Velocity Global Acquires Shield GEO in Second Growth Transaction This Year
- Written by News Direct
- Company continues to scale leading global work platform
- Follows acquisition of iWorkGlobal in April
- Combined company serves more than 1,000 brands and over 7,000 supported employees this year
DENVER, US - News Direct - 13 July 2021 - Velocity Global[1] continues to scale its leading global work platform with the acquisition of Shield GEO[2], an established global Employer of Record (EoR) provider. This is Velocity Global's second acquisition this year, after it acquired iWorkGlobal in April[3].
The company deployed capital from the $100 million growth investment from FFL Partners announced in April to complete the transaction. Terms of the deal were not announced.
Velocity Global adds scale to its global work platform that simplifies the employer and employee experience. The platform combines the company's cloud-based workforce management technology, personalized expertise, and unmatched global scale. Users access automated technology as well as partner with a dedicated experience team for individualized solutions and expertise.
As the largest global EoR in 185 countries and all 50 United States, Velocity Global manages a client's workforce by providing in-country and in-state compliance, payroll, and benefits for the supported employees. The company also offers Independent Contractor Compliance to assess a workforce and Agent of Record (AoR) to streamline payments to contractors globally.
"For the last seven years we built our platform to support how and where work gets done. This now allows us the strategic position to scale up to meet the accelerated demand from the shifting workforce," said Ben Wright, Velocity Global founder and CEO. "Both sides of the employment equation -- employers and employees -- fundamentally changed in the last 18 months. It's not just about working from anywhere, it's about how to recruit, how to retain employees, how to grow revenue, and how to manage a newly empowered work-life balance."
The "future of work" or gig economy is worth $4.5 trillion according to a 2020 report from Staffing Industry Analysts.
"Velocity Global's continued profitable organic growth sets the foundation for further scale through strategic acquisitions," said Cas Schneller, FFL Managing Partner. "Both of the company's recent acquisitions were of profitable, strong businesses at a time when scale is needed to match the market. Velocity Global strengthens its leadership position in the future of work."
The combined company serves more than 1,000 brands and over 7,000 supported employees this year. Velocity Global is registered in all 50 United States and continues to grow its footprint to include 50 wholly owned foreign legal entities in the most desired international markets by year's end.
"We share a proud history of organic growth, and now was the time to combine the global reach of Shield GEO with that of Velocity Global, and deliver an even greater experience that the market is demanding," said Duncan Macintosh, Shield GEO co-founder. "This combination multiplies the growth opportunity for our team."
"We have known Ben and Velocity Global for a long time and we've always viewed our industry similarly, especially in terms of how we service our customers and the employees that we support for them," said Tim Burgess, Shield GEO co-founder. "Delivering a great human-focused customer experience is important to all of us. We are excited by what our combined teams can do together."
Shield GEO is based in Hong Kong with entities in the U.K. and Australia, and a global remote team. The combined company welcomes all 75 Shield GEO employees and is led by Wright under the Velocity Global brand. Burgess and Macintosh will support the integration of Shield GEO into Velocity Global.
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- ^ Velocity Global (velocityglobal.com)
- ^ acquisition of Shield GEO (velocityglobal.com)
- ^ acquired iWorkGlobal in April (velocityglobal.com)
Authors: News Direct
