Pride Capital Partners Achieves Major Exit with Talentsconnect in 2025

Pride Capital Partners, a private equity firm known for its focus on the Software & IT sectors, has announced its first exit for the year 2025. This marks the fifth exit of its Fund I, highlighting their commitment to driving value creation in the HR industry. The exit involves talentsconnect, a Cologne-based company that Pride has partnered with since December 2021. Pride provided financial and strategic support to foster talentsconnect's growth in the talent recruitment market through innovations like JobShop. With this backing, talentsconnect was able to scale successfully in Germany, achieving increased recurring revenue, improved scalability, and profitability. The collaboration allowed the execution of a buy & build strategy, positioning talentsconnect to capitalize on future market opportunities. This exit is part of Pride's broader strategy which includes investments in HR and Edtech companies like Ixly and Archipel Academy, aiming to foster autonomous growth and strategic acquisitions. talentsconnect, established in 2013, has become a leader in the direct-to-talent (D2T) recruiting space, serving over 950 clients with its innovative platform.