The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across Europe. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an valuable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

“This year was very rewarding,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “The global economic situation has abated and there are many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products. We had a very difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. CertiVox shows great promise therefore deserves to be among the Finalists. Now we’re faced with the difficult task of selecting the Top 100 winners of Red Herring Europe. We know that the 2012 crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to make an impact.”

Finalists for the 2012 edition of the Red Herring 100 Europe award are selected based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the telecommunications, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, mobile and other industries completed their submissions to qualify for the award.

The Finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Europe Forum in Amsterdam, April 23-25, 2012. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony the evening of April 25 at the event.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and LONDON, UK, March 21, 2012 – CertiVox, an information security company, today launched a free, public beta for its PrivateSky Secure Information Exchange (S.I.X.)™ platform live from World Hosting Days (WHD.Global) in Europa Park Rust, Germany – one of the most important European gatherings of the international hosting industry.

The highly anticipated PrivateSky S.I.X.™ service is an innovative breakthrough in information security which provides fast and easy-to-use protection for messages, files and other information sent via the cloud through a unique HTML5 browser-based two-factor authentication process and a sophisticated, certificateless encryption platform. Users can sign up for the PrivateSky S.I.X.™ portal beta at www.privatesky.me

The PrivateSky S.I.X.™ platform uses breakthrough patent(s)-pending Incognito Keys™ and certificateless encryption technology to provide an integrated, “built-in” key management functionality that encrypts a user’s data on any platform or any device, before it is moved to the cloud for storage and use. This first-in-the-industry process is easily activated by one click from within Outlook, a web browser or soon via any browser-based application on a PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone. Both encryption and decryption are securely completed within the user’s device with absolutely no disruption to a person’s workflow, setting it apart from other Internet security products.

“PrivateSky is a much anticipated leap forward in information security that empowers individuals, businesses and their partners and customers with easy-to-use tools to take control of their own data and protect their online exchanges and transactions from being compromised,” says CertiVox CEO Brian Spector. “By getting rid of both user burden and the need to manage complex infrastructure, we’ve taken the hassle out of Internet security, making it easy and economical for anyone to secure information exchanges for the web 2.0 internet of things. We’re thrilled to bring this breakthrough to users around the world with this beta release.”

Despite the complexity and strength of the elliptic curve cryptography technology behind it, PrivateSky was engineered for simplicity. Leveraging the power of HTML5, the authentication and encryption processes are completely browser-based with no software or browser plug-ins required. Users can now encrypt and exchange information through the cloud without the burden of certificates, passwords or complex workflows – a departure from other encryption products.

“Because so much of our personal information and financial transactions are processed across the Internet in today’s world, data encryption is the critical step to ensure unauthorized persons don’t have access to that data,” Spector adds. “People have been imagining for years what it would be like to have Internet security so powerfully simple, and now we’re delivering it. We’re looking forward to partnering with our beta users to prepare us for the official launch of PrivateSky next quarter.”

The PrivateSky S.I.X.™ platform:

• Uses breakthrough Incognito Keys™ and certificateless encryption technology to provide the only totally secure information exchange between all users on the market today, eliminating the compliance concerns that surround cloud computing.
• Departs from other products because the user encrypts his or her information right from the start at the source and retains complete control over his or her encryption keys at all times.
• Separates the encryption keys from the data while in transit which ensures that only the intended recipients can access encrypted information. Not even CertiVox has access to the encrypted data or the encryption keys – a technical breakthrough in online security and an industry first.
• Offers significant and far-reaching solutions for industries and governments that adhere to strict regulatory and privacy requirements, such as HIPAA.
• Ensures on-the-go security protection in the cloud, making encryption affordable, usable, portable and powerfully simple.

CertiVox CEO Brian Spector will be available March 20-23 for interviews and comment at the World Hosting Days conference in Europa Park Rust, Germany.

