Payscale Acquires Agora Solutions

Payscale Acquires Datapeople

September 16, 2025

Software

Payscale Inc. has acquired Datapeople, an AI-powered recruiting platform that helps hiring teams create clearer, more compliant job postings. The acquisition expands Payscale's product capabilities by aligning talent acquisition and job-posting workflows with compensation benchmarking and pay-transparency compliance.

Payscale Acquires CURO Compensation Ltd.

August 18, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Payscale, Inc. has acquired CURO Compensation Ltd., a provider of pay equity and compensation management software, to expand its compensation management and pay equity capabilities. The deal integrates CURO’s pay equity analytics and merit-cycle management into Payscale’s broader compensation data, software and services portfolio.

Francisco Partners Acquires Majority Stake in PayScale

April 25, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Francisco Partners has made a majority growth investment in PayScale, Inc., valuing the Seattle-based SaaS compensation data and analytics provider at an enterprise value of $325 million. Warburg Pincus is exiting its investment as part of the transaction, and the capital will be used to support PayScale’s product innovation and growth.

Paya Holdings Acquires Paragon Payment Solutions

April 26, 2021

Payments & Fintech

Paya Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYA) announced the acquisition of Paragon Payment Solutions, a Tempe, Arizona-based integrated payments provider that processes approximately $1.5 billion in annual payment volume. The acquisition strengthens Paya’s ISV partner roster and expands its capabilities and reach in the non-profit and healthcare verticals; Paragon executives Roy Bricker and Brock Robertson will assist with integration and ISV sales efforts.

Ageras Acquires Dutch Payroll Software Company Employes

July 11, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Danish software platform Ageras has acquired Dutch payroll software company Employes to add payroll capabilities and strengthen its presence in the Netherlands. Employes — founded in 2018 and serving over 6,000 companies — will join Ageras' pan-European platform; the Employes founders will remain with the business.

PayScale and Payfactors Merge with New Investment from Insight Partners and Francisco Partners

March 1, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

PayScale and Payfactors have merged to form a larger compensation data and technology company, with PayScale CEO Scott Torrey leading the combined organization and Payfactors CEO Jeff Laliberte serving as Chief Strategy Officer. Insight Partners is making a new equity investment into the combined company, rolling its Payfactors stake and joining Francisco Partners in the investor base to support product integration and market expansion.