Tracked deals
3
3 tracked deals across 2021-2025.
Operating Company
Business Services
Riviera Partners
San Francisco, California, United States
Global executive recruiting and retained search firm specializing in technology leadership hiring, focused on product development executives (engineering, product, and design) for venture- and private-equity-backed companies and public corporations. Provides searches using accumulated technology-talent data and relationships, and supports boardroom/leadership succession needs through acquisitions and co-branded practices.
- Focus Areas
- Executive recruiting / retained search, Technology leadership recruiting, Board governance advisory
- Website
- rivierapartners.com
Recent pace
0
0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
3 buyout
Riviera Partners Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 3 years
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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September 16, 2025
- Buyer
- Riviera Partners
- Target
- Board and Technology (BaT)
- Industry
- Professional Services
- Location
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Type
- Buyout
Riviera Partners has acquired Board and Technology (BaT) and welcomed BaT founder Olof Pripp as a Partner. The deal expands Riviera's boardroom governance and leadership-succession capabilities and accelerates its reach across Continental Europe and EMEA while BaT will continue to operate under its name co-branded as "Board and Technology – Powered by Riviera Partners."
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May 8, 2023
- Buyer
- Riviera Partners
- Target
- Build Talent
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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- Buyer
- Riviera Partners
- Target
- Arete Partners
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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.
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