About CertiVox
CertiVox develops and markets a certificateless encryption as a service platform that provides for management and provisioning of identities, encryption keys and cryptographic protocols that enable governments, enterprises and individuals to secure their information exchanges simply and easily. CertiVox has headquarters in San Francisco and London. For more information, visit www.CertiVox.com

Sign up for the complimentary beta of the PrivateSky S.I.X.™ portal at www.privatesky.me

For information about CertiVox
Emma Hazan
SkyWrite PR
+44 (0) 20 7608 4659
emma.hazan@skywritepr.com

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and LONDON, UK, February 27, 2012 – CertiVox, an information security company, and PKWARE, the industry leader in data-centric security, today announced a strategic partnership that will provide an easy-to-use, affordable software solution to strongly encrypt data for secure information exchange. This new alternative will provide customers with simplified key management while keeping data secure in public, private, and hybrid clouds.

The PKWARE SecureZIP security software is currently used by thousands of enterprises to achieve regulatory compliance and manage risks associated with data breaches. To implement the tightest security, these enterprises have also installed a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) system to create, manage, distribute, use, store and revoke digital certificates.

The new, integrated PKWARE and CertiVox SkyKey™ IaaS solution provides an alternative for organizations looking to minimize the cost and complexity associated with traditional PKI systems. Based on CertiVox’s proven cloud-based encryption key management system, this solution makes it easy for companies with limited financial, operational and IT resources to achieve compliance with regulations such as HIPAA/HITECH Act, PCI DSS and FIPS 140-2.

“Up until now, businesses concerned with securing their data had to invest in a key management system which involves significant operational and financial challenges,” explains V. Miller Newton, President and CEO of PKWARE. “Our partnership with CertiVox provides the most robust security without the need for additional hardware or software and enables organizations that do not have an established PKI to implement a certificateless cryptography-based data security solution.”

CertiVox CEO Brian Spector says combining CertiVox’s SkyKey IaaS encryption key management solution with the proven PKWARE SecureZIP software offers a “massively simplified” method of secure data exchange, even with external partners. “This partnership makes securing data easier than ever for individuals and across enterprises; a new approach that alleviates the burden on IT departments, end users and business partners to robustly secure critical data.”

For example, Spector explains, after just one authentication, all communications can be shared securely without the need for recipient pre-enrollment, passphrases, certificates or complex user workflows. The solution also takes the key management hassle out of meeting policies and regulations.

For complete details and availability, visit www.certivox.com or www.pkware.com.

About CertiVox
CertiVox develops and markets a certificateless encryption as a service platform that provides for management and provisioning of identities, encryption keys and cryptographic protocols that enable governments, enterprises and individuals to secure their information exchanges simply and easily. CertiVox has headquarters in San Francisco and London. For more information, visit www.CertiVox.com.

About PKWARE
The PKWARE Solution is the only complete solution for reducing, securing, moving and storing data across the extended enterprise, both internally and externally, from mainframes to servers to desktops and into the cloud. PKWARE offers software solutions to critical IT problems, namely the explosive growth of data, the need to secure data, and the emergence of data in the cloud. PKWARE offers the only total solution for reducing and securing data in motion or at rest, so data can be securely moved or stored anywhere. The PKWARE Solution is used billions of times each day to manage risks associated with data security breaches while avoiding increased storage costs with data reduction of up to 95% and improving service delivery. PKWARE is a privately held company based in Milwaukee, WI with additional offices in New York, Ohio and the United Kingdom.

For information about CertiVox:
Emma Hazan
SkyWrite PR
+44 (0) 20 7608 4659
emma.hazan@skywritepr.com

For information about PKWARE:
Susan Zaney, Sr. VP of Marketing and Product Management
+1 414-289-9788 x1161
Susan.Zaney@pkware.com

SUNNYVALE, Calif., and LONDON, UK, February 23, 2012 – CertiVox, an information security company, and QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK), the leader in low-power Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs), today announced plans to jointly develop user-friendly data solutions across platforms to solve the many online security challenges facing businesses and individuals today.

