今天, we’re excited to announce that the CTI Group has secured a £25m minority investment from leading mid-market private equity firm LDC. This investment will support the next stage of our international growth plans, enabling us to expand and enhance our suite of digital services, and create global career opportunities for our people.
阅读全文如下:
- With LDC’s support, CTI plans to deliver ambitious international buy-and-build strategy
- Investment will enable CTI to create global career opportunities as it services a growing international client base
CTI Group (CTI), 快速增长的数字机构, has secured a £25m minority investment from leading mid-market private equity firm LDC, to support the next stage of its international growth plans.
总部位于全球最大的博彩平台, award-winning CTI helps companies to grow and develop through digital transformation, providing a range of services that includes digital marketing, 网络和应用程序开发和数字战略. 成立于近20年前, it has developed an enviable reputation as an industry leader through its commitment to its people, its clients and its use of cutting-edge technologies.
Having completed five acquisitions in the past three years, CTI发展迅速, with revenues rising to £18m in the last 12 months. Companies operating under the CTI Group umbrella now include CTI Digital, 增压式商务, Stardotstar, Nublue, 产品Ixis, 崇拜与蚊子. It employs 175 people across its offices in Manchester and Lancaster.
LDC’s £25m minority investment will help the existing management team, 由创始人Nick Rhind领导, to expand and enhance its existing suite of digital services and acquire complementary businesses in the UK and overseas. This includes plans to expand into new international territories, in addition to opening new offices to support a growing client base in the USA, 欧洲和亚洲.
The partnership also provides Nick and the team with additional capital to deliver on their plans to build a people-first international agency. One that provides world class digital solutions and campaigns to clients, whilst creating global career opportunities for its people.
理查德Ibbett, Jacob Leone and Dale Alderson from LDC’s Manchester-based North West team led the investment. 作为交易的一部分, Richard and Dale will join the board alongside Simon Wilkinson, former CEO of global software services company Mobica, 谁十大正规博彩网站评级集团担任非执行主席.
CTI的首席执行官和创始人Nick Rhind说:
Rich, Dale and Jacob really took the time to get to know our people and our business. They also understood the importance of preserving the things that have made us successful as we grow, from our entrepreneurial culture to our focus on client service. We’re excited to create new opportunities as we bring our expertise to bear for clients all around the world through a combination of organic growth and further acquisitions.
Our people will continue to be at the heart of everything we do and this partnership will enable us to continually invest in them through a first-class training and development programme, as well as enhanced career progression pathways, 奖励和认可.
理查德Ibbett, 路易达孚全球最大的博彩平台投资总监, added: “Nick and the team have built an impressive digital agency that is growing rapidly. Our support will help the management team to accelerate this momentum. We are already working closely with them to support a pipeline of exciting opportunities that will further expand the business.”
LDC is committed to investing in at least 100 mid-market businesses across the UK over the next five years. 它提供了1英镑.3bn in funding to support more than 130 TMT businesses including leading UK games developer Marmalade Game Studio, 软件解决方案提供商IEG4, 以及监控技术专家WCCTV.
CTI Group was advised by BDO (corporate finance) and DLA Piper (legal).
LDC was advised by EY (corporate finance and tax), 财务尽职调查, Addleshaw Goddard (legal) and GRAPH (commercial due diligence).
For more information please contact: Kirstie Buchanan, Growth and Partnership Director: k.buchanan@ctidigital.Com / 07803 853053
