NEWS
Belgian cybersecurity company
secures €1 million in Series-A
funding from eCAPITAL
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weepatic NV (‘Sweepatic’) is a
cybersecurity reconnaissance platform
monitoring Internet-facing assets to
protect companies against cyberattacks.
The company has just secured €1 million
from eCAPITAL’s Cybersecurity Fund and
eCAPITAL Technologies IV Fund in a Series-A
funding round. Sweepatic is part of the
accelerator Start it @KBC that supports
innovative and scalable entrepreneurship.
Sweepatic will use eCAPITAL’s investment
to boost its growth by strengthening
management, accelerating the product
development through expanding the
technical team with senior hires and further
building the sales and marketing and
partner organisation.
Sweepatic’s unique cybersecurity
reconnaissance platform discovers and
monitors companies’ attack surfaces
24/7 across the world. By monitoring and
reporting on all Internet-facing assets of
its customers at large scale, Sweepatic
produces actionable insights and helps
customers to be more informed, proactive
and resilient against cyberattacks.
“This capital raise by a renowned German
private investor, with a specialised
cybersecurity fund, is proof of the market
potential of our solution in the fast-growing
cybersecurity market. eCAPITAL not only
allows us to raise capital, but also to
onboard highly experienced entrepreneurs
with an international network. We are
excited about this partnership as it will
allow Sweepatic to further develop its
product offerings and market outreach,”
said Sweepatic’s Co-founder and CEO, Stijn
Vande Casteele.
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DXC Technology launches innovation
centre in London
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XC Technology, a world leading independent, end-to-end IT
services company, has announced the opening of the DXC
Innovation Centre in London for the company and its clients to
develop and deliver high-impact digital solutions.
and Africa. “The Innovation Centre creates opportunities for our
people, clients and partners to gain valuable practical experience
with digital technology in real-life business applications.”
DXC’s London Innovation Centre is a collaborative environment that
draws on the company’s global experience in Digital Transformation,
leverages its rich industry knowledge and independent partner
network and creates an environment for the incubation of ideas,
learning and development.
The London Innovation Centre adds to DXC’s digital network in the
UK, which includes a Digital Transformation Centre in Newcastle that
is already helping customers to transform and accelerate the creation
of business value. As part of this network, DXC digital technologists
and enterprise solution experts will work with customers and partners
to modernise and integrate mainstream IT by deploying digital
solutions at scale.
“Our Innovation Centre brings together innovative technologies,
creative thinking and best practices to develop innovative solutions
for clients in a rapidly changing digital era,” said Maruf Majed, Vice
President and General Manager, DXC UK, Ireland, Israel, Middle East
www.intelligentcio.com
DXC opens innovation centre for development of high-impact digital
solutions
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