Riviera Partners Acquires Build Talent

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.

Riviera Partners Acquires Board and Technology (BaT)

September 16, 2025

Professional Services

Riviera Partners has acquired Board and Technology (BaT) and welcomed BaT founder Olof Pripp as a Partner. The deal expands Riviera's boardroom governance and leadership-succession capabilities and accelerates its reach across Continental Europe and EMEA while BaT will continue to operate under its name co-branded as "Board and Technology – Powered by Riviera Partners."

Kayne Anderson and ROCA Partners Invest $25M in Riviera Partners

June 4, 2019

Staffing & HR

Riviera Partners, a San Francisco-based executive search firm, closed a $25 million minority growth investment led by the growth equity teams at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors and ROCA Partners. The financing will fund geographic expansion, strategic acquisitions, enhancements to Riviera's Sutro machine-learning recruiting platform, and additional hires to support growth.

BV Investment Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Talent, Inc.

January 14, 2021

Professional Services

BV Investment Partners has made a majority investment in Talent, Inc., a New York–based provider of tech-enabled career services operating brands including TopResume and TopCV. The investment will support Talent's management team and accelerate brand/channel expansion, international growth and M&A opportunities.

RF Investment Partners Provides Growth Capital to True Talent Advisory

May 8, 2019

Staffing & HR

RF Investment Partners SBIC has made a growth capital investment in True Talent Advisory, a Haddonfield, New Jersey–based, tech-enabled human capital platform. The funding will support True's platform investments and expansion to meet growing market demand across technology, consumer, healthcare and financial services clients.