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August Equity
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August Equity is the UK's leading lower mid-market private equity investor, focusing on primary buyouts of businesses delivering essential services and B2B software headquartered in the UK and Ireland. With over 20 years of experience and six funds raising more than £1.3 billion, the firm sources high-quality, off-market opportunities and scales them into market leaders through a well-established, repeatable buy-and-build playbook. August targets businesses with compelling technology propositions, strong recurring revenues, long-term client relationships, defensible margins, and clear potential for strategic consolidation in fragmented markets — particularly in technology, compliance, education, and healthcare.
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“This is a very proud moment for August. We are very thankful for the trust from both our current and new strategic investors. Their support demonstrates their belief in our ability to produce consistent returns and liquidity through different economic cycles. Our team worked exceptionally hard, and we are delighted to achieve this outstanding result in today's tough fundraising environment.”
“Each of the team promoted today have consistently demonstrated not only outstanding investment judgment, but also the integrity and ambition that help to shape our firm. We are delighted to welcome Katie and Greg to the Partnership and know that bright things are also ahead for Celine, Ollie and Harry.”
“Having been Managing Partner for 15 years and working closely alongside David for many years as friends and colleagues, I am delighted for him to take over as Managing Partner and have every confidence that he will lead August into further success in the future. In my new capacity as Chairman I will be using my 30+ years of private equity experience to focus more on our new and existing investments.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superbia Group | Buyout | — | 2025-06-03 |
| Higgs LLP | Buyout | — | 2025-01-01 |
| AAB (Anderson Anderson & Brown) | Buyout | — | 2021-01-01 |
| Integrity360 | Buyout | — | 2021-10-01 |
| Polaris Software | Buyout | — | 2022-01-01 |
| Business Systems (UK) | Buyout | — | 2021-01-01 |
| Esland Group | Buyout | — | 2020-01-01 |
| Family First Day Nurseries | Buyout | — | 2019-01-01 |
| Impact Futures Group | Buyout | — | 2022-01-01 |
| Air IT Group | Buyout | — | 2021-01-01 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs Alternatives | 1 |
| Rothschild & Co Five Arrows | 1 |
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