Based in Manchester with locations in London and Sheffield, Unseen Group recently launched its new buy and build brand and EVP following its fifth acquisition in the talent and student employability sectors.

The Group integrates newly acquired businesses rapidly and runs internal operations such as Finance, HR, and Brand development centrally, unlocking potential and allowing the businesses’ management teams to focus on growth.

Having grown to more than 50 employees, Unseen group companies offer their services to over 50 universities and 600 graduate employers which in turn has helped 1.2m registered candidates make and estimated 1.0m job applications. 

Revenues more than doubled last year compared to the previous year, from £2.1m to £4.5m, and the group now consists of early talent attraction portfolio, Careerpass Network, employability consultancy specialists, Gradcore, and leading digital assessment platform, TopScore.

Zac Williams, CEO of Unseen Group, realised the early talent and employability markets were “fragmented” and spotted the potential to bring companies together that work across the route from education to employment to offer a better experience for all involved.

The funding from ThinCats will help the group realise its ambitions to continue uniting businesses that know how to speak to the next generation of talent. Unseen have identified a strong pipeline of potential acquisition targets, all at various stages which it plans to purchase over the next 2 years.

Michelle Heptinstall led the deal team at ThinCats. Financial Due Diligence was provided by Pierce & Co and legal advice on the transaction was provided by Addleshaw Goddard.

We’ve built Unseen’s value proposition from the ground up, involving all of our employees and embedding their feedback into every sentence of our culture guide. We’re thankful to the team at ThinCats who are backing our mission to provide opportunities and choices for Gen Z and beyond. We’ve made some huge steps on that so far, and we’re excited to continue exploring the marketplace and uniting brands that feel they align with our group purpose.

Zac Williams, Unseen Group CEO

Michelle Heptinstall, Director Business Development, ThinCats commented: “We are delighted to be supporting Zac and his expert team’s vision for business. They are adding fantastic businesses to the group, and are fast becoming a force in the talent and student employability sectors. We are excited to be on this journey with them.”