DLC has acquired Beacon Resources LLC, a finance and accounting staffing firm.

Beacon, headquartered in Newport Beach, California, was founded in 2010 and provides staffing and executive-search services.

Woodland Hills, California-based DLC, backed by private equity firm Gryphon Investors, is a professional services firm that helps companies find accounting and finance employees. Gryphon, headquartered in San Francisco, invests in business services, consumer products companies, general industries and education and health care providers. In 2013, Gryphon sold TrustHouse Services Group to Elicor SCA. For more on Gryphon, see "5 Winning Fundraising Strategies."

Both companies will retain their names and operate under DLC Group. The combined entity will have more than 250 consultants and offices located across California — Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco — as well as in Chicago.