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Riviera Partners Acquires Build Talent

May 8, 2023

Staffing & HR

Riviera Partners, a San Francisco–based executive search firm, has acquired Build Talent, a Bay Area technical recruiting boutique founded by Jose Guardado and Brian Bocchino. The acquisition brings the Build Talent founders into Riviera's Emerging practice to expand Riviera's coverage and capabilities supporting early-stage, venture-backed technology companies.

Insight Partners Invests in Riviera Partners

December 7, 2022

Staffing & HR

Insight Partners has made a minority growth investment in Riviera Partners, a data-driven, tech-enabled executive search firm headquartered in San Francisco. The capital will support Riviera's geographic expansion and scaling of its recruiting technology and services while the firm continues to operate independently.

Riviera Partners Acquires Arete Partners to Launch Riviera Ventures

March 10, 2021

Staffing & HR

Riviera Partners has acquired Arete Partners and will incorporate the Arete team into a new division called Riviera Ventures, focused on placing leadership at Seed-to-B stage VC-backed startups. Eóin O'Toole, co-founder and CEO of Arete Partners, will lead Riviera Ventures as the combined organization leverages Riviera's ML-enabled recruiting platform to expand coverage of earlier-stage technology companies.

Ryder Acquires Logistics Technology Start-Up Baton

August 31, 2022

Transportation

Ryder System, Inc. has acquired San Francisco-based logistics technology start-up Baton, integrating Baton's team and proprietary transportation-optimization platform into Ryder. The acquisition (closed August 31) follows an earlier investment by RyderVentures and brings Baton's founders and core engineering team into Ryder to accelerate customer-facing supply chain and transportation technology development.

Permira Acquires Majority Stake in Boats Group from Apax Partners

December 29, 2020

E-Commerce

A company backed by the Permira funds has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Boats Group from funds advised by Apax Partners. Boats Group, a Miami-based online classifieds marketplace and technology provider for the recreational marine industry (brands include YachtWorld, Boat Trader and boats.com), will partner with Permira to expand internationally and develop new products and services; financial terms were not disclosed.

TreviPay Acquires BATON Financial Services, Inc.

February 23, 2022

Financial Services

TreviPay, a global B2B payments fintech based in Overland Park, Kansas, has acquired BATON Financial Services, Inc., a New Orleans–based developer of a B2B invoice payments network. The acquisition expands TreviPay’s trade credit and accounts-receivable/payment capabilities to better serve small B2B businesses and integrates BATON’s technology and leadership into TreviPay’s offerings.