Accurate Background Acquires Vero Screening Ltd.

Accurate Background Acquires Orange Tree Employment Screening

June 4, 2024

Staffing & HR

Accurate Background, a privately held global provider of background checks and workforce monitoring solutions, has acquired Orange Tree Employment Screening from Tonka Bay Equity Partners. The deal expands Accurate's screening capabilities and service coverage—including in healthcare—and strengthens its position in the employment background screening market. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Accurate Background Acquires CareerBuilder Employment Screening

April 9, 2020

Staffing & HR

Accurate Background, backed by Boathouse Capital, completed the acquisition of CareerBuilder Employment Screening (CBES) from CareerBuilder, combining two background-screening businesses under the Accurate brand. The transaction was supported by an investment from the Apax Digital Fund to accelerate product innovation, scale U.S. and international growth, and deepen screening and drug-testing capabilities.

Certn Acquires Credence Background Screening

January 25, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Certn, a Canada-based background screening software provider, has acquired Credence, a U.K.-based provider of global background checks, to extend Certn's technology and services into new markets. The acquisition will accelerate background-check speed and candidate experience while expanding Certn's geographic reach into EMEA and broadening service offerings for customers.

S2Verify Acquires Yale Background Screening

February 3, 2023

Professional Services

S2Verify, a U.S. background-screening firm based in the Atlanta area, has acquired New York-based Yale Background Screening (Yale Associates, Inc.), bringing Yale's clients and team into S2Verify and materially increasing the combined firm's scale. The acquisition expands S2Verify's market position and capabilities—adding hundreds of clients across pharmaceutical, healthcare, automotive, and financial services—and is described as effectively doubling the firm's size overnight.

Vitec Imaging Solutions Acquires Savage Universal

November 16, 2021

Manufacturing

Vitec Imaging Solutions, a division of The Vitec Group plc, agreed on 16 November 2021 to acquire Savage Universal Corp, a manufacturer of photographic backgrounds based in the Phoenix area, with the deal expected to close by the end of November 2021. The acquisition brings Savage’s background and backdrop manufacturing capabilities into Vitec’s portfolio of imaging accessories to expand product offerings for professional photographers, content creators and vloggers.

Renovo Capital's Global HR Research Merges with Employment Screening Services

January 18, 2021

Staffing & HR

Renovo Capital’s portfolio company Global HR Research (GHRR) has merged with Employment Screening Services (ESS), a Birmingham, Alabama-based provider of background screening and drug testing solutions. The combination—Renovo’s sixth acquisition in the background screening sector since 2017—creates a larger platform serving 5,000+ clients and aims to accelerate technology investment, product innovation and revenue growth.