Blackspider

BlackSpider Technologies (acquired by SurfControl plc LSE:SRF) is Europe’s fastest growing on-demand security services provider. Its award-winning MailControl and WebDefence services filter 'in the cloud' to protect organizations from all threats, known and new.
The Company's services stop spam, viruses, spyware and other threats before they reach the customer's network. They also allow organizations to control employee web access and encrypt mail for secure extended enterprise communications. The company ensures that organizations spend less on email and web security while benefiting from exemplary QoS and guaranteed results.
BlackSpider is based in Reading, UK and has representative offices in France and Germany. BlackSpider’s customers include easyJet, Johnson Mathey, Allianz and Carrefour.

Blackspider was acquired by SurfControl plc in July 2006 for $40m. Esprit was the sole VC investor.

Visit the Blackspider website at www.blackspider.com

Buy At

Buy.at is a leading UK online marketing network providing a wide range of brand name clients with high quality affiliate marketing solutions. The buy.at technology platform allows merchants to access thousands of affiliates who generate sales or leads for them on a pay for performance basis.
Buy.at is the preferred affiliate network for many companies because of the features and flexibility of its technology platform, the superior levels of customer service it provides and its reputation for integrity and quality.
Leading clients include Marks & Spencer, Sky, BT, Barclays Bank and Play.com.

Visit the Buy At website at www.buy.at

Callserve

Callserve is a global voice over IP (VoIP) service provider operating under the Callserve and Phoneserve brands.
Phoneserve is the world’s leading Internet calling cards business with a network of 2,500 partners and resellers worldwide. Callserve is one of the most popular Internet PC-to-phone brands in the world. Callserve has been offering its customers high quality of service and huge reductions to their bills since 1999 and is one of the pioneers of the VoIP market.
Callserve is based in London and offers its complete own-branded Internet telecommunications service to leadibng IT companies including ISPs, Internet cafes, PC manufacturers, web portals and Internet and eBusiness software providers.

Visit the Callserve website at www.callserve.com

Cityspace

Cityspace delivers and manages Urban Digital Networks in towns and cities throughout the UK and worldwide. The company’s core product is the i-plus point, a network of connected kiosks in street locations that provide access to a variety of relevant services such as transport ticketing, smart card re-charging, community information and local council services.
Cityspace is work with local councils (often in conjunction with leading outdoor advertisers) to deploy its network and is upgrading its service offering to provide Wi-Fi hotzones and additional transaction services to consumers through its existing footprint.
Cityspace is headquartered in London and is deploying networks in the UK, Belgium, Russia and Sweden.

Visit the Cityspace website at www.cityspace.com

Crocus

Crocus (sold to management) is the UK’s largest online provider of horticultural products offering plants, gardening equipment and advice to the UK gardening market. Through its website at www.crocus.co.uk the company is able to offer a range of plants and horticultural products up to ten times larger than that offered by a typical garden centre.
Crocus is also able to take advantage of its association with Waterers Landscape Plc to serve its customers even better. Its reputation as a leading online destination has also attracted regular contributors such as Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock.
The Company is based near London and delivers products to gardeners and horticultural enthusiasts across the UK.

Visit the Crocus website at www.crocus.co.uk

ETT

ETT is a leader in the provision of technology and data services to multi-national enterprises on a global basis. As an independent technology and data services integrator, it is able to provide best-of-breed, bespoke solutions to enterprise customers, worldwide.
ETT adds its own state of the art service management to the core connectivity and underlying network services it sources from its partners enabling it to separate true service management from network ownership.
The company’s headquarters and operations centre are in London and it has representative offices in France, Germany, India and US.

ETT was sold to Global Telecom & Technology (GTT) in October 2006 for $37m.

Visit the ETT website at www.et-t.net

Imagine

Imagine Group consists of a number of successful and innovative telecoms and data communications businesses in the Republic of Ireland and abroad. The company operates under a number of brands such as Access Telecom, Gaelic Telecom and Imagine Mobile and Imagine Broadband.
The company’s pedigree in competition and innovation makes us the choice of tens of thousands of residential and business users across Ireland. Imagine is also the chosen telecom partner of some of Ireland’s most high profile and respected organisations and institutions including The Irish League of Credit Unions and the GAA.
The company is based in Dublin, Ireland from where it operates its network and offers its services to businesses of all sizes and direct to consumers.

