CreateFuture

What CreateFuture does

CreateFuture is a UK-based technology consultancy founded in 2010 and headquartered in Edinburgh, with a second office in Leeds. The firm employs approximately 550-600 specialists and serves regulated industries including iGaming, Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Government and Public Sector, Healthcare & Pharma, Media & Entertainment, Travel, and Scale-ups. Its client roster includes FanDuel, Flutter, Evoke, Tombola, NatWest, abrdn, Royal London, Yorkshire Building Society, Skyscanner, Wood Mackenzie, NHS, and Crown Commercial Service, among others.

The company delivers six interconnected service offerings: AI Transformation, AI-Native Software Delivery, Business Strategy & Digital Transformation, Data Insights & Intelligence, Cloud Platforms & Infrastructure, and Customer Experience & Digital Products. CreateFuture positions itself as an "AI-native" consultancy challenging traditional "Big Consulting" with a shoulder-to-shoulder delivery model, leveraging AI tooling to accelerate engineering, modernization, and strategy work. It maintains ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 20000-1 certifications, alongside Cyber Essentials and Crown Commercial Service MCF4 Lot 1 supplier status, qualifying it for regulated and public-sector procurement.

CreateFuture operates a sales-led, direct-to-client professional services model with bespoke engagement pricing that is not publicly disclosed. Revenue is generated through consulting, software engineering, and digital transformation services. In April 2026, Ireland-founded AI and digital transformation consultancy Version 1 announced a definitive agreement to acquire CreateFuture, creating a combined organization of 4,250 employees with annual revenues exceeding €500 million; CreateFuture's leadership team remained in place following the transaction.

Name

CreateFuture

Legal name

CreateFuture

Website

https://createfuture.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

CreateFuture is a UK-based AI-native technology consultancy, headquartered in Edinburgh, that delivers AI transformation, software engineering, and digital strategy services to enterprise clients in regulated industries including iGaming, Financial Services, Government, and Utilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Consulting Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data App Builders (Forms, Portals & Internal Tools) (HDAEAKAK)

Keywords

• Digital transformation consulting
• AI-native consulting
• Software engineering services
• Cloud infrastructure services
• Data analytics consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Edinburgh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Technology Consulting Services: Professional services revenue from delivering AI transformation, software engineering, strategy, and design services to clients in regulated industries

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CreateFuture is an AI-native technology consultancy that delivers end-to-end digital transformation, bespoke software engineering, AI strategy and implementation, data and analytics, cloud platform engineering (AWS), and customer experience design. It sells these as multi-disciplinary consulting engagements on a shoulder-to-shoulder, embedded-team basis to enterprise clients in regulated industries such as iGaming, Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Government & Public Sector, Healthcare & Pharma, Travel, and Media & Entertainment.

Product overview

CreateFuture is an AI-native strategic consultancy offering a portfolio of professional services organized around digital transformation. The company provides six interconnected service offerings: AI Transformation (strategic AI consulting and implementation), AI-Native Software Delivery (intelligent engineering), Business Strategy & Digital Transformation, Data, Insights & Intelligence, Cloud, Platforms & Infrastructure, and Customer Experience & Digital Products. Rather than a single product or platform, CreateFuture operates as a services firm delivering technology consulting, software engineering, and digital transformation expertise to clients across regulated industries including iGaming, Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Government, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Travel, and Scale-ups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AI Transformation A consulting service line that helps enterprise clients embed artificial intelligence across strategy, operations, and product delivery, covering AI readiness assessments, use-case identification, governance, and AI-led operating-model change for regulated industries.
• AI-Native Software Delivery A bespoke software engineering service that applies AI tools and methods across the build lifecycle, delivering custom platforms, products, and integrations via embedded teams of engineers, architects, and designers.
• Business Strategy & Digital Transformation A strategy and transformation consulting service that combines management consulting with technology advisory, helping enterprises define digital strategies, operating models, and transformation roadmaps.
• Data, Insights & Intelligence A data and analytics consulting service covering data strategy, governance, platform engineering, and applied intelligence workloads to help enterprise clients operationalise data for decision-making and AI.
• Cloud, Platforms & Infrastructure A cloud and platform engineering service that designs, builds, and operates cloud-native platforms and infrastructure, delivered through CreateFuture's AWS Premier Tier Services Partner relationship.
• Customer Experience & Digital Products A customer experience and digital product design service that combines service design, UX, and engineering to build and enhance digital products and customer journeys for enterprise clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• 82% increase in Q1 conversions YoY for Wood Mackenzie
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Version 1flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2026Version 1, an Ireland-founded global AI and digital transformation consultancy, agreed to acquire CreateFuture in April 2026. The acquisition creates a combined organization of 4,250 employees with annual revenues exceeding €500 million. CreateFuture's leadership team will remain in place following the transaction, which enhances Version 1's AI-first capabilities and expands its market footprint in regulated industries including iGaming, Financial Services, and Utilities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Version 1: Ireland-founded AI and digital transformation consultancy that acquired CreateFuture in April 2026. Operates in the same regulated verticals (iGaming, Financial Services, Utilities) with overlapping service offerings in AI transformation, software delivery, and cloud modernization.
• AND Digital: UK-headquartered digital consultancy of comparable size (~1,500+ people) delivering software engineering, data, and AI services to enterprise clients; competes directly for the same UK regulated-industry engagements and similar talent pool.
• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy specializing in software engineering, AI/data platforms, and digital strategy for regulated industries; operates at a larger scale but pursues an analogous 'engineering-first, anti-Big Consulting' positioning.
• BJSS: Large UK technology and digital consultancy delivering enterprise software, cloud, and data services to UK financial services, government, and regulated clients; a direct competitor for the same UK public-sector and enterprise mandates.
• Kin + Carta: Global digital transformation consultancy (acquired by Globant in 2024) providing strategy, engineering, and data services to regulated enterprises; closely comparable in service mix and client profile to CreateFuture.
• Endava: Global technology consultancy delivering custom software, cloud, and data services to financial services, payments, and other regulated verticals; comparable size and similar services-led, verticalized model.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture: Global professional services incumbent that CreateFuture explicitly positions against ('Big Consulting'); competes on large-scale digital transformation mandates, but lacks CreateFuture's boutique, AI-native positioning.
• Capgemini: Global IT services and consulting incumbent with extensive Financial Services and Utilities practices; competes on enterprise digital and cloud transformation work overlapping CreateFuture's core verticals.
• Publicis Sapient: Digital transformation arm of Publicis Groupe serving financial services and other regulated industries with strategy, engineering, and design services; overlaps CreateFuture's value proposition at a much larger scale.
• Deloitte Digital: Big Four digital consulting practice covering transformation, cloud, and AI advisory for regulated enterprises; one of the established 'Big Consulting' players CreateFuture targets displacing in mid-market mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/createfutureuk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/createfuture-digital
• Instagraminstagram.com/createfutureuk

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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