Private Equity Firm Business Services

PeopleWorks Holdings

San Francisco, California, United States

Holding company backed by Housatonic Partners that formed to build and acquire a tech-enabled HR services and pre-employment/background screening platform; acquired Accusource and PeopleG2 (combined under Accusource).

Focus Areas
Pre-employment background screening, Drug and occupational health testing, Employment and credential verification

Tracked deals

11

11 tracked deals across 2020-2024.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Growth capital

5 growth capital · 4 addon · 2 buyout

PeopleWorks Holdings Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 4 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 4 years for PeopleWorks Holdings. 2 2020 3 2021 5 2022 1 2024

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Keeping Count, Housatonic Partners
    Target
    Ximplifi
    Industry
    Accounting & Tax
    Type
    Addon

    Keeping Count, a PE-backed provider of outsourced accounting and bookkeeping services, has acquired Ximplifi, a Wichita-based outsourced accounting provider focused on the vacation rental/short-term rental industry. Ximplifi founder and CEO Jesse King Ehret will join Keeping Count as President of RealCount; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Housatonic Partners
    Target
    Brainfuse
    Industry
    Education

    Housatonic Partners has made a strategic growth investment in Brainfuse, a New York City–based provider of online tutoring, career counseling, and veterans assistance that serves public libraries, higher education institutions, and K‑12 school districts. Financial terms were not disclosed; Housatonic Managing Director Mark Hilderbrand joined Brainfuse's board as the firms partner to enhance the company's proprietary online learning platform and support growth.

  • Buyer
    Accusource, Housatonic Partners
    Target
    Proforma Screening Solutions
    Industry
    Staffing & HR
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Addon

    Accusource, a Housatonic Partners-backed provider of pre-employment screening services, has acquired Proforma Screening Solutions. The add-on expands Accusource’s capabilities and customer reach — bringing the combined company to serve over 6,000 customers and strengthening its presence in healthcare, staffing, government, education and transportation sectors.

  • Buyer
    Housatonic Partners, EVAL Home Health Solutions, LLC
    Target
    Auracal Senior Home Care, Schwartz Family Home Care
    Type
    Addon

    Housatonic Partners, through a holding company platform EVAL Home Health Solutions formed with CEO Steve Goodman, acquired two South Florida nurse registries: Auracal Senior Home Care and Schwartz Family Home Care. The combined EVAL platform now coordinates roughly 1,000 active caregivers across six Florida counties and serves nearly 500 clients; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Housatonic Partners
    Target
    Key Media
    Location
    New South Wales, Australia

    Housatonic Partners has made a growth equity investment in Key Media, a global B2B media company operating digital and print titles and industry events. The capital will support Key Media's growth plans, including expansion into new markets and investment in technology; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    PeopleWorks Holdings, LLC, Housatonic Partners
    Target
    Accusource Inc., PeopleG2 Corporation
    Industry
    Staffing & HR
    Type
    Buyout

    PeopleWorks Holdings, a holding company formed by Housatonic Partners in partnership with CEO Dan Filby, acquired Accusource Inc. and PeopleG2 Corporation in late 2021 and combined them under Accusource. The transactions expand PeopleWorks' capabilities in pre-employment screening, including background checks, drug & alcohol testing, and employment verification across healthcare, government and staffing verticals; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Housatonic Partners, Pracinco
    Target
    Veridic Solutions
    Seller
    Devender Aerrabolu
    Industry
    IT Services

    Housatonic Partners, in partnership with Pracinco, made a strategic growth investment in Veridic Solutions, a Dallas-based cloud and digital transformation services provider. The investment will support Veridic's expansion under incoming CEO Vikas Aditya while founder Devender Aerrabolu remains involved; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Healthcare Financial Resources (HFRI), Housatonic Partners
    Target
    STAT Revenue
    Type
    Addon

    Healthcare Financial Resources (HFRI) has acquired Emeryville, California-based STAT Revenue, a specialist in zero-balance (closed) claims review and recovery for hospitals and health systems. The deal expands HFRI's accounts receivable (AR) recovery capabilities by adding forensic zero-balance claims review and related consulting services to its revenue cycle offerings; HFRI is backed by private equity firm Housatonic Partners.

  • Buyer
    Housatonic Partners
    Target
    Working Solutions
    Industry
    Staffing & HR

    Housatonic Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm, made a significant growth equity investment in Working Solutions to fund technology automation and support geographic and market expansion. The capital will help the on-demand, onshore contact center provider scale its virtual model and expand tools, channels and geographies amid strong demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Buyer
    Housatonic Partners
    Target
    MaxiTransfers, LLC
    Seller
    Investar Financial (Investar Holding Corporation)
    Type
    Buyout

    Housatonic Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm, acquired majority control of MaxiTransfers, a US-based money transfer business serving the US–Latin America remittance corridor. The investment positions MaxiTransfers to expand its agent network and product offering under new CEO Gabe Manjarrez while Investar (the prior holder) exits; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Housatonic Partners
    Target
    Enrollment123, Inc.
    Industry
    Software

    Housatonic Partners has made a growth investment in Enrollment123, a Laguna Beach–based provider of enrollment, billing and agent-management software for the health insurance distribution market. The founders, David and Steven Jaeger, remain with the business and a new operating team led by Fred Studier will partner with Housatonic to scale the company; financial terms were not disclosed.

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