Baird’s Leading Momentum in the Human Capital Management Space

As one of Baird Global Investment Banking's longest standing coverage areas, Baird's Human Capital Management (HCM) group continues to be recognized as a leader across the HCM sector. Serving clients across Services, Tech-Enabled HRO and Software, our comprehensive coverage spans a wide variety of verticals including Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and Workforce Administration.

Since 2021 Our Team Has Closed 23 Transactions

$8.2 Billion
Total Transaction Value

$360 Million
Average Enterprise Value

60% / 40%
Sponsor / Strategic Buyer Mix

Select Recent Transactions

Talent Acquisition

$4.3B Total Enterprise Value | $481M Avg. Enterprise Value

S.i. Is Acquired by Cornell and TorQuest

K2 Receives Investment From Inflexion

PSG Is Acquired by Teleperformance

ESS Is Acquired by Vistria

Manpower Adds ettain

Diversant Is Acquired by ACS Solutions

HireRight Completes $422 Million IPO

Sterling Completes $378 Million IPO

 

Workforce Administration

$3.3B Total Enterprise Value | $330M Avg. Enterprise Value

Smartlinx Receives Strategic Investment From Lone View

Vensure Merges With PrismHR

Atlas Raises Series B Funding

Vensure Minority Sale to Stone Point

iWorkGlobal Is Sold to Velocity Global

People 2.0 Receives Majority Investment From TPG

Paycor Completes $489 Million IPO

Paycor Completes $384 Million Follow-On Offering

 

Talent Management

$540M Total Enterprise Value | $134M Average Enterprise Value

Altru Is Acquired by iCIMS

BGRS Combines with SIRVA

CWM Merges Its U.S. Mobility Operations with CRI

 

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Connect with Baird’s Human Capital Management team if interested in learning more and further discussing opportunities in the sector.

Bret Schoch
+1-312-609-4965
bschoch@rwbaird.com

Brian Cole
+1-414-298-1702
bcole@rwbaird.com

Andy Livadariu
+1-303-270-6353
alivadariu@rwbaird.com

Don McCunniff
+1-414-298-7717
dmccunniff@rwbaird.com