Ciphr acquires employee benefits platform Avantus

This is an exciting acquisition for Ciphr, and we’re delighted to welcome Philip and the Avantus team to the group. Avantus has a great reputation across the benefits and rewards industry for creating functionality-rich, people-centric technology that aims to make our working lives better.

This acquisition will truly enhance Ciphr’s HCM proposition and is an important step on our growth journey to becoming one of the UK’s top technology companies – providing cutting-edge HR, payroll, learning, recruitment and benefits software and services. One that not only serves its core market – UK-based, medium-sized organisations – but also is the provider of choice for companies based overseas looking to expand into Europe and the UK. Together, Ciphr and Avantus will be able to deliver an even better experience, and even better technologies, for our customers and their people.”

We are absolutely delighted that Avantus has become part of the Ciphr Group. With 20 years of experience behind us, our priority was to partner with an organisation that believes in, and shares, our customer-first ethos, and is committed to supporting us in our mission to deliver the very best in employee benefits technology. We are really excited about the opportunities that lie ahead, and are very much looking forward to working together with the Ciphr team to continue our growth journey.”

Benefits has long been a focus for our M&A strategy, and we’re delighted to bring Avantus, a high-quality and fast-growth business, into Ciphr. Employee benefits is a rapidly growing market as employers seek to improve their value proposition and retain top talent in a competitive labour market. We’re looking forward to welcoming Philip Curtis and the rest of the Avantus team into the Ciphr group and continuing to work with Sion Lewis and the wider Ciphr team as they offer an even better service to HR teams across the UK.”