The first jointly developed product will extend the capability of secured cloud storage to a USB thumb drive, which features QuickLogic’s CSSP platform and CertiVox’s on-demand encryption key management. Combined, these technologies create an on-the-go solution for businesses, individuals and consumers that will deliver the benefit of CertiVox’s soon-to-market SkyPin™ two-factor authentication technology, a portable browser hardened against man-in-the-middle and man-in-the-browser attacks, and on-the-fly encryption. Each USB thumb drive will be enabled for secured back up to CertiVox’s PrivateSky™ secured cloud storage. Enterprises will have the ability to manage these USB drives using a secured cloud based management service for audit and control.

“Today’s online world brings a myriad of security challenges and we’re pleased to have found a real synergy with QuickLogic to provide industry-leading solutions that solve those challenges in a dynamic yet simple way,” says CertiVox CEO Brian Spector. “CertiVox’s revolutionary two-factor authentication leverages robust, easily adaptable hardware solutions that QuickLogic provides.”

QuickLogic enables premium services for the markets CertiVox serves by implementing a hardware-based two-factor authentication solution using CertiVox’s MIRACL libraries and QuickLogic’s ArcticLink® II CXS solution platform.

“Today’s certificate-based internet security model no longer provides consumers with adequate protection in the IPv6/Web 2.0 world,” says Andy Pease, President and CEO of QuickLogic. “We believe CertiVox’s unique MIRACL software libraries delivered through QuickLogic’s flexible CSSP solutions will address the crucial authentication and identity security issues that exist in the mobile market.”
CertiVox CEO Brian Spector and QuickLogic Chief Technology Officer Timothy Saxe will be available Feb. 27 – March 2 for interviews and comment at the RSA Conference 2012 in San Francisco, Calif.

About CertiVox
CertiVox develops and markets a certificate-less encryption as a service platform that provides for management and provisioning of identities, encryption keys and cryptographic protocols that enable governments, enterprises and individuals to secure their information exchanges simply and easily. CertiVox has headquarters in San Francisco and London. For more information, visit www.CertiVox.com.

About QuickLogic
QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) is the inventor and pioneer of innovative, customizable semiconductor solutions for mobile and portable electronics OEMs and ODMs. These silicon plus software solutions are called Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs). CSSPs enable our customers to bring their products to market more quickly and remain in the market longer, with the low power, cost and size demanded by the mobile and portable electronics market. For more information, visit www.quicklogic.com.

For information about CertiVox:
Emma Hazan
SkyWrite PR
+44 (0) 20 7608 4659
emma.hazan@skywritepr.com

For information about QuickLogic:
Andrea Vedanayagam
Veda Communications
(408) 656-4494
Andrea.coms1@gmail.com

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and LONDON, UK, January 26, 2012 – CertiVox, an information security company, today unveiled a revolutionary breakthrough in information security: PrivateSky Secure Information Exchange (SIX)™ platform. The new service provides fast and easy-to-use protection for email, files and other information sent via the cloud, through a unique two-factor authentication process and a sophisticated, certificateless encryption platform.

This first-of-its-kind encryption process is easily activated by a click of a button from within Outlook, a web browser or via any browser-based application on a PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone. It is a one-click solution where both encryption and decryption are securely completed with absolutely no disruption to a user’s workflow, setting it apart from other Internet security products.

“SIX is a significant leap forward in information security that empowers individuals, businesses and their partners and customers with easy-to-use tools to take control of their data and protect their online exchanges and transactions from being compromised,” says CertiVox CEO Brian Spector. “By parsing out the code to obfuscate and secure data, PrivateSky separates control of encryption keys from the data in transit. These Incognito Keys™ are secured even from CertiVox’s access, which means that absolutely no one can read or access a user’s CertiVox-encrypted file except for the intended recipient of that file.

“This type of security is especially important for companies and industries that adhere to strict regulatory requirements, such as HIPAA.”

