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CareerBuilder Acquires Textkernel

On July 21, 2015, CareerBuilder acquired software company Textkernel

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CareerBuilder’s 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is CareerBuilder’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.
Investment Fate
  • Textkernel was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2020.
  • Textkernel was sold to a strategic buyer in 2024.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-07-21
Target Textkernel
Sector Software
Buyer(s) CareerBuilder
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Textkernel

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Textkernel is a software company providing semantic recruitment technology to the global market. Textkernel specializes in semantic recruitment technology providing multilingual CV parsing, job parsing, and semantic search, sourcing, and matching software to help accelerate the process of matching supply and demand in the job market. Textkernel was established in 2001 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CareerBuilder

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Staffing
Employees2,000
DESCRIPTION

CareerBuilder provides comprehensive online recruiting products and services for job seekers and employers and has uniquely syndicated its trademarked technology and content to create a network of private-label career sites. CareerBuilder was founded in 1995 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 11
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 10
Country: Netherlands M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-01 Broadbean

London, United Kingdom

Broadbean is a provider of job distribution, candidate sourcing and big data analytics software. Broadbean’s software makes it easy to distribute jobs and search for talent online, while providing tools that optimize your recruitment process and integrate internal systems. Broadbean was founded in 2001 and is based in London, England.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-02 CareerBuilder Employment Screening

Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States

CareerBuilder Employment Screening LLC is a provider of a remarkably in-depth and accurate background screening, drug screening, selection assessments, and other related HR solutions. CareerBuilder Employment Screening is based in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

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