Insight Venture Partners Acquires Bullhorn from Vista Equity Partners

Bullhorn Acquires TargetRecruit

August 1, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Bullhorn has acquired TargetRecruit, a Houston-based provider of front- and middle-office recruitment solutions built on the Salesforce platform. The deal expands Bullhorn's Salesforce ecosystem to nearly 150,000 users and strengthens its presence in the healthcare staffing market, enabling TargetRecruit customers to access Bullhorn's AI, middle-office expertise, and recruitment cloud offerings.

Vista Equity Partners Invests in BetterCloud

June 9, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Vista Equity Partners made a strategic growth investment in BetterCloud, the SaaS management platform provider, to accelerate product innovation, geographic expansion, and go-to-market growth. Existing investors including Accel, Bain Capital Ventures and Warburg Pincus will remain as minority stakeholders.

Bullhorn Acquires cube19

November 9, 2021

Staffing & HR

Bullhorn, the Boston-based provider of cloud software for the staffing industry, has acquired cube19, a long-standing Bullhorn Marketplace partner that provides analytics and reporting solutions for staffing firms. The acquisition integrates cube19’s real-time business intelligence capabilities into Bullhorn’s platform to deliver actionable insights for staffing agencies and accelerate digital transformation.

Vista Equity Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Gainsight

November 30, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Vista Equity Partners has signed an agreement to take a majority investment in Gainsight, the Customer Success software company. The partnership is intended to accelerate Gainsight's product expansion, customer growth and geographic footprint while scaling the Customer Success category.

Stone Point Leads Growth Investment in Bullhorn; Insight Partners and Genstar Remain Investors

September 8, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Stone Point Capital has agreed to become the lead investor in Bullhorn, the cloud-based recruitment software provider, with Insight Partners and Genstar Capital remaining as investors. The minority growth investment (terms undisclosed) will provide capital to accelerate Bullhorn's Unified Workforce Management roadmap and support the company's continued expansion in the global staffing and recruiting market.

Bullhorn Acquires Erecruit

October 1, 2019

Staffing & HR

Bullhorn, the Boston-based staffing software provider, has acquired Erecruit, an end-to-end applicant tracking and pay-and-bill software vendor serving staffing and recruitment firms. The acquisition is intended to expand Bullhorn One's capabilities — particularly pay & bill, onboarding, and mobile candidate experience — and accelerate digital transformation for staffing customers. Terms were not disclosed.