UK
Thomas House
84 Eccleston Square
London, SW1V 1PX
US
405 Lexington Avenue,
New York City, NY 10174
2017 WHERE IT ALL STARTED
APRIL
Every great story needs a beginning and, for us, that was April 2017 when Tempting Ventures opened its first London office and announced a minority investment from Hydrogen Group.
AUGUST
We launched our first brand, Tempting Talent, who focus on the US Recruitment to Recruitment market.
SEPTEMBER
We invested our second business, RO. As a start-up, RO began with a laser-like focus on the US Solar industry.
NOVEMBER
After two successful start-up launches, we shifted strategy and supported a management buyout of UK-based Uniting Ambition who are specialists in the UK tech sector. We helped Management to restructure and narrow the focus of the business, increasing profitability and presence across defined technology verticals.
2018 THE HARD WORK PAID OFF
JANUARY
A month of exciting growth. We reported the Portfolio's first months consolidated profit. Tempting Ventures, Tempting Talent and RO moved HQ to a larger office space in Eccleston Square, Victoria.
JULY
We launched Uniting Cloud, specialists in technical recruitment across specific verticals within Cloud technology. Based in the UK and covering the UK market, Uniting Cloud leveraged our network of UK offices and talent acquisition function to ramp up headcount quickly.
OCTOBER
For the first time, the Portfolio achieves £100k EBIT in a month.
DECEMBER
The Portfolio achieves £3.8m 2018 NFI.
2019 EXPLOSIVE GROWTH
APRIL
We invested in Eastward Partners, an established Executive Search Firm in New York.
September
We launched Uniting Enterprise who specialise in delivering recruitment solutions for German S/4HANA and SuccessFactors professionals.
DECEMBER
Our Portfolio finished the second full year of trading with a headcount of 70, £22m Revenue, £6m NFI and £600k EBIT
delivered 2020 AGAINST ALL ODDS
JANUARY
After massive success and growth within US Solar, RO expanded into other niche verticals across Clean Energy & Infrastructure within the US.
FEBRUARY
Tempting Talent opened an office in New York to support their growing client base and hiring demands from within the Portfolio.
March - DECEMBER
As Covid-19 hit global markets, we collated all the expertise within the Portfolio and adapted our processes, technology and marketing behaviours to ensure we could still maintain our high levels of delivery to clients and candidates. After weathering the storm, we came out the other side a better business. We're super proud that across our Portfolio we were able to maintain 90% headcount for this period.
Despite the odds, in 2020 the Portfolio delivered £5.7m NFI and match 2019 EBIT of £600k
2021 A RECORD BREAKING YEAR
APRIL
In conjunction with Tempting Talent and Hunt Scanlon, Tempting Ventures released the first extensive Compensation Report for the Staffing and Executive Search industry. Visit the Tempting Talent website to download your copy.
JULY
Tempting Ventures hire a specialist personal brand consultant and a PR & Comms Manager to drive effective content strategies for businesses within the Portfolio.
SEPTEMBER
Ryan Cleland-Bogle was a keynote speaker at Hunt Scanlon's M&A Forum in New York.
NOVEMBER
Eastward Partners opened an office in Florida to support their growing Private Equity division.
DECEMBER
Further investment was made to the tech stack with all businesses in the Portfolio onboarded on to OneUp Sales and Force 24.
Tempting Ventures finished the year with $30M in sales, $12M NFI and 250 contractors.
2022WE ARE LOOKING TO INVEST
We have explosive growth intentions for 2022 and aggressive hiring plans. Watch this space to follow our progress.
Tempting Ventures will be making further investments in 2022. Find out more about our investment strategyif you’d like to be considered for investment or submit your business plan using the form below.