Beech Tree Private Equity Invests in Fourteen IP

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 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.

Beech Tree Private Equity Acquires Inspiro Learning

September 16, 2025

Education

Beech Tree Private Equity has completed an investment to acquire Inspiro Learning, a UK-based vocational and technical training provider; existing owner Inspirit Capital has partially reinvested and Investec provided funding. The capital will be used to enhance service delivery, expand technical training into adjacent sectors, and support strategic acquisitions to accelerate organic growth.

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 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.

Fourteen IP Group Acquires Clearly IP Inc (Merger)

October 13, 2025

Telecommunications

Fourteen IP Group Ltd announced a merger with Clearly IP Inc to combine their cloud-based telephony, unified communications and AI offerings for the hospitality and enterprise markets. The deal expands Fourteen IP’s global footprint and product portfolio—bringing Clearly IP’s ComXchange, SIP trunking and hardware into Fourteen IP’s partner and geographic channels to accelerate AI and cloud product development and international growth.