While enterprises and governments want to leverage the benefits of cloud services, they are still searching for security solutions that simply and economically solve the risks and issues with using the cloud today. These potential risks include:

• Violating privacy laws: “Encrypted and secured” hosting, storage and some email service providers routinely access and share clients’ private records because current methods allow these companies the control of the encryption keys that lock and unlock their user’s data.
• Violating regulatory requirements: Security loopholes, complex user agreements and deficient laws to govern the transfer of information through the cloud are leading to some companies’ unintentional breach of ethical and legal responsibilities. By trying to take advantage of the ease and flexibility of cloud computing, for example in online deal rooms, companies don’t fully realize that those types of transactions can be seen by others in the cloud.
• Violating security and user agreements: Cloud storage vendors can de-dupe user files to save on storage and operating costs, unbeknownst to their clients. Most online storage service providers have their data programmatically scanned, analyzed and, if there is another identical copy of that data stored, can delete like-files, removing the ability to provide an accurate audit log of information.

CertiVox’s PrivateSky SIX™ platform solves these legal, regulatory and ethical challenges. It is the world’s first technology built to truly protect enterprises and computer users everywhere from having their data compromised, and it works for all things Internet. The PrivateSky SIX™ platform:

• Uses breakthrough Incognito Keys™ and certificateless encryption technology to provide the only totally secure information exchange between all users on the market today for even very large files, eliminating the compliance concerns that surround cloud computing.
• Departs from other products because the user encrypts his or her information right from the start at the source and retains complete control over his or her encryption keys at all times. This means cloud storage service providers and managed file transfer services can no longer see or access their clients’ sensitive information, an issue that has been widely reported on in the media.
• Separates the encryption keys from the data while in transit which ensures that only the intended recipients can access encrypted information. Not even CertiVox has access to the encrypted data or the encryption keys – a technical breakthrough in online security and an industry first.
• Offers significant and far-reaching solutions for industries and governments that adhere to strict regulatory and privacy requirements, such as HIPAA.

“The reality is that even with SSL and https client encryption, messages are still generally sent via the Internet in plain text. Access to other people’s data is still possible despite some of the best security that companies have been able to offer to date. This is a fundamental issue that experts have been trying to solve in a usable way for years,” says Julian Dyer, Chief Technology Officer, Cobweb Solutions Limited.

As a leading cloud messaging provider providing services to small and medium sized businesses in the UK, Cobweb is partnering with CertiVox to offer the PrivateSky SIX™ platform for its customers, a move Dyer calls “critical” for cloud adoption. “With PrivateSky SIX™, it’s finally safe to do business through the cloud. We can now guarantee a secure platform that allows our customers to easily secure their messaging and safely transfer even their largest files.”

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Despite the complexity of the elliptic curve cryptography technology behind it, PrivateSky SIX™ was developed for simplicity. Because it is browser-based, users don’t have to rely on certificates, passwords or lengthy installations to use the technology – the same encryption key management protocols used by both the U.S. and UK militaries for battlefield communication deployments.

“We developed PrivateSky SIX™ so that enterprises, governments and computer users everywhere could arm themselves in this digital age,” adds Spector. “Our platform enables users to remain private in a very public and often watchful online world, yet still take advantage of all that the cloud has to offer. We’re thrilled to be on the leading-edge of this important online security revolution.”

CertiVox is offering a complimentary beta of the PrivateSky SIX™ portal starting in February. Details and sign up at www.privatesky.me

About CertiVox

CertiVox develops and markets a certificateless encryption as a service platform that provides for management and provisioning of identities, encryption keys and cryptographic protocols that enable governments, enterprises and individuals to secure their information exchanges simply and easily. CertiVox has headquarters in San Francisco and London. For more information, visit www.CertiVox.com.

For information about CertiVox:
Cordelia Meacher
Hotwire
+44 (0) 20 7608 4658
cordelia.meacher@hotwirepr.com

U.S. District Court Judge Liam O’Grady denied the request because he felt the appeal has little chance of success since the law “overwhelmingly” supported the government’s case. “Litigation of these issues has already denied the government lawful access to potential evidence for more than a year,” O’Grady said in his ruling.

