Vaco buys Canadian tech talent specialists

Staffing and consulting firm Vaco has acquired a Toronto company that specializes in technology talent, a move that builds on two previous growth pushes in Canada to give the local company a workforce of more than 150 people there.

Terms of Vaco’s deal for Prodigy Bank of Toronto aren’t being disclosed. Four-year-old Prodigy focuses on the e-commerce, software development and financial services sectors, among others, and works with more than 100 companies. It is home to 13 people.