Souter Investments, a family investment office specialising in private equity, has partnered with Averna Capital to complete an investment in SI-UK, an international student recruitment company for UK higher education institutions, via Averna Investco III.
SI-UK works closely with universities and higher education institutions to achieve international student recruitment goals. The company assists students throughout the entire university application and selection process through a network of eighty offices across forty countries.
The investment will provide SI-UK with capital for further growth and support the company in continuing its internationalisation; developing its data and technology capabilities; and in building an institutional platform appropriate to its growing footprint.
SI-UK’s founders remain significant shareholders and will continue to lead the company. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.