Bain Capital and GIC Invest in WHI Holdings (Works Human Intelligence)
March 30, 2023
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.
- Buyers
- Bain Capital Private Equity, GIC
- Targets
- WHI Holdings (Works Human Intelligence)
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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