WorkGenius Acquires Expertlead

Riveria-Backed JBC Holdings Merges with WorkGenius

June 6, 2022

Staffing & HR

Riveria Investment Group–backed JBC Holdings has merged with WorkGenius, an end-to-end freelance hiring and management platform. The combination brings WorkGenius’s vetted freelance marketplace and talent-management technology into JBC’s family of human-capital services, expanding JBC’s digital capabilities and service offering to employers.

WorkGenius Group Acquires Agency Worx

January 9, 2023

Staffing & HR

WorkGenius Group has acquired Agency Worx, a women-owned strategic staffing and workforce solutions provider headquartered in New York City. The deal—announced by Riveria Investment Group—adds contingent workforce, temporary-to-perm and payroll services to WorkGenius’s freelance and temporary worker recruitment platform as an add-on to its capabilities.

WorkGenius Acquires Remaining Stake in Futurepath GmbH from CARIAD SE

September 4, 2025

Staffing & HR

WorkGenius acquired the remaining 49% stake in Futurepath GmbH from CARIAD SE, taking full ownership of the specialist talent marketplace focused on automotive software and EV engineering. The deal will integrate Futurepath’s database of ~12,500 qualified candidates and technical sourcing expertise into WorkGenius’ AI-powered contingent workforce platform to expand access to specialized STEM talent across the U.S. and Europe.

Bold Penguin Acquires RiskGenius

October 6, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Bold Penguin has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RiskGenius, an AI-driven insurance document intelligence SaaS provider. The acquisition adds RiskGenius's data and analytics products and team to Bold Penguin’s commercial insurance SaaS platform to accelerate policy analysis and quoting capabilities.

Mercer Acquires Leapgen

March 1, 2023

Consulting

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan, has acquired Leapgen, a digital HR technology advisory firm focused on HR strategy, transformation and employee experience. The acquisition strengthens Mercer’s digital HR strategy and HR transformation capabilities, enabling improved HR technology decision-making and workforce technology outcomes for clients.

Andela Acquires Qualified (technical skills assessment platform)

March 9, 2023

Software

Andela has acquired Qualified (Qualified.io), a coding skills assessment platform, to enhance its ability to source, assess, and certify engineering talent. The deal also brings Codewars — a developer community powered by Qualified with more than 3.6 million users — into Andela’s global talent network.