Funding rounds, acquisitions, and M&A activity across staffing and recruiting tech.
Global private investment firm Ardian has acquired a majority stake in Pflegia, a Berlin-based AI-powered digital recruitment platform for healthcare…
BetterWay Devs, a Miami-based boutique nearshore IT staffing and recruiting firm, earned the No…
OBstat, a locum tenens staffing firm exclusively focused on OB/GYN clinicians, is expanding nationwide after two years supporting Ob Hospitalist Group…
AI startup Groq has secured $350 million in new funding, led by Disruptive with planned participation from Nvidia, valuing the company at $3.5 billion…
Carson Group has appointed Kevin Peterson, a nearly 30-year advisor recruiting veteran and former Osaic SVP of sales, as SVP of business development…
Universal Health Services has completed its $835 million acquisition of online therapy platform Talkspace, gaining access to a network of roughly…
Anthropic is projecting $190–$200 billion in revenue by 2028, up sharply from a $47 billion run rate disclosed in May, as it prepares for what could…
The Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC), a powersports trade association, has acquired MotorcycleIndustryJobs.com, a niche employment platform founded…
Cornerstone Capital Inc…
Databricks closed a $5 billion funding round at a $190 billion valuation, led by Coatue with participation from Blackstone, MGX, T…
OpenAI has replaced Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser after nine months, bringing in Dali Rajic — formerly president and COO of Wiz — to lead its…
Bchex, a PBSA-accredited workforce solutions provider, has acquired LS Screening, a national pre-employment background screening firm founded in 2002…
Atlanta-based recruiting firm Refactor Talent has been named No…
Barrington Research lifted its price target on Kelly Services (NASDAQ: KELYA) from $15.00 to $20.00, maintaining an outperform rating on the staffing…
GEE Group (NYSE: JOB), a professional staffing services provider, posted net income of $566K for Q3 FY2026, reversing a prior-year loss, driven by a…
Cognition, the AI startup behind coding agent Devin, is reportedly in early talks to raise a new funding round at a $40 billion valuation — up from…
Thrive Holdings, a private equity-style firm that acquires traditional businesses and implements AI into their workflows, has raised $2 billion at a…
Gloo, a technology platform serving the faith and flourishing ecosystem, has completed its acquisition of 100% ownership of Midwestern Interactive, a…
Team8, a global venture fund, has closed $365 million in new capital — $265 million for its third fund and $100 million in follow-on investments …
WCF Insurance has signed an agreement to acquire Work First Casualty Company, a specialty insurer providing workers' compensation coverage exclusively…
CHG Healthcare, the nation's largest physician staffing firm, has acquired KREWE Anesthesia, a CRNA-focused staffing company founded in 2022 by…
Metaview, an agentic recruiting platform used by more than 5,000 companies, has acquired AI-native recruiting firm Reval to accelerate development of…
Quantinno Capital Management LP raised its position in staffing firm Kforce Inc…
Hadrian Automation has secured $1.37 billion in new equity financing, bringing its valuation to $7.87 billion, to accelerate expansion of its…
Protis Global, a 31-year CPG-focused executive search firm, has appointed Skye Miller and Isabel Cosby as Co-Presidents, while co-founder Bert Miller…
Palo Alto-based Naïve Inc…
Hadrian, a defense tech company building automated manufacturing facilities to mass-produce military parts, closed a $1.37 billion funding round at a…
VeloSource LLC, a St…
360training has acquired select assets from the San Antonio-based operators of seven specialized compliance training brands, adding 57 courses to its…
Atlanta-based Tier4 Group has acquired Sales Talent Group, a go-to-market executive search firm serving growth companies, enterprises, and PE-backed…
MMA Chiropractors, a Jacksonville-based chiropractic staffing agency operating since 1989, has announced a national expansion of its temporary and…
BizForce has merged its Healthcare, Architecture & Engineering, and Finance staffing divisions into a single unified workforce platform, bringing…
Index Ventures has closed $2 billion in fresh capital across three funds, including $400M for a seed fund, $900M for a venture fund, and a $700M…
LPL Financial reported record adjusted EPS of $5.84 for Q2 2026, up 29% year-over-year, alongside $25 billion in recruited assets — a 35% increase…
Smallest.ai, a voice AI startup founded in late 2024, has closed a $13M Series A led by Seligman Ventures, bringing total funding to over $21M…
Epitec, Inc…
Dossier, a sister company to recruiting firm Pocketbook Agency, has formally launched as a boutique executive search firm specializing in senior…
Noida-based startup Accel Skill Edutech, founded in February 2024, is building an end-to-end international placement platform connecting Indian…
Dili, an AI compliance startup targeting U.S…
Lean Solutions Group (LSG) has completed its acquisition of Rapido Solutions Group, a specialized talent solutions provider focused on the…
PennyMac Financial Services reported Q2 2026 net income of $22 million, down 84% year-over-year, as higher interest rates suppressed mortgage…
Pangram, a New York-based AI content detection startup, has raised $9 million led by Menlo Ventures to expand its tools for identifying AI-generated…
Growth2Success (G2S) has announced a multiyear distribution agreement to place up to 10,000 workers per month across 30 enterprise trucking carriers…
Lean Solutions Group (LSG) has completed its acquisition of Rapido Solutions Group, a nearshore talent solutions provider specializing in…
Care Career has acquired MAS Medical Staffing, a Manchester, NH-based healthcare staffing firm, in a deal advised by The Braff Group…
All Star Healthcare Solutions has completed the acquisition of the locums division of Cross Country Healthcare, with the business to operate initially…
Prentis, a new AI research lab launched in April 2025, is in talks to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation…
Bullhorn is buying RecruitBot, a San Francisco AI sourcing platform used by mid-market agencies, in a deal estimated near $85M…