Assessio Acquires Elevo

Pollen Street Acquires Majority Stake in Assessio

August 24, 2023

Software

Pollen Street has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Assessio International Holdings 2 AB, a Nordic talent assessment SaaS platform headquartered in Stockholm. The investment will provide growth capital to accelerate M&A and organic expansion, support further development of Assessio's proprietary technology, and help build a pan‑European talent management business while keeping the current management team in place.

Assessio (Pollen Street Capital-backed) Acquires HRD Group (HR Diagnostics & S&F Personalpsychologie)

July 5, 2024

Professional Services

Pollen Street Capital-backed Assessio has acquired the HRD Group—HR Diagnostics and S&F Personalpsychologie Managementberatung—expanding Assessio’s presence into the DACH region and broadening its talent assessment product portfolio. The deal integrates HRD Group’s scientifically validated online assessment tools with Assessio’s platform to strengthen its position in talent management automation.

Pollen Street‑Backed Assessio Acquires Wisnio

September 4, 2024

Software

Pollen Street Capital‑backed Assessio has acquired Teamscope OÜ ("Wisnio"), an Estonia‑headquartered provider of talent assessment software with generative AI capabilities. The add‑on expands Assessio's HR tech product suite, enhances its AI capabilities and post‑hire offerings, and supports geographic expansion and cross‑sell into private equity and executive search customer segments in the UK and US.

ToolsGroup Acquires Evo

September 27, 2023

AI & Machine Learning

ToolsGroup has acquired Evo, an AI/ML provider of pricing and inventory prescriptive analytics, to integrate Evo's responsive AI, quantum learning, and advanced prescriptive capabilities into ToolsGroup’s SO99+ and JustEnough supply chain and price optimization suites. The acquisition strengthens ToolsGroup’s dynamic planning and price-optimization capabilities and is supported by ToolsGroup’s private-equity backer Accel‑KKR.

PSG Equity Makes Growth Investment in Javelo

May 16, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

PSG Equity has made a growth equity investment in Javelo, a Paris-based performance management SaaS provider. Javelo will join PSG-backed Sympa and Recruitee to strengthen a combined HR technology platform across recruitment, core HR and performance management; financial terms were not disclosed.

Buxton Acquires Elevar

January 17, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Buxton, a Fort Worth-based customer intelligence and retail analytics platform, has acquired Elevar, a conversion-tracking SaaS for fast-scaling e-commerce brands. The undisclosed deal will integrate Elevar's pixel and conversion-tracking capabilities with Buxton's omnichannel analytics to enhance AI-powered customer insights and better serve e-commerce and brick-and-mortar marketers; PSG (growth equity) is a partner backing Buxton in this phase.