Beech Tree Private Equity Invests in Performanta

Beech Tree Private Equity Invests in Arc Systems

April 17, 2023

IT Services

Beech Tree Private Equity has made a growth investment in Arc Systems, a Basildon‑based provider of cloud and IT managed services, to support the company's rapid expansion across the UK SME and mid‑market segments. The capital will be used to scale capabilities—particularly across the Microsoft stack—strengthen technical resources and accelerate Arc's growth in the fragmented UK managed services market.

Beech Tree Private Equity Invests in Advanta Solutions

January 6, 2021

Wealth Management

Beech Tree Private Equity has made a significant investment in Advanta Solutions to accelerate organic growth and fund a multi-acquisition strategy. The capital will support recruitment of additional advisers, expansion of Advanta Wealth’s services (including mortgage and insurance brokerage) and target acquisitions of owner-managed financial advisory firms; Beech Tree directors have joined the Advanta board.

Beech Tree Private Equity Invests in CovertSwarm

August 7, 2023

Cybersecurity

Beech Tree Private Equity has made a growth investment in CovertSwarm, a London‑based red team-as-a-service and cyber-attack simulation platform, to support the company’s organic growth and accelerate development of its Offensive Operations Center (OOC) software. The funding will help CovertSwarm scale its global ethical hacker "Swarm" and further develop its subscription-based continuous attack testing offering.

Beech Tree Private Equity Invests in Transparity Solutions

September 24, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Beech Tree Private Equity has made a significant investment in Transparity Solutions, a UK-based Microsoft public cloud specialist, and has taken board seats to support the company's buy-and-build growth strategy. Transparity, headquartered near Bournemouth and employing about 60 people, provides Microsoft 365 and Azure implementation, managed services and support and plans to expand its managed services, security and voice offerings while pursuing acquisitions to scale rapidly.

Performanta Acquires Identity Experts to Strengthen Microsoft IAM Capabilities

April 20, 2021

Cybersecurity

Performanta, a UK managed security services provider backed by Beech Tree Private Equity, has acquired Identity Experts, a UK-based Microsoft Gold Security Partner and identity & access management (IAM) consultancy. The acquisition expands Performanta's Microsoft security and IAM capabilities (Azure AD, Sentinel, ATP, O365) and brings Identity Experts' founders into the Performanta Group to continue driving Microsoft-focused services.

Beech Tree Private Equity Invests in Sustainable Energy First

April 29, 2024

Energy

Beech Tree Private Equity has made an investment in Sustainable Energy First, a UK-based sustainable energy and utilities specialist, to support the company’s goal of decarbonising its clients and to fund service development and strategic M&A. Investec acted as a funder on the transaction alongside Beech Tree; the partnership will back growth, data and technology investment and potential add-on acquisitions.