Alistair Forbes

SaaS sprawl. Constantly evolving hybrid workplaces. IT requests that interrupt critical work. Embrace change with Auvik’s cloud-based IT management platform that reduces friction and increases agility—for IT teams, managed service providers (MSPs), end users, and entire organizations. Simplify Everything Simplicity of deployment, combined with ease of use and effortless automation gives you significant time savings. Focus instead on strategic business priorities and the new opportunities that change presents. Boost Visibility Get total visibility into key parts of your infrastructure and take a proactive approach to IT management: reduce friction and lower operational risk while raising confidence in IT infrastructure. Move Forward, Faster Power faster detection, accelerated speed to resolution, and reduced downtime, improving efficiency and extending the bandwidth of IT and end users. Invest in the work that keeps everyone moving forward. Auvik gives internal IT teams the tools they need to effectively manage infrastructure across multiple networks and an evolving SaaS landscape. Auviks simplicity also gives MSPs a competitive advantage, from client onboarding to network documentation to accelerating client resolutions. With one million network devices and three million SaaS applications across 100,000 networks, Auvik helps keep everyone moving forward.

PXN Ventures is the venture capital arm of PXN Group, formed as a result of two of the North’s best fund managers (Praetura Ventures and Par Equity) coming together to create an investor that the region deserves. With offices in Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds and London, we deliver world-class investment programmes at scale to help build the Northern economy, supporting founders across a diverse range of sectors, including deep tech, life sciences and software. PXN Ventures is committed to backing early-stage founders across the North of the UK, with a long and growing list of northern success stories in our portfolio that have received early backing from PXN, including Modern Milkman, Phlo, AccessPay, Street Group and Advanced Electric Machines. As well as its EIS, VCT and institutional funds, including the GMC Life Sciences Fund II, PXN Ventures is the North West fund manager for the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II, which is managed on behalf of the British Business Bank. Founder in the North of England? Follow https://www.linkedin.com/company/pxnventuresnorthofengland

Mercia is a proactive, specialist asset manager focused on supporting regional businesses to achieve their growth aspirations.

Seed Haus is a first-cheque investor based in Edinburgh, UK. We work with the best, very early stage, founders and help them build their startup. How do we do this? At Seed Haus we provide founders with capital investment, mentorship, support with customer acquisition, online marketing, and distribution. Our support package is designed to grant founders 6-months of runway which allows them time to build an MVP, engage with users, and explore follow-on funding.

SaaS sprawl. Constantly evolving hybrid workplaces. IT requests that interrupt critical work. Embrace change with Auvik’s cloud-based IT management platform that reduces friction and increases agility—for IT teams, managed service providers (MSPs), end users, and entire organizations. Simplify Everything Simplicity of deployment, combined with ease of use and effortless automation gives you significant time savings. Focus instead on strategic business priorities and the new opportunities that change presents. Boost Visibility Get total visibility into key parts of your infrastructure and take a proactive approach to IT management: reduce friction and lower operational risk while raising confidence in IT infrastructure. Move Forward, Faster Power faster detection, accelerated speed to resolution, and reduced downtime, improving efficiency and extending the bandwidth of IT and end users. Invest in the work that keeps everyone moving forward. Auvik gives internal IT teams the tools they need to effectively manage infrastructure across multiple networks and an evolving SaaS landscape. Auviks simplicity also gives MSPs a competitive advantage, from client onboarding to network documentation to accelerating client resolutions. With one million network devices and three million SaaS applications across 100,000 networks, Auvik helps keep everyone moving forward.

PXN Ventures is the venture capital arm of PXN Group, formed as a result of two of the North’s best fund managers (Praetura Ventures and Par Equity) coming together to create an investor that the region deserves. With offices in Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds and London, we deliver world-class investment programmes at scale to help build the Northern economy, supporting founders across a diverse range of sectors, including deep tech, life sciences and software. PXN Ventures is committed to backing early-stage founders across the North of the UK, with a long and growing list of northern success stories in our portfolio that have received early backing from PXN, including Modern Milkman, Phlo, AccessPay, Street Group and Advanced Electric Machines. As well as its EIS, VCT and institutional funds, including the GMC Life Sciences Fund II, PXN Ventures is the North West fund manager for the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II, which is managed on behalf of the British Business Bank. Founder in the North of England? Follow https://www.linkedin.com/company/pxnventuresnorthofengland

HoundDog Technology was acquired by GFI Software in 2009 and rebranded GFI MAX RemoteManagement. Contact us at gfimax@gfi.com to join the GFI MAX LinkedIn group. HoundDog Technology provides easy-to-use affordable remote management systems, such as Server and Network Monitoring, Asset Tracking, Patch Management, Remote Support and Workstation Health Checks - packed with features and designed specifically for IT support companies and Managed Service Providers. With just a ten minute set-up, users can be monitoring their customers' networks for everything from failed Windows® services and backup problems to unresponsive TCP ports and failed anti-virus updates. They can keep on top of clients' software and hardware assets and make sure remote pc/workstations are kept in best of health.