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August 13, 2021
“Managed Service Providers (MSPs) who saw strong revenue growth in the first half of 2021 are setting high expectations for the rest of the year amid continuing demand for cloud and security services in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.” This is the lead from a recent story by IT channel industry publication CRN, and…
August 13, 2021
Portfolio company InitLive was pleased to announce this Quarter that they secured a significant new partnership. Salesforce.org recognized the company as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partner, and launched the InitLive staff and volunteer management SaaS on the influential Salesforce AppExchange global marketplace. This recognition is the result of a set of integration work the…
August 13, 2021
Edge Computing is a distributed computing paradigm that places computing, analytics, storage and other IT resources closer to the sources of inputs, triggers, data — at the ‘edge’ of the network, so to speak. The model works in concert with cloud computing services where appropriate (based on the specific Use Cases), and improves application response…
August 13, 2021
This Quarter, Alacrity Canada portfolio company Pretio Interactive, a data-driven media-buying agency for mobile application brands, announced the sale of the company to Bold Collective, a California-based growth marketing firm. As part of the deal, many of the current Pretio team transferred with the company and now work for Bold Collective. The remaining staff, however,…
August 13, 2021
This Quarter saw the latest member of the Alacrity Global ecosystem of technology start-up programs come to life with the launch of a home-town instance — Alacrity Ottawa. This partnership will marry Masters level academic learning with hands-on business and technology work placements, supported by experienced mentorship, to build new Canadian technology entrepreneurs and companies.…
April 5, 2021
Digital Transformation (DX) are just two words that could be used in describing the global tech industry of 2020. The past year brought about an unprecedented level of digitization and accelerated adoption of technologies across all business sectors. Companies providing solutions that supported, enhanced or enabled that digital transformation journey were able to achieve in…
April 5, 2021
The impacts of the pandemic on enterprises everywhere have meant opportunity for many of the Managed Service Providers (MSPs) who support these businesses, and who constitute the HyAlto target market and customer base. But those opportunities did not materialize as quickly as the pandemic itself did. Through the middle of 2020, like so many companies,…
April 5, 2021
OverSOC, part of the Alacrité France cohort of start-up companies in Lille, France, continued to make client progress over the Quarter with their innovative SaaS. The 3D, real-time mapping and analysis application has been designed specifically for enterprise IT teams and SOCs. It enables better collaboration between CISOs, IT leaders, analysts, cybersecurity experts and solution…
April 5, 2021
More than ever, customers, investors, employees and others are taking an interest in the ways in which companies make positive social and community impacts when assessing their performance. This is in addition to, or in some cases even instead of, the traditional view of “how much revenue does the firm generate”. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)…
April 5, 2021
As calendar 2020 came to a close, the portfolio of companies within the Alacrity Global ecosystem grew to 69 businesses across six international locations. Over the twelve-month period, the portfolio achieved a new high-water mark with more than USD$35.0M secured in Series A funding. The teams also managed four exits from the portfolio, with a…
