ZRG-Rose Ryan

Situation

Following ZRG’s financial partnership with RFE Investment Partners (“RFE”) the organization grew exponentially through increased senior-level hiring efforts. To build on this momentum ZRG identified an avenue to further diversify and grow its services portfolio of human capital management services through the addition of consulting and further interim/outsourced services. Through a targeted M&A effort centered around enhancing capabilities, ZRG sought to further differentiate its offering in the marketplace by providing additional solutions for their clients.

Engagement

G2 Capital Advisors, LLC (“G2”) served as the exclusive buy-side advisor to ZRG leading a strategic M&A effort focused on identifying and engaging with potential acquisition candidates in the human capital consulting market. ZRG and RFE continued their partnership with G2 to leverage the firms’ deep-rooted expertise across the Technology & Business Services practice. G2 was engaged by ZRG for a second time with a heavy focus on services-oriented businesses including specialty consulting and executive search.

Outcome

G2’s mandate with ZRG began in 2019 with a core focus on establishing a growth strategy to better serve their clients’ needs and accelerate growth. This work led to the successful transaction of Brimstone Consulting in December 2021 followed this week by the acquisition of RoseRyan, Inc., a leading outsourced accounting and interim services firm. RoseRyan, headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, serves a range of business from start-ups to Fortune-500 companies across the technology, life sciences and private equity sectors globally. Together, ZRG and RoseRyan will leverage an extensive network of interim financial professionals, human capital search professionals, and business consultants to better serve its client base.

“The nature of the workforce has evolved and having even greater bandwidth in the finance and accounting consulting sector through RoseRyan is fantastic,” ZRG CEO Larry Hartmann said. “This complements our current interim team, led by Mark Viner, and also adds important consulting capability to allow us to service a wide range of clients, who need support in accounting and HR.”

Andrew Keleher, Director, Business Development at G2 Capital Advisors, commented “It has been a pleasure working with the team at ZRG and supporting their growth strategy over the years. The recent acquisition of RoseRyan further enhances ZRG’s ability to offer best in class services to its client base. We are thrilled for both organizations and look forward to seeing their success together in the coming years!”