Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 20 | Page 7

NEWS Belgian cybersecurity company secures €1 million in Series-A funding from eCAPITAL S 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. ///////////////// DXC Technology launches innovation centre in London D 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 INTELLIGENTCIO 7