Diversified Search Group Acquires Yardstick Management

Diversified Search Acquires Storbeck Search and Associates

February 6, 2020

Staffing & HR

Diversified Search, a ShoreView portfolio company, has acquired Storbeck Search and Associates, a retained executive search firm headquartered in Media, Pennsylvania that specializes in higher education. The deal is the third add-on acquisition for Diversified Search since ShoreView's investment twelve months ago and further builds the firm's higher education recruiting capabilities.

ShoreView Invests in Diversified Search; Diversified Search Acquires Koya Leadership Partners

June 1, 2019

Staffing & HR

ShoreView Industries has made a minority/growth investment in Diversified Search to provide liquidity to certain shareholders and capital to support the firm's add-on acquisition strategy. Shortly after the investment, Diversified Search completed the acquisition of Koya Leadership Partners, a Newburyport, Massachusetts-based retained executive search firm focused on non-profit and higher education clients.

Diversified Search Group Acquires Alta Associates

March 3, 2022

Professional Services

Diversified Search Group has acquired Alta Associates, a pioneering executive search firm specializing in cybersecurity, IT risk management, and data privacy. The deal, completed with assistance from ShoreView (Diversified's private equity sponsor), brings Alta's Executive Women's Forum membership organization into Diversified's platform and expands the firm's cybersecurity leadership recruiting capabilities.

MentorcliQ Acquires Diverst

November 28, 2023

Software

MentorcliQ, a Columbus-based employee mentoring software leader, has acquired Diverst, a Montreal-based ERG (Employee Resource Group) management software pioneer founded by Andre Laurin and Toki Toguri. The acquisition brings ERG management and mentoring together under MentorcliQ to expand its DEI product capabilities and streamline customers' HR technology stacks; Diverst will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary. This is MentorcliQ's first acquisition since receiving an $80 million growth investment from PSG earlier in 2023.

Diversified Search Acquires Grant Cooper

July 24, 2019

Staffing & HR

Diversified Search, a ShoreView portfolio company, has acquired Grant Cooper and Associates, a St. Louis–based retained executive search firm specializing in healthcare. The deal expands Diversified Search's capabilities in academic healthcare and represents an add-on acquisition to the ShoreView-backed platform.

Scopes Facility Services Acquires Davis Landscaping Group

December 7, 2021

Environmental Services

Scopes Facility Services, a Westbridge Capital portfolio company, has acquired Atlanta-based Davis Landscaping Group. Davis provides commercial landscaping installation and maintenance to multi-family properties, HOAs and commercial clients (representing over 170 properties and 20,000+ units); financing for the transaction was provided by Westbridge Capital Partners Income Trust and Davis' CEO/owner Jay Stephens will remain in a strategic client role.