Celebrating four years of ClearCourse: reflections on growth

It’s true what they say about time flying by. 

In October 2018, ClearCourse was founded by our CEO Gerry Gualtieri and Head of M&A, Joshua Rowe, as an ambitious business prospect with potential: an idea that won the faith of an experienced executive team and the initial investment of Aquiline Capital Partners in the US. 

Four years later, our group has seen significant growth. We have active regional offices, over 900 employees and almost 40 businesses – and we fully expect to reach new heights in 2023 and beyond.

Our achievements to date are worth celebrating far and wide. Those stem directly from our core philosophy of ‘working better together’, which we value most. Indeed, the last four years have been full of change and growth – and it’s worth taking some time to consider the biggest steps in our journey to become a unified group and a growing influence in business software.

ClearCourse named as Business Leader Scale-Up Awards 2022 finalist

In addition to reaching our own milestones, it’s equally gratifying to be recognised by the industry this year.

We were delighted to hear that we’d been named as one of the finalists in two categories of the Business Leader Scale-Up Awards 2022: Technology Scale-Up and Overall Scale-Up Business. 

It’s the first time we’ve entered awards like these, and to be named as a finalist from more than 500 fantastic entrants is a great accolade for everyone who’s played a part in the ClearCourse story. 

Earning external recognition is always a rewarding feeling. Indeed, being told by a panel of impartial industry experts (including Touker Suleyman from Dragon’s Den and PensionBee Co-founder Jonathan Lister Parsons) that our journey is impressive is, we hope, an encouraging sign of our positive impact.

Finding new milestones

In moments of reflection, it’s sometimes staggering to see just how much we’ve done in a relatively short period, which was made even shorter – and infinitely more challenging – by the global pandemic. 

But scaling so quickly isn’t easy, and there remains much to achieve as we move forward. It’s important for everyone – from our team to our future business prospects – to continue to see and embrace progress. ClearCourse thrives on the absolute commitment and dedication to excellence that our teams work hard to foster. 

Indeed, our commitments to integration, collaboration and investing in great people, as well as great businesses, will remain as grounding values we take forward as we embark on further growth. 

That’s what ‘working better together’ is all about.

In the years to come, here’s to breaking new records and celebrating new wins.