S2Verify Acquires Yale Background Screening
February 3, 2023
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.
- Buyers
- S2Verify
- Targets
- Yale Background Screening (Yale Associates, Inc.)
- Industry
- Professional Services
- Location
- New York, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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