Bain Capital Acquires HR Business from Works Applications

Bain Capital and GIC Invest in WHI Holdings (Works Human Intelligence)

March 30, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Bain Capital Private Equity and GIC have signed definitive agreements to become co-control shareholders of WHI Holdings, the parent of Works Human Intelligence, Japan's leading HR software provider. The investment will provide capital to accelerate WHI's cloud-based SaaS product development, go-to-market expansion and customer success initiatives; WHI management (Tomitaro Anzai and Yoshiro Ishikawa) will also reinvest. The transaction is expected to close in May–June 2023.

Bain Capital Tech Opportunities Invests $200M in When I Work

November 1, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

When I Work, a Minneapolis-founded provider of shift-based workforce management SaaS, secured a $200 million growth investment from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities with existing investor Arthur Ventures reinvesting. The capital will be used to expand its employee-first scheduling, time-tracking and messaging product suite, accelerate customer growth, and pursue opportunistic acquisitions.

H.I.G. Growth Partners Invests in Worksuite

August 14, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

H.I.G. Growth Partners, the growth-capital affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, has completed a strategic growth investment in Worksuite, an end-to-end freelancer operations management cloud platform. The funding will support Worksuite's product and go-to-market expansion as it scales its contingent workforce management, compliance, and payments capabilities for enterprise customers.

Bow River Capital Makes Majority Recapitalization Investment in HRSoft

September 13, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Bow River Capital's Software Growth Equity team has made a majority-controlled recapitalization investment in HRSoft to accelerate the build-out of its full HCM application suite, scale operational infrastructure, and support profitable growth. As part of the transaction, Bow River fund managers John Raeder, Maitlan Cramer, and Sean O'Connell joined HRSoft's board; CIBC Innovation Banking provided debt financing and JMP Securities served as exclusive financial advisor to HRSoft.

HR Path Acquires Blueprint HR Software from Blueprint Technologies

December 4, 2025

Software

HR Path has acquired Blueprint HR Software, the HR technology subsidiary of India-based Blueprint Technologies, in a divestiture that expands HR Path’s presence and capabilities across India, the Middle East and APAC. The deal adds expertise in SAP SuccessFactors, Concur and UKG to HR Path’s HRIS offerings while Blueprint Technologies will continue to operate independently and focus on its core ERP services.

HR Path Acquires GroupeX Solutions

April 22, 2024

IT Services

Paris-based HR Path Group has acquired Toronto-based GroupeX Solutions to expand its Human Capital Management (HCM) consulting capabilities and strengthen its presence in North America. GroupeX, a long-standing SAP SuccessFactors, UKG, WorkForce Software and Dayforce partner with 100+ senior SAP consultants, will augment HR Path's HRIS implementation and advisory services across the region.