In connection with its grand jury investigation into the whistle-blower site WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, the Department of Justice issued a “secret” order last year to Twitter demanding account information belonging to Birgitta Jonsdottir, a member of the Icelandic parliament; Rop Gonggijp, a Dutch activist; and Jacob Appelbaum, a computer security researcher who supports WikiLeaks. The three were named because they had supported WikiLeaks publicly on Twitter in the past.

The order demanded information such as subscriber names, contact information, billing records, user activity such as when the user connected and for how long, IP addresses and email addresses. The order also included a “gag,” which prevented Twitter from notifying the implicated users about the request for information.

Twitter fought the original order in court and won the right to inform Jonsdottir, Gonggjip and Appelbaum about the government order. However, a federal judge in Virginia ruled in March last year that Twitter still had to hand over account details to the government. Judge Theresa Buchanan, in the Eastern District of Virginia, ruled that because the government was not seeking the content of the Twitter accounts, the subjects could not challenge the government’s request for the records.

Governments should be required to meet a high standard before demanding private information about users from online services, Cindy Cohn, legal director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit digital rights advocacy and legal organization, said at the time.

“The court is telling all users of online tools hosted in the U.S. that the U.S. government will have secret access to their data,” said Jonsdottir in a statement.

Data posted on social-networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook are increasingly being used as evidence in court, and judges have upheld previous requests for user data from various companies.

The government successfully obtained Appelbaum’s account data from Google and Internet service provider Sonic.net in November. Google was directed to hand over the IP address Appelbaum used to log into his Gmail account as well as the email and IP addresses of anyone he communicated with going back to Nov. 1, 2009. The Sonic order sought the same type of information, including the email addresses of people with whom Appelbaum communicated but not the contents.

EFF is also concerned about the increasing pressure on Twitter to shut down user accounts from the micro-blogging site. EFF cited a recent article in The New York Times in which anonymous United States officials claimed they “may have the legal authority to demand” that Twitter shut down an account associated with a militant Somali group, requests from Sen. Joseph Lieberman to remove accounts allegedly run by the Taliban, and the threat of a lawsuit from an Israeli law firm over accounts supposedly affiliated with Hezbollah.

“If the U.S. were to pressure Twitter to censor tweets by organizations it opposes, even those on the terrorist lists, it would join the ranks of countries like India, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Syria, Uzbekistan, all of which have censored online speech in the name of ‘national security,’” Jillian C. York, director for international freedom of expression at the EFF, and Trevor Timm, an EFF activist, wrote Jan. 6 on the EFF’s Deeplinks blog.

Shutting down activity on a “neutral communications service” like Twitter would set a dangerous precedent, “like criminalizing pens and pencils or typewriters and computers based on what people choose to say when using them,” York and Timm wrote.

Information security company, Certivox, has acquired Shamus Software Limited – creator of the renowned MIRACL cryptographic library.
MIRACL is used to build highly secure ‘number-theoretic cryptography’ and its users include Microsoft, Siemens and Samsung.
Shamus Software CEO Dr. Michael Scott appointed as Certivox’s chief cryptographer and the director of Certivox Laboratories.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and LONDON, UK, 15th December 2011CertiVox, an information security company, announced today that it has acquired Shamus Software Limited, creator of the renowned MIRACL cryptographic library.

MIRACL (Multiprecision Integer and Rational Arithmetic C/C++ Library) is used by developers in the defense, embedded and mobile systems industries to build highly secure ‘number-theoretic cryptography’ into their hardware and applications and is currently in use at more than 100 of the world’s leading corporations including Microsoft, Siemens and Samsung. As a result of the acquisition, Shamus Software CEO Dr. Michael Scott will join CertiVox as chief cryptographer. Dr. Scott will also serve as the director of CertiVox Laboratories, a Dublin-based center of excellence whose mission will be to promote innovation in the field of elliptic curve and pairing-based cryptography, assist customers in their designs, and further enhance CertiVox’s leading edge in Internet security.

