR tech company Beeple

7/10/2022

 
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Antwerp, Belgium and Oslo, Norway, 7 October 2022 – Visma, one of European leaders in cloud software, has acquired Beeple, a fast-growing Belgian tech scale-up that offers planning and communication solutions for organisations with flexible workers. Venero acted as exclusive financial advisor to Beeple. 

Beeple was founded by Karel Rabaut and Nathan Samson in 2016. Today, the company is a central platform connecting everything around HR and providing a direct line between staffing agencies, clients and temporary workers. 

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Beqom Acquires Our Tandem to Transform Performance and Rewards

30/8/2022

 
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Yon, Switzerland and Dublin, Ireland, 30 August 2022 – Our Tandem, a Continuous Performance Management platform adopted by major European enterprise clients, has announced its acquisition by Beqom, a Swiss headquartered, global provider of a cloud based total compensation solution, backed by Sumeru Equity Partners. Venero Capital Advisors acted as exclusive financial adviser to Our Tandem.

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The 2022 Talent Tech Champion of Champions Winner

1/7/2022

 
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Venero Capital Advisors is pleased to support as headline sponsor the TIARA 2022 Talent Tech Star Awards.

Congratulations to EightFold.ai for being crowned the Venero Capital Advisors Talent Tech Champion of Champions!

Judges praised Eightfold for a genuinely innovative solution that is championing the move to skills-led recruitment at scale and proving its success as the model for its own business as the Best Talent Tech Company to Work For.

Georgios Markakis, Managing Partner at Venero, commented: "Venero is a proud sponsor of this award, which showcases a Talent Tech Star whose solution exemplifies innovation, while also delivering particularly far-reaching value and impact.

Each and every one of this year’s winners are championing transformation and innovation in HR and Recruitment. However, this year’s Champion of Champions addresses a crucially important challenge, in many ways a paradigm shift in the way companies around the world attract and retain talent, and does so with cutting-edge innovation, client service and leadership."

Well done to all the finalists and winners! 

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Venero appoints HR Tech veteran Marc Garrido as Head of French Coverage

10/5/2022

 
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Paris, 10 May 2022 - Venero intensifies its focus on the French market with the appointment of HR Tech veteran Marc Garrido as Head of French Coverage.

Marc has over 35 years of professional experience in the HRIS industry, where he has held positions at organisations including ADP, IBM and HR access Solutions (Fidelity Investment). His entrepreneurial experience includes acquiring ICRH Group, growing it by 3x and subsequently selling it to HR Path. For a period of 7 years he has supported HR Path with fundraising, acquisitions and integrations, organic growth, organisational transformations, strategic partnerships and international development. He remains a strategic advisor to both early stage and established players of the HRIS industry in France and in Europe.

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