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Venero Capital Advisors Managing Partner Georgios Markakis appeared on the SAATKORN podcast to discuss the firm's Q3 2026 Future of Work M&A and investment report, which reportedly found Q3 2026 was the busiest quarter for WorkTech M&A since the firm began tracking the market, with themes including repriced SaaS valuations and broad AI deployment.
Venero Capital Advisors reports that Q3 2026 was the busiest quarter for WorkTech M&A since the firm began tracking the market, with its latest Future of Work report covering deal drivers, SaaS repricing trends, and capital allocation patterns across the sector.
Crosschq has rebranded as Brilliant AI, merging candidate verification platform ApplicantX and behavioral assessment platform Traitify under a single "hiring intelligence" brand, backed by a new strategic investment from Bessemer Venture Partners. The consolidation of three HR-tech platforms signals a push to compete more broadly in AI-driven recruiting and assessment — a space HR buyers are actively evaluating.
Global payroll is rapidly evolving from legacy processing into a layered, fintech-style platform model, with EOR and payments players like Papaya Global, Multiplier, Payoneer, and Revolut each racing to own more of the hire-to-payment stack — including FX, treasury, digital wallets, and stablecoins. Payoneer's acquisitions of SKAUD and Boundless, and Revolut's UK payroll/EOR launch, signal intensifying competition to control the employer-as-financial-gateway opportunity across global workforces.
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