Combining the MIRACL crypto technology with CertiVox’s easy-to-use on-demand encryption key management service means that any cloud service provider, independent software vendor (ISV), communications provider, smart device or semiconductor manufacturer can now offer end-to-end encrypted voice and data communications as value added services to their customers using the key management interoperability protocol (KMIP).

No other company is offering this revolutionary, simple to use technology. The Shamus MIRACL library is considered the best elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) toolkit for building strong security into everything from embedded, constrained systems to enterprise applications. CertiVox’s breakthrough on-demand encryption key generation, distribution and management technology eliminates the complexity associated with traditional public key infrastructures.

MIRACL’s compact, efficient and inline assembly means any type of processor or platform can now achieve the best possible performance. It offers over twenty ECC protocols to provide this powerful security through smaller, more efficient keys that require less computing power and battery resource usage – a trend quickly gaining popularity in mobile and communication devices as well as embedded applications.

Dr Mike Scott said, “With these combined technologies, CertiVox now provides the strongest level of security solutions on the market today for all things Internet. CertiVox’s technology portfolio, including its certificateless encryption and MIRACL toolkit, solves the fundamental problems of secure cloud computing and enables enterprises to now manage and control their encryption keys with a cloud based service.”

Brian Spector, CertiVox CEO, said, “In the age of the advanced persistent threat, end-to-end data encryption is a must have, and business and consumer users are now demanding it not just for email but for all things Internet. Simple, swift and secure information exchange starting from the point of creation and ending with the point of delivery is the only way to unleash the full promise of cloud computing, which in turn creates a level playing field in today’s global marketplace and protects business and individual privacy.”

“It’s not enough just to have the technology to arm electronic devices for all things Internet with strong cryptography. Businesses also need to have an effective way to manage all the keys as the number of their devices grows exponentially.” Spector said. “CertiVox provides that solution by combining leading encryption-enabling capabilities with simplified key management technology to deliver unique, cutting-edge cryptographic innovations for enterprise cloud computing.”

About Dr. Michael Scott

Prior to joining CertiVox, Dr. Scott was Head of the Dublin City University School of Computing and CEO of Shamus Software Ltd. He is recognized in the world of cryptography as a leading authority on the subject of elliptic curve and pairing-based cryptography, and in 2002, together with Paulo Barreto and colleagues published one of the seminal papers on the implementation of pairings, “Efficient algorithms for pairing-based cryptosystems.” Now, as director of CertiVox Labs, Dr. Scott will be pioneering the application of the cryptography that he helped to develop.

Shamus boasts one of the most prestigious customer lists in the industry. Its MIRACL toolkit is currently in use by more than 100 of the world’s leading corporations. Its unique design has a self-configuration capability, and can generate optimal settings to achieve the best possible performance from any embedded processor, and its highly efficient code makes MIRACL the fastest library of its kind in the industry.

About CertiVox

CertiVox develops and markets a certificateless encryption as a service platform that provides for management and provisioning of identities, encryption keys and cryptographic protocols that enable governments, enterprises and individuals to secure their information exchanges simply and easily. CertiVox has headquarters in San Francisco and London. For more information, visit www.CertiVox.com

For information about CertiVox:
Cordelia Meacher, Hotwire
+44 (0) 20 7608 4658
cordelia.meacher@hotwirepr.com

“We are pleased to see continuing focus on the matter of privacy and security throughout the industry. The latest news shakes the foundation of what trust really means for customers of technology and service providers and CertiVox stands ready to help these companies make it right. Consumers expect privacy and credible security for all things Internet – where no one can access their data – and our effortless encryption platform provides that solution,” says CertiVox CEO Brian Spector.

CertiVox develops and markets an encryption as a service platform and cryptographic SDKs that provide for the management and provisioning of identities, encryption keys and cryptographic protocols across a range of embedded platforms, smart phone devices and software, enabling governments, enterprises and individuals to secure their information exchanges simply and easily.

