Kayne Anderson and ROCA Partners Invest $25M in Riviera Partners

Insight Partners Invests in Riviera Partners

December 7, 2022

Staffing & HR

Insight Partners has made a minority growth investment in Riviera Partners, a data-driven, tech-enabled executive search firm headquartered in San Francisco. The capital will support Riviera's geographic expansion and scaling of its recruiting technology and services while the firm continues to operate independently.

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.

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.

Kayne Partners Invests $30M Growth Equity in Decisiv

January 10, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Kayne Partners, the growth equity group of Kayne Anderson, provided $30 million in equity funding to Decisiv, Inc. to accelerate its product roadmap and support global expansion across commercial vehicle, heavy equipment, construction, agriculture and mining markets. As part of the financing, Kayne Partners will be represented on Decisiv's board to support the company's continued growth of its cloud-based Service Relationship Management (SRM) platform.

Kayne Anderson Rudnick and Whale Rock Join Prior Investors to Invest $230M in Duck Creek Technologies

June 10, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Duck Creek Technologies, a Boston-based provider of SaaS core systems for the property & casualty insurance industry, received a $230 million investment commitment from Kayne Anderson Rudnick and Whale Rock alongside prior investors including Dragoneer, Insight Partners, Neuberger Berman and Temasek. The capital will fund product development and international expansion of Duck Creek OnDemand and enable the company to repurchase equity from certain existing investors; J.P. Morgan served as sole placement agent.

Kayne Partners Invests $25 Million in Elevate

June 17, 2019

Legal Services

Los Angeles-based law company Elevate secured a $25 million minority growth investment from Kayne Partners to scale operations, support continued acquisitions, and enhance its Cael enterprise legal management software. The capital will help Elevate meet increasing customer demand and accelerate product and service expansion to corporate legal departments and global law firms.