Sterling Check Corp. Acquires Socrates Ltd.

ATHAGORAS Group Acquires S-cubed Ltd

January 30, 2025

Healthcare Services

ATHAGORAS Holding GmbH (athagoras group) has acquired UK-based regulatory affairs and quality assurance consultancy S-cubed Ltd and integrated it into the athagoras platform. The deal expands athagoras’s life-sciences service capabilities in regulatory affairs, quality assurance and biometrics to support broader European and global client coverage.

First Advantage to Acquire Sterling Check for ~$2.2 Billion

March 4, 2024

Cybersecurity

First Advantage, a provider of employment background screening and identity verification solutions, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sterling Check for approximately $2.2 billion, including Sterling’s outstanding debt. The deal consideration is a mix of cash and First Advantage stock and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2024, subject to regulatory approvals and customary conditions.

Sterling Check Corp. Acquires Vault Workforce Screening

January 2, 2024

Healthcare Services

Sterling Check Corp. (NASDAQ: STER) acquired Vault Workforce Screening, a U.S. clinic management platform with a network of approximately 17,000 clinics, to expand its drug and health testing capabilities and in‑source key components of its supply chain. The acquisition is expected to add $40–50 million of annualized revenue and be accretive to Sterling's adjusted EPS in 2024 while enabling enhanced delivery of occupational health, MRO, and after‑hours scheduling services for employers in healthcare, transportation, and other regulated industries.

iSOCRATES LLC Acquires SIGMA Data Insights

July 25, 2023

Data & Analytics

iSOCRATES LLC, a global MADTech products and services provider, has acquired SIGMA Data Insights, a 38-year-old membership-industry data and analytics firm. The deal brings together analytics, managed services and marketing technology capabilities to deepen iSOCRATES's focus on membership and not-for-profit organizations and broaden its consulting and managed-services bench.

S2Verify Acquires Yale Background Screening

February 3, 2023

Professional Services

S2Verify, a U.S. background-screening firm based in the Atlanta area, has acquired New York-based Yale Background Screening (Yale Associates, Inc.), bringing Yale's clients and team into S2Verify and materially increasing the combined firm's scale. The acquisition expands S2Verify's market position and capabilities—adding hundreds of clients across pharmaceutical, healthcare, automotive, and financial services—and is described as effectively doubling the firm's size overnight.

Certn Acquires Credence Background Screening

January 25, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Certn, a Canada-based background screening software provider, has acquired Credence, a U.K.-based provider of global background checks, to extend Certn's technology and services into new markets. The acquisition will accelerate background-check speed and candidate experience while expanding Certn's geographic reach into EMEA and broadening service offerings for customers.