PayScale and Payfactors Merge with New Investment from Insight Partners and Francisco Partners
March 1, 2021
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.
- Buyers
- PayScale, Insight Partners, Francisco Partners
- Targets
- Payfactors, PayScale
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Recapitalization
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