Childcare & Education

London, 23 September, 2026: ICP Educare, the Innervation Capital-backed early years group, has secured a further £15.5 million of committed facilities from OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, taking its total facilities to £40 million, with an additional £10 million accordion available to support future growth.

The £2.5m facility from OakNorth will part-fund the acquisition and full refurbishment of a second freehold nursery site at Shooters Hill, Addington; The new site is approximately five miles from Abeona’s existing setting, and will have capacity for 100 children; The deal supports Abeona’s growth plans at a time of strong structural tailwinds for the […]

Since opening its first UK nursery in 2023, Kinderzimmer has rapidly established itself as a leading provider of high-quality early years education; Specializing in nurseries and preschool education for children under six, the firm now operates nine sites across London and the south east of England; The £3.4m loan from OakNorth will support the launch […]

OakNorth funded a $10.7m loan to support the redevelopment of a vacant Bronx building into the Storefront Academy Charter School

The group, which employs over 1,230 personnel, is backed by Zetland Capital Partners which acquired a majority stake in 2022; It currently has 36 nurseries throughout the South of England and Wales, caring for over 3,000 children daily; With this funding, Happy Days plans to grow its portfolio to 43 sites by early 2026, with […]

ICP Educare continues to deliver its targeted ‘’Buy and Build’’ of high quality Early Years schools – backed by OakNorth. OakNorth – the bank for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs – previously backed both ICP Nurseries in 2017 and Cresswell Nurseries in 2019 before their combination as ICP Education and sale to Oakley Capital IV in June […]