BehavioSec transforms behaviour into a transparent additional layer of security by monitoring, in real-time, the way users interact with their devices. BehavioSec’s technology recognises if a conflicting user is operating a device by monitoring the environment, rhythms, and interaction patterns that are unique to each user. The solution is designed to enhance security without impacting the user experience. With offices in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, BehavioSec is currently deployed across Northern Europe retail banks protecting over 1,5 billion transactions per year.

In January 2018, BehavioSec raised $17.5M in a Series B funding in an investment round led by Trident Capital Cybersecurity, whose Managing Directors, J. Alberto Yépez and Ken Gonzalez, will join BehavioSec’s board of directors. The round also saw contributions from ABN AMRO and Cisco Investments, in addition to returning investors Conor Venture Partners and Octopus Ventures. Behaviosec will use the investment to expand global operations and relocate corporate HQ to the US.

Calastone is an independent, cross-border transaction network for the mutual fund industry. The company is the largest global funds transaction network, connecting many of the world’s leading financial organisations.

Their mission is to make funds accessible to everyone by reducing the frictional cost of trading. They use smart technology solutions and industry collaboration to lower operational risk and enhance client profitability through digitisation and automation.

Over 1,700 customers in 40 countries and territories benefit from Calastone’s services, processing over 9 million messages and £170 billion of transactions each month.

Currencycloud acts for businesses to provide cheaper, more streamlined FX and cross-border payments services. Founded in 2012, processes in the business processes in excess of $10B in payments every year, across more than 40 currencies in 212 countries. The firm has on-boarded around 250 cents, including brokers, tier-2 banks, payment service providers and marketplace operators.

Digital Shadows has come a long way since Accenture Innovation Lab London in 2011, announcing a $26M Series C funding round in September 2017. Its flagship product, SearchLight, is a continuous real-time scan of more than 100 million data sources online and on the deep and dark web — cross referencing customer specific data with the monitored sources to flag up instances where data might have inadvertently been posted online, for instance, or where a data breach or other unwanted disclosure might be occurring. The service also monitors any threat-related chatter about the company, such as potential hackers discussing specific attack vectors.

In May 2018, Digital Shadows announced its new "Shadow Search" capability, available as part of its flagship, award-winning SearchLight service.Shadow Search enables instant access to Digital Shadows' comprehensive collection of historical and evolving threat intelligence assets, and expert security sources, including leading security blogs and news, enabling SearchLight subscribers the ability to better manage third-party risk, investigate security incidents, monitor trends, and enrich threat hunting of client-specific indicators and threat actors jeopardising their business, brand and reputation.

DueDil aggregates public data on companies from a variety of databases, then uses it to create new metrics to indicate how solvent or successful the business is. It is the largest source of free private company information in the UK and Ireland. DueDil data powered the new Investec Mid-market Index of 24,000 mid-sized UK companies.

eToro created the first global market place for people to trade currencies, commodities, indices and CFD stocks online and today has over 4.5 million users in more than 170 countries. In February, eToro signed a joint venture agreement with SBerbank to provide its social trading services to Russian investors.

ETRONIKA develops solutions for finance and online businesses, helping financial institutions to serve both retail and corporate customers better. Their e-banking solutions combine banking and retail, personalisation and loyalty, enabling banks to transform their service offerings from being designed to fit the average customer profile to serving a personalised one. The service is available on multiple channels making the bank accessible anytime, anywhere.

With a name derived from the Latin word for trust, Fidor has been re-imagining banking since 2009. In Germany, the online bank has around 100,000 clients and more than 300,000 community members who actively participate in the bank’s decision-making processes – a strategy that underpins Fidor’s innovative platform. In September 2015, Celent’s “Model Bank of the Year” launched in the UK. It also announced a current account that is free to open and run and made a contactless debit card available for the first time in 2016. Fidor's online platform includes virtual currencies trading, social media banking, Facebook and Twitter payments. Available initially in Germany, Fidor has expanded into the US, UK and Russia. 2014 also saw the company integrate with the Ripple payment network (Ripple is the open-source payments protocol for free and instant exchange of any form of money or value).