When I Work Acquires Lean Financial

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.

Velocity Global Acquires iWorkGlobal; FFL Partners Invests $100M in Velocity Global

April 5, 2021

Staffing & HR

Velocity Global acquired San Francisco-based iWorkGlobal and concurrently received a $100 million growth investment from private equity firm FFL Partners. The combined company expands Velocity Global's Employer of Record, payroll, immigration and agent-of-record capabilities across all 50 U.S. states and more than 185 countries to accelerate global remote-hire services and fund further technology and strategic acquisitions.

Instawork Acquires AbleJobs

August 7, 2024

Staffing & HR

Instawork, the San Francisco-based hourly work staffing platform, has acquired AbleJobs, a Bengaluru-based career platform that provides placements and training for early professionals. AbleJobs — founded in 2019 and used by an estimated 3 million people with nearly 35,000 placements and backing from investors including Y Combinator and Elevation Capital — will see its founders join Instawork's team; financial terms were not disclosed.

iHire Acquires WorkInSports

April 16, 2021

Staffing & HR

iHire has finalized its acquisition of WorkInSports, bringing the Phoenix-based sports industry job board into iHire’s family of 57 industry-focused talent networks. The acquisition integrates WorkInSports’ employer base and job-posting capabilities into iHire’s recruitment platform; users should see no disruption as platform integration completes.

Wagepoint Acquires KinHR

August 9, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Calgary-based payroll fintech Wagepoint has acquired KinHR (to be rebranded People by Wagepoint) to add HR and people-management capabilities to its small-business payroll and time stack. The deal brings KinHR's ~4,500 users into Wagepoint's platform (which serves more than 20,000 small businesses) to create an integrated payroll, time & HR offering for SMB customers.

ADP Acquires WorkForce Software

October 15, 2024

Software

ADP has acquired WorkForce Software, a workforce management solutions provider headquartered in Michigan, to expand ADP’s global workforce management capabilities and accelerate innovation for large, global enterprise clients. WorkForce Software’s time & attendance, scheduling, forecasting, and leave-management capabilities will be integrated into ADP’s suite to broaden offerings for ADP’s more than one million clients worldwide.