Porton Group

Porton Group operates in the venture capital and private equity industries. Within the venture markets we are a trusted entity specializing in the commercialization of military technology. Our established private equity operations focus on the cyber sector via a number of fund vehicles under our management. The history of the group lies in partnerships with leading Government laboratories, funding and developing technology for military purposes, with parallel commercial applications. Such laboratories include Dstl, (an agency of the UK Ministry of Defence); Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (the UK Space Centre of Excellence); and numerous other UK Government public sector research establishments. Historically, Porton Group has never been sector specific, although we have a proud heritage in Defence and Security - ranging from mobile encryption apps, big data analytics to medical diagnostics. Many of our significant investments have had national security at their heart but have gone on to be actively successful in commercial sectors Presently we have a strong bias toward mobile security and privacy technologies. With significant group experience in this space, Porton Group is particularly focused on communication security technologies, through our Communication Security Group investment. CSG owns both the Seecrypt (www.seecrypt.com) and Cellcrypt (www.cellcrypt.com), secure messaging and secure voice product suites, used by the largest Telcos, Government and commercial organizations world-wide. Our investments, past and present and future, benefit from our experienced and activist management style - helping introduce technology to high growth regions globally and build value in the portfolio. Porton Group has a proven track record participating, directly or via our portfolio ventures, in Governmental projects and solutions, assisting with the provision of latest capabilities and technologies to meet specific needs and create new demand.