M&A Deal Summary

WorkGenius Acquires JBC

On June 1, 2022, WorkGenius acquired marketing company JBC from Riveria Investment Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is WorkGenius’ 1st transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is WorkGenius’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is WorkGenius’ 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-06-01
Target JBC
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) WorkGenius
Sellers(s) Riveria Investment Group
Deal Type Merger

Target

JBC

New York, New York, United States
JBC is a global consumer search practice supporting innovative & sought-after brands. It is powered by WorkGenius, an end-to-end technology platform delivering results through our AI powered client and talent interface. Its sister company, Janou Pakter, is a visionary global executive search and service consultancy, designing solutions to connect the passions of people to the purpose of organizations.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

WorkGenius

Hamburg, Germany

Category Company
Founded 2019
Sector Staffing
DESCRIPTION

WorkGenius is an automated, end-to-end freelance-and-temporary worker, high tech recruitment platform, that gives you access to quality, vetted candidates, in various areas of expertise. In addition, WorkGenius features a powerful, easy-to-use, centralized interface that handles compliance, personnel management, and all your invoicing and finance needs, seamlessly within the system, and with total transparency. WorkGenius was founded in 2019 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Marketing) 1 of 1
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
State (New York) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2022) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-01-09 Agency WorX

New York, New York, United States

Agency WorX is a women-owned strategic staffing and workforce solutions provider. Agency WorX is based in New York City.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Riveria Investment Group

New York, New York, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2011
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Riveria Investment Group is a private equity firm focused primarily on profitable, small to mid-sized, expansion-stage companies. The Firm targets situations where additional capital can accelerate growth. Riveria looks for transactions valued from $20 to $200 million and EBITDA of $2 to $25 million. Areas of interest include consumer products, retail, manufacturing, industrial, media/entertainment, and healthcare. In addition to growth equity transactions, Riveria will also consider management buyouts, recapitalizations, purchases of family-owned companies, corporate divestitures, and take-privates. Riveria is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 9
Sector (Marketing) 1 of 1
Type (Merger) 2 of 2
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 9 of 9
Year (2022) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-01 WorkGenius

Hamburg, Germany

WorkGenius is an automated, end-to-end freelance-and-temporary worker, high tech recruitment platform, that gives you access to quality, vetted candidates, in various areas of expertise. In addition, WorkGenius features a powerful, easy-to-use, centralized interface that handles compliance, personnel management, and all your invoicing and finance needs, seamlessly within the system, and with total transparency. WorkGenius was founded in 2019 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-27 Pacific Production Services

Los Angeles, California, United States

Pacific Production Services provides permitting services for the Film & TV industry. Pacific Production Services customers are production studios (film / TV/commercial/photo shoot), which are required by law/regulation to obtain permits to shoot content in public locations. Pacific Production Services was founded in 1987 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

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