Buying the Future: How Top HR Tech Platforms Drive Growth Through M&A
September 18, 2025
Pitchfest Theater
Investor Experience
Join us for an insider’s look at how leading HR tech platform vendors leverage acquisitions to accelerate growth and shape the market. Join Karthik Suri, Cornerstone OnDemand's Chief Product Officer, and Sarah White, SAP SuccessFactors' SVP and Head of Innovation and Transformation, as we explore the strategic rationale behind recent deals, how platforms identify and integrate targets, and what these moves mean for innovation and competition in HR technology. Gain firsthand insights into how M&A is becoming a core component of platform strategy and what it signals for investors and founders navigating the evolving HR tech landscape.
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Investor Experience
Learning Objective 1
Understand the strategic role of M&A in the growth plans of leading HR tech platforms.
Learning Objective 2
Learn how platform vendors identify, evaluate, and integrate acquisition targets.
Learning Objective 3
Gain insight into the impact of platform-driven acquisitions on innovation, competition, and market dynamics in HR tech.

