Insight Partners Invests in Riviera Partners

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."

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.

Riverside Partners Completes Platform Investment in Sequoia Consulting Group

January 18, 2022

Healthcare Services

Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, completed a platform investment in Sequoia Consulting Group, a San Diego–headquartered life sciences consulting firm led by founder and CEO Brandy Bullen. The partnership will support Sequoia’s growth, capability expansion, and geographic reach as the company continues to provide technical operations, quality and scientific operations, business transformation, and program/project management services to biotech, pharma, diagnostics, and medical device clients.

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.

Clovis Point Capital Makes Majority Growth Investment in RIVS

March 22, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Houston-based growth equity firm Clovis Point Capital has made a majority growth equity investment in RIVS (RIVS.com, Inc.), a Chicago-headquartered provider of cloud-based video interviewing and recruiting software. The investment will fund product innovation and growth to support RIVS’s enterprise and higher-education customers and expand the company’s go-to-market efforts.

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.