Tony Bolland

We’re a bunch of contract experts, spread across our US and UK headquarters, but working with businesses all over the globe. Our mission is simple - to eliminate contract chaos and create contract clarity for the whole company. How do we do this? With our AI-powered Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) that helps legal and business teams stay aligned and in control. We cut through the contract chaos by embedding smart, intuitive contract workflows across the tools your teams already use. No shelfware, no long implementation projects or complicated training. Just shared visibility, faster turnaround times, fewer surprises and contract clarity for the whole company. We were one of the first CLM solutions to take an embedded integrated approach, so that we could meet businesses in the tools they already know and love - such as Outlook, Gmail, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot and of course Microsoft Word for all your contract reviews. We’re not just known for our embedded, integrated experience, we’re also known for our sprint-based implementation, our standout support and our powerful AI that supports and enhances your tasks with your legal expertise in mind. We’re loved and valued by many businesses around the globe such as Revolut, Miami Heat, Matillion, Huel, IONITY, SHL Medical and SeatGeek, just to name a few. We have strong customer success stories, overwhelmingly positive G2 testimonials, and plenty of Gartner reviews too. Were a growing team making big things happen out of our HQs in Manchester, UK, Boston, US and San Diego, US. Take a look at what we have to offer and start creating contract clarity across your whole company.

Netacea is a behavior-based bot management solution that protects enterprise businesses from ever-changing automated threats. It boosts operational efficiency, improves customer experience and protects revenue. Deployed on websites, mobile apps, and APIs, and integrating with almost all major WAF and CDNs, our solution protects organizations from account takeover, credential stuffing, scraping, and other OWASP automated threats; all without the legwork associated with agent-based solutions. Our technology is underpinned by Intent Analytics™, technology powered by machine learning to detect and stop sophisticated automated threats. It’s up to six times faster than conventional bot management solutions. Netacea’s innovative technology is complemented by our bot experts, who are on hand to make interventions when our false positive rate of less than 0.1% isn’t enough.

Intechnica is now a Crosslake company, reinforcing Crosslakes mission to help changemakers buy, build and run technology that creates value. Intechnica create value for some of the UK’s fastest-growing brands by assessing, advising on, and building technology. We assess technology for investors and businesses. This includes technology due diligence to support M&A, as well as cybersecurity and data science readiness reviews. • IT Due Diligence • Technical Healthcheck • Vendor Due Diligence • Cybersecurity Assessments • Data Science Readiness Report We provide advice, guidance and expertise for businesses looking to scale. This includes outsourced data science and technology leadership. • CTO Recruitment • CTO-as-a-Service • Reporting & Measurement • Data Science-as-a-service We design and build technology that delivers value. Our focus is to help clients to catch up with their peers, keep up with technological changes and overtake their competition. • Digital Product Innovation • Data Science & Machine Learning • Intelligent Automation • Software Development • Delivery Enablement • Digital Transformation We make technology make a difference.

NOTICE: Avecto is now BeyondTrust. BeyondTrust is the worldwide leader in Privileged Access Management, offering the most seamless approach to preventing data breaches related to stolen credentials, misused privileges, and compromised remote access. Our extensible platform empowers organizations to easily scale privilege security as threats evolve across endpoint, server, cloud, DevOps, and network device environments. BeyondTrust unifies the industry’s broadest set of privileged access capabilities with centralized management, reporting, and analytics, enabling leaders to take decisive and informed actions to defeat attackers. Our holistic platform stands out for its flexible design that simplifies integrations, enhances user productivity, and maximizes IT and security investments. BeyondTrust gives organizations the visibility and control they need to reduce risk, achieve compliance objectives, and boost operational performance. We are trusted by 20,000 customers, including half of the Fortune 100, and a global partner network. Learn more at www.beyondtrust.com.

We’re a bunch of contract experts, spread across our US and UK headquarters, but working with businesses all over the globe. Our mission is simple - to eliminate contract chaos and create contract clarity for the whole company. How do we do this? With our AI-powered Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) that helps legal and business teams stay aligned and in control. We cut through the contract chaos by embedding smart, intuitive contract workflows across the tools your teams already use. No shelfware, no long implementation projects or complicated training. Just shared visibility, faster turnaround times, fewer surprises and contract clarity for the whole company. We were one of the first CLM solutions to take an embedded integrated approach, so that we could meet businesses in the tools they already know and love - such as Outlook, Gmail, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot and of course Microsoft Word for all your contract reviews. We’re not just known for our embedded, integrated experience, we’re also known for our sprint-based implementation, our standout support and our powerful AI that supports and enhances your tasks with your legal expertise in mind. We’re loved and valued by many businesses around the globe such as Revolut, Miami Heat, Matillion, Huel, IONITY, SHL Medical and SeatGeek, just to name a few. We have strong customer success stories, overwhelmingly positive G2 testimonials, and plenty of Gartner reviews too. Were a growing team making big things happen out of our HQs in Manchester, UK, Boston, US and San Diego, US. Take a look at what we have to offer and start creating contract clarity across your whole company.

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Netacea is a behavior-based bot management solution that protects enterprise businesses from ever-changing automated threats. It boosts operational efficiency, improves customer experience and protects revenue. Deployed on websites, mobile apps, and APIs, and integrating with almost all major WAF and CDNs, our solution protects organizations from account takeover, credential stuffing, scraping, and other OWASP automated threats; all without the legwork associated with agent-based solutions. Our technology is underpinned by Intent Analytics™, technology powered by machine learning to detect and stop sophisticated automated threats. It’s up to six times faster than conventional bot management solutions. Netacea’s innovative technology is complemented by our bot experts, who are on hand to make interventions when our false positive rate of less than 0.1% isn’t enough.

Intechnica is now a Crosslake company, reinforcing Crosslakes mission to help changemakers buy, build and run technology that creates value. Intechnica create value for some of the UK’s fastest-growing brands by assessing, advising on, and building technology. We assess technology for investors and businesses. This includes technology due diligence to support M&A, as well as cybersecurity and data science readiness reviews. • IT Due Diligence • Technical Healthcheck • Vendor Due Diligence • Cybersecurity Assessments • Data Science Readiness Report We provide advice, guidance and expertise for businesses looking to scale. This includes outsourced data science and technology leadership. • CTO Recruitment • CTO-as-a-Service • Reporting & Measurement • Data Science-as-a-service We design and build technology that delivers value. Our focus is to help clients to catch up with their peers, keep up with technological changes and overtake their competition. • Digital Product Innovation • Data Science & Machine Learning • Intelligent Automation • Software Development • Delivery Enablement • Digital Transformation We make technology make a difference.

Most Excellent Ventures is an early stage fund investing in Manchesters most excellent software companies. My name is Tony Bolland and I’m a software entrepreneur based in Manchester. With 25 years of experience in helping to build three ‘Times Tech-Track 100’ featured companies, I’m well positioned to help inspiring, ambitious founders navigate their journey. Funded by three successful equity transactions (Vistorm sold to EDS, AppSense’s investment by Goldman Sachs and the exit of Avecto to BeyondTrust), I’m investing my own money in founders with solutions that can make a big dent in their chosen markets.