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Brian Sims
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Brian Sims
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BGF – THE “most active equity investor” in the UK and Ireland – has completed a significant follow-on investment into managed threat detection and response solutions provider e2e-assure. This financial backing will enable Security Operations Centre-as-a-Service provider e2e-assure to intensify R&D in order to advance capabilities in areas such as Artificial Intelligence and anomaly detection for responding to cyber threats.
e2e-assure is also focusing on optimising integrations with major technologies like Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud in order to deliver scalable and seamless solutions designed to align with customers’ existing infrastructures.
By investing in these areas, e2e-assure will not only keep pace with the rapidly evolving threat landscape, but also ensure that its client base actively benefits from the most advanced, scalable and cost-effective cyber security solutions available on the market at present.
Period of growth
Rob Demain, CEO and founder of e2e-assure, explained to Security Matters: “We’ve seen an exciting period of growth for e2e-assure. From expanding our team and our capabilities through to targeting a range of new sectors each with their own unique and complex set of challenges, we remain committed to continual technological innovation. We’re excited to take this next step in our growth journey alongside BGF.”
e2e-assure has witnessed significant demand from its customers continue, predominantly those companies within the mid-market, for an outsourced solution that affords access to specialised capability and service evolution, in turn keeping those customers ahead of industry trends.
Across the last 12 months alone, e2e-assure has increased sales wins by circa 40% on the previous financial year.
As part of this new investment, e2e-assure will now also be expanding its sales and support teams to deliver an even more personalised and responsive service experience for customers.
Innovate and scale
Tim Anderson, chief commercial officer at e2e-assure, observed: “This investment strengthens our ability to innovate and scale, thereby ensuring that we remain a dependable and forward-thinking partner for our customers’ cyber security needs.”
Further, Anderson noted: “With our commitment to continuous improvement, we aim to enhance not only our services, but also the value we deliver. Our goal is to build long-term partnerships that help businesses to achieve their objectives, while maintaining and further improving our already exceptional NPS score of 88, which is up from 70 last year.”
Perfect positioning
The investment from BGF’s Reading office follows a number of recent deals within the Thames Valley region, including multi-million pound investments in Bournemouth-based advice-tech provider Twenty7tec and digital transformation specialist Proventeq.
Guy Pope, investor at BGF, said: “e2e-assure’s leading technologies and expertise have positioned the business perfectly as the demand for managed threat detection and response continues to increase exponentially in a variety of sectors.”
Pope concluded: “This investment reflects e2e-assure’s commitment to its current and future clients. It will allow Rob and the team to optimise operations and continue delivering solutions that protect businesses and position clients to thrive in an increasingly complex security landscape. We look forward to continuing our partnership and supporting the business on its trajectory.”
*Further information is available online at www.e2e-assure.com