Dexian Acquires Conga Technologies to Boost AI and Workplace Solutions
September 3, 2025 – Dexian, a global provider of talent and technology solutions, has acquired Conga Technologies, an innovator in AI-powered managed services used by technology enterprises in search, cloud, storage, social networking, semiconductor, and enterprise software (SaaS) solutions. Financial terms of the deal were not included. The acquisition along with the formation of its new ByteMethod.ai subsidiary is part of Dexian’s broader strategy to grow its footprint in AI-powered solutions and create new value for clients through innovation, scale, and trusted execution.
“We’re continuing to establish Dexian as an industry leader in AI and leading-edge technologies, and this is a strategic step forward in our roadmap,” said Maruf Ahmed, CEO of Dexian. “Conga’s AI-powered managed services are both practical and forward-thinking. Combining forces will enhance the way we help clients build smarter, more resilient operations. We’re committed to tackling complexity and delivering long-term results.”
Conga offers AI-powered managed services for core front-office and back-office business functions like finance, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, data analytics, revenue lifecycle management operations, and “keep-the-lights-on” (KLO) application support. By leveraging an AI-first architecture that uses agentic process automation to execute multi-step workflows and an outcome-based managed services delivery model, Conga can simplify processes, accelerate workflows, and deliver actionable insights. By integrating Conga’s capabilities into Dexian’s AI practice, which spans ethical machine learning, cognitive automation, custom AI/ML development, model management, and AI co-innovation.
Conga will operate as part of Dexian’s overall solutions platform with its current leadership and team in place. The acquisition provides Conga with access to Dexian’s global scale, industry expertise, and expanded go-to-market resources, all accelerating its ability to serve customers and grow impact.
“We’re excited to join forces with Dexian, a recognized leader in technology and workforce solutions,” said Ramana Mulpury, co-founder and president at Conga Technologies. “This partnership will allow us to bring AI-first automation to more businesses and help them transform operations, simplify processes, and hit their goals.”
Dexian provides talent and technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. It is one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the U.S.
Recent Deals
Hunt Scanlon Ventures has facilitated a number of M&A transactions across the executive search space in recent months. Here is a look at a few:
Talento Human Capital has acquired R2 Global, a highly respected technology recruitment and staffing firm known for its niche expertise across cloud & data, business systems, and e-commerce. This strategic move will expand TalentoHC’s existing footprint in the technology sector and launch, as well as strengthen, its technology search & staffing service lines. “The combination of TalentoHC’s talent acquisition expertise with R2’s deep technical focus marks an exciting new chapter for both organizations,” said Juan Gaitan, CEO of TalentoHC, based in Coral Gables, FL. “R2’s agile approach to technology staffing and recruiting aligns perfectly with our mission to deliver tailored recruitment solutions. Together, as R2 Powered by Talento, we are positioned to become a premier go-to partner for IT talent and innovation,” he added. “TalentoHC and R2 Global customers will benefit tremendously from the portfolio of human capital offerings that the combined organizations now provide,” said Scott A. Scanlon, CEO and co-founder of Hunt Scanlon Ventures.
Global talent advisory firm ZRG has acquired Aspen Leadership Group, a search firm focused on placing and supporting top fundraising leaders and executive talent in educational institutions and the broader non-profit sector. “The addition of Aspen Leadership Group is nothing short of transformative,” said Larry Hartmann, CEO of ZRG. “Their expertise in development and advancement is the perfect complement to our growing education practice, and as we roll into 2025 we are unlocking the collective power of these exceptional niche businesses under the unified banner of ZRG’s education practice, creating unmatched solutions for academic and non-profit leadership.” Aspen Leadership Group, established in 2013, conducts a wide range of searches across the fundraising, education and non-profit sector and is widely considered the eminent leader in its field. Its clients include Brown University, PBS, Robin Hood, the Humane Society of the United States, the Leakey Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Denver Zoological Foundation, among others.
Talento Human Capital (TalentoHC) has acquired The PeterSan Group and PeterSan Legal Staffing. The merger brings expertise in legal recruiting to TalentoHC’s customer experience model and comprehensive human capital services, including retained executive search, professional and management recruiting, RPO, staff augmentation, and human capital consulting. Managing partners Peter Gosule, Peter Goldfeder, and Sandy Friedman of The PeterSan Group will lead the TalentoLegal business unit from New York City, where the firm has been rooted for three decades. “The PeterSan transaction fits in well with our platform strategy as we build onto our customer-centric model and expand our industry and functional vertical focus,” said Juan Gaitan, CEO of TalentoHC, based in Coral Gables, FL. “The intersection of these two approaches will create opportunities for continued growth and value for our customers, candidates, associates and shareholders.”
ZRG acquired Jamesbeck, a New York City-based recruitment firm specializing in senior-level talent for the broad investment management community across private market and traditional firms. “This strategic move aims to establish ZRG’s presence in asset management and will support the firm’s existing private markets clients by adding a new channel for senior roles at the management company level across investments, product, and fundraising,” said ZRG. “Jamesbeck has been at the forefront of decisive changes that have impacted asset management leadership for more than two decades,” said Scott A. Scanlon, CEO of Hunt Scanlon Ventures. “The firm’s acquisition by ZRG will be beneficial to clients across the global investment management space who have come to rely on its network, judgment and guidance around senior-level leadership talent,” he noted. Jamesbeck specializes in the investment management industry across public and private markets. The firm recruits senior-level talent across investing, distribution, product and C-suite positions on behalf of a range of clients from boutiques to the largest multi-product organizations. Jamesbeck’s Melissa Norris, managing partner, and Beth Rustin, founding partner, will become the co-heads of asset management search at ZRG.
Related: How Search Firms are Winning Through M&A and Unlocking Value
Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
