Impact Futures

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Investec has advised August Equity on its investment in Impact Futures and The Childcare Company (“Impact Futures”), a leading provider of apprenticeships and commercial training in critical, licence-to-practice end markets including health and social care and early years.

The deal marks the first investment from August Equity’s sixth fund and will accelerate the next stage of growth in the business as it seeks to realise its ambition of becoming one of the leading national providers of vocational and commercial training in the UK.

With August’s expertise and input, Impact Futures will continue to deepen its offering in its core end markets and expand its proposition in attractive adjacent sectors through an organic and inorganic growth strategy.

Investec leveraged its deep sector knowledge and understanding of the education and training market to support August Equity throughout the transaction.

William Godfrey, Executive Director at Investec, commented: “We are pleased to have advised August Equity on its investment in Impact Futures and the first deal from its latest fund. August are backing an impressive management team, with a clear plan for growth and we look forward to seeing them continue to build the business together over the coming years.”

Kishan Chotai, Partner at August Equity, commented: “We are delighted to have invested in Impact Futures. We have been incredibly impressed with the business that Guy and the team have created to provide essential training and apprenticeship programs that enable their customers to operate and deliver the highest quality care. At August, we have a long-standing history of investing in businesses that are providing regulatory driven, mission critical services to customers and our understanding of the health & social care and early years end markets has highlighted the important role that apprenticeships play in facilitating compliance with regulations and career progression opportunities for employees. We are looking forward to working with Guy and the exceptional management team he has built to further accelerate the businesses’ growth both organically & through strategic M&A.”

About August Equity

August Equity is a UK mid-market focussed private equity investor that invests in high quality management teams across B2B services, software and technology businesses with high organic growth and inorganic potential. August have raised over £1bn of capital across six funds and have >8,000 people employed across their current portfolio.

About Impact Futures Group

Impact Futures plays a crucial role in delivering over 5,000 apprenticeships a year, to provide learners with access to high quality vocational training, allowing them greater access to job opportunities and facilitating career progression. The business also focuses on the core end markets of health & social care and early years, critical industries that will support the sustainability of our communities over the next generation.