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November 25, 2019
More and more businesses need real-time threat intelligence Last month was National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but that does not mean we can stop thinking about it now. Quite the opposite. As a private investment management team, we are seeing an increase in valuations and interest in cyber security related tech companies. Some of the recent…
November 11, 2019
Following several years of planning and two and a half years of construction, the International Convention Centre Wales opened its doors this Quarter to welcome the world to Wales. After an incredible team effort, the state-of-the-art £84 Million meetings and events venue at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales, welcomed its first customer…
November 11, 2019
UK firm Hut Six received a vote of commercial confidence during the latest Quarter in the form of a successful funding round. The cybersecurity training software created by the company has been generating solid revenue growth since inception. That growth was leveraged into a successful influx of £450,000 through this new equity funding round. Existing…
November 11, 2019
No one would deny the growth of cloud computing over the last decade. The concept of computing equipment and applications being hosted by third-party providers in off-site data centres around the globe (i.e., “in the clouds”), all accessed via the Internet, seemed worrisome to many when first proposed, but has since been proven and adopted…
July 15, 2019
Real-time personalized product recommendations drive sales and customer retention According to Meticulous Research, the global e-commerce market will be worth $24.3 Trillion by 2025. This growth will be driven by ever-increasing mobile device adoption and internet connectivity, technology advancements such as big data and cloud-based e-commerce platforms, advanced shipping and payment options, and rising levels…
June 4, 2019
Security awareness training addresses the most prevalent cause of cyber security breaches: human error As we all know, data breaches continue to make headlines around the world. But did you know that: Yahoo holds the record for the largest data breach ever with 3 billion accounts compromised. An insider attack cost Boeing $2 billion and…
April 26, 2019
As this is the first issue of Q for calendar 2019, we thought it would make sense to provide an update on the latest investment activities being reported around the world. Combining a number of sources, we offer the following picture. The Global View PWC and CB Insights released their MoneyTree Report earlier this year,…
April 26, 2019
The Celtic Manor Resort has once again been named the Best Hotel in the UK at the prestigious Meetings and Incentive Travel Awards gala in London. The five-star venue in South Wales regained the Gold Award and has now been voted the Best Hotel eight times in the last nine years! Confirming its position as…
April 26, 2019
A member company of the Alacrity Turkey start-up fund, Segmentify has developed technology to deliver personalized, relevant suggestions and recommendations to ecommerce customers through multiple marketing channels including personalized push notifications and emails. The purpose is to enable client businesses to increase online sales, customer loyalty and repeat purchases. The company continues to evolve its…
April 26, 2019
Alacrité (France) is located in LILLE, a commercial and industrial city 200 kilometers North of Paris. During the Quarter, the fund housed four project teams (teams working on their first business/product ideas) as well as two newly-incorporated start-ups. Called ReactEvent and Diskyver, the two new companies have been incubated in the Alacrité program over the…