CERTIVOX SECURES NEW INVESTMENT FOR BREAKTHROUGH SECURITY TECHNOLOGY FOR THE CLOUD

Dr. Luke Hakes of Octopus Investments joins the Board

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and London, November 1, 2011 – CertiVox, an information security company, announced today that it has closed a second round of Series A venture capital funding. The £1,500,000 round (approximately $2,400,000) was led by Octopus Investments and included Pentech Ventures, both existing investors based in the UK. Following the investment, Dr. Luke Hakes, principal at Octopus, will join the CertiVox board. CertiVox will use the funding to expand its development team and bring to market the company’s breakthrough certificateless encryption as a service platform. The CertiVox platform is built from the ground up to service the Web 2.0 and mobile worlds, and simplifies the securing of data in public and private cloud environments.

“We are excited by the continued support from two such well-regarded technology investors,” said Brian Spector, CEO at CertiVox. “We know that all currently available security approaches have been found wanting with regard to scaling and simplicity required for doing real business in the cloud, and we believe the time is right for our breakthrough security technology.”

“The CertiVox cloud-based service that provides for management and provisioning of identities, encryption keys and cryptographic protocols brings massive innovation, simplicity and scale to the cloud and enables all devices to communicate securely over the web,” said Dr. Hakes. “The CertiVox platform eliminates concerns about compliance and control and enables customers to reap the benefits of the cloud. Through our investment and the continued hard work with the CertiVox team, we hope to help people and companies secure their information in the cloud and create a company that transforms security software”.

“The need for security and encryption for the cloud is clearly a big market opportunity,” said Dr. Sandy McKinnon, Pentech Ventures partner and CertiVox board member. “CertiVox’s encryption platform fundamentally addresses the vulnerability of storing the keys and the data together. The CertiVox platform leapfrogs users’ data compliance concerns and simplifies everything about public and private cloud security. We see CertiVox as a driving force to deliver confidence in a connected world by strengthening security today, for the next generation of smart devices and for all things Internet and we hope to create a company that transforms security software.”

About Pentech Ventures
Pentech Ventures invests in companies developing and marketing enterprise software, SaaS solutions and internet technologies, working in applications ranging from digital media, e-commerce, social gaming and mobile advertising to software protection and software verification. The Pentech Partners and Advisory Group Members have considerable experience in starting, developing and exiting software businesses, both in Europe and in the U.S. The Pentech Fund is managed by Pentech Ventures LLP, and includes the European Investment Fund amongst its investors. Pentech Ventures is regulated by the FSA. For further information visit www.pentechvc.com.

About Octopus Investments
Octopus Investments, founded in 2000, is a leading investment specialist. We offer innovative core and satellite investment solutions to UK investors, and a wide range of funding options for exceptional companies. Our funding solutions cover the entire capital structure, from equity through mezzanine to senior debt, and we seek out exceptional management teams in unlisted companies with whom we can partner. Octopus has built its business around three core pillars: customer led innovation, excellence in customer service and the quality of our people. Octopus employs over 200 people to manage over £2.5 billion in funds under management. For further information visit www.octopusinvestments.com

About CertiVox
CertiVox develops and markets a certificateless encryption as a service platform that provides for management and provisioning of identities, encryption keys and cryptographic protocols that enable governments, enterprises and individuals to secure their information exchanges simply and easily. CertiVox has headquarters in San Francisco and London. For more information, visit www.CertiVox.com

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For information about CertiVox:
Patrick Corman
Corman Communications, LLC
+1 (0) 650 326 9648
Patrick@cormancom.com

Andrew Lloyd / Neil Hunter
Andrew Lloyd & Associates
+44 (0) 1273 675100
allo@ala.com / neil@ala.com

For Octopus Investments:
Michael Piddock
+44 (0) 20 7710 2832
mpiddock@octopusinvestments.com

For Pentech Ventures LLP:
Sandy McKinnon
+44 (0) 131 240 8282
sandy@pentechvc.com