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Investec’s UK M&A Advisory team is pleased to have advised THI Investments on its investment in Empowering Learning Group, a provider of mission-critical services to schools in the UK and internationally.

With THI’s strategic support, Empowering Learning Group will continue to drive growth and innovation to fulfil its mission of positively impacting children’s education and well-being through tech-enabled solutions.

Investec leveraged its extensive M&A advisory capability and broader expertise in the education and training space to support THI Investments throughout the transaction.

William Godfrey, Executive Director, M&A Advisory, Investec commented: “We are thrilled to have advised THI Investments on its investment in Empowering Learning Group. THI Investments are backing an impressive management team and we are excited to see the Group’s continued growth and positive impact on the education sector both here in the UK and internationally.”

Tarquin Wethered, a Director at THI Investments commented: “The sector expertise, strategic advice and overall support provided by the Investec team has been invaluable throughout this transaction. We have thoroughly enjoyed working with them. Empowering Learning Group sits squarely within THI’s education thesis: a best-in-class outcomes focused education offering, scaled commercial potential, and a leading management team.”

About THI Investments

THI Investments is a privately owned private equity investor with total assets under management of more than €2bn and offices in London, Stuttgart, and Munich. THI provides flexible capital, operational understanding, and support to successful mid-market businesses by backing their management teams. Education and Business Services are among the core areas of focus for THI. THI invests equity amounts from £20-100m in businesses in Education and Training, Business Services, Smart Industrials, Sustainability and Healthcare in Western Europe. Within Education, THI has also invested in Oxford International, a leading international private education and student pathways provider, Corndel, which is among the UK’s fastest growing apprenticeships providers, Impact Food Group, a market-leading school catering company focused on providing healthier food to children and promoting a positive food culture among pupils, and Learnship, an online provider of B2B online language learning and intercultural training products based in the US and Germany.

About Empowering Learning Group

Empowering Learning Group (“ELG”) is a provider of mission-critical services to schools. CEO Mohammed Azam founded ELG with the aim of building a diversified and tech-enabled education service provider. From the outset, ELG’s mission was to solve challenges facing schools, in particular behavioural issues in classrooms, which have intensified in recent years, driven by post-pandemic disruption, social media, and growing mental health concerns among pupils. This has reduced teaching time and increased staff attrition, which ELG is addressing with high-quality behavioural management training courses and recruitment support, significantly improving the learning environment and the welfare and academic outcomes of children.