Visit the Imagine website at www.imagine.ie

LOVEFiLM International

LOVEFiLM International is revolutionizing the home entertainment market by bringing unlimited DVD rentals to the mass market. LOVEFiLM International is the product of the merger between Video Island and LOVEFiLM.
The company has assembled an exceptional team which has enabled it to build clear market leadership and to deliver a quality of service and experience that is unrivalled. It is also first to market with an innovative movie download service.
The company’s operations are located in the UK and Scandinavia and it offers its subscription entertainment services direct to consumers online through the LOVEFiLM, ScreenSelect and other brands. LOVEFiLM also provides a white label service for a number of the leading UK media and online brands including Tesco, MSN, Channel 4 and Guardian Unlimited.

Visit the LOVEFiLM International website at www.lovefilm.com

PacketExchange

PacketExchange delivers high-speed connectivity and IP transport services across its own network. By offering a more reliable, quicker, safer and more secure alternative to the public Internet, customers save time and money and significantly improve their quality of service.
PacketExchange’s alternative global network network offerings enable content and other Internet businesses to avoid complex and expensive infrastructure-based direct peering arrangements. Compared to alternatives, PacketExchange’s ProXimity service lowers operational costs by 50% while offering 100% reliability and 0% packet loss.
PacketExchange manages its global network from its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and its operational centre in London. Customers include Microsoft, Telewest, Google, Yahoo and others who rely on the Internet to do business.

Visit the PacketExchange website at www.packetexchange.net

RoadAngel

RoadAngel is the UK’s leading provider of road safety and satellite navigation systems. The Company also delivers subscription update services to allow customers to access its up to date database of camera locations and traffic systems. 
RoadAngel designs and markets its range of devices to helps motorists to guard their lives and livelihoods through its class leading range of dashboard mounted devices with visual and audible alerting to accident blackspots, traffic build-up and speed camera locations.
The company is based in Silverstone, UK and sells its devices to motorists worldwide.

Visit the RoadAngel website at www.roadangel.com

SecFinex

SecFinex has established a marketplace for the securities financing community. It provides an efficient and neutral trading platform for market participants worldwide to meet and execute their securities financing trades.
The SecFinex marketplace covers a full range of security financing products, from vanilla securities lending to complex structured deals. The platform allows participants to streamline and automate routine business processes such as security searches, general collateral trades and security returns. The platform also supports Straight Through Processing (STP).
The company is headquartered in the City of London and over 40 leading financial institutions currently participate in SecFinex including a cross-section of lenders, borrowers and intermediaries.

Visit the SecFinex website at www.secfinex.com

SRC

SRC is a leader in the field of document creation. The company provides speech recognition and digital dictation platforms that drive major improvements in the efficiency of document creation and substantial cost savings. SRC is the speech recognition expert, with more experience providing high-quality implementation, training and support services than any other vendor. The company also works with key partners to provide a leading digital dictation service. Winscribe is the world’s number one digital dictation workflow solution and SRC is its exclusive Platinum Partner in the UK. SRC is based in London where it serves markets including legal, medical, government and surveying. Its customers include Carter Jonas, CMS Cameron Mckenna and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Visit the SRC website at www.src.co.uk

Static2358

Static2358 (acquired by OpenTV Inc. NASDAQ: OPTV) produces Playjam, the world’s most successful interactive TV channel. The channel delivers interactive games to pay-TV subscribers across Europe and the US.
Static was acquired by Open TV in July 2001. Open TV is a leading player in the market for interactive television solutions, providing customers with a range of software, hardware and tools to enable the delivery of interactive television experiences.
PlayJam operates from the UK and in the US and is aired by a number of leading pay-TV broadcasters including Sky, Telewest, NTL and Canal Satellite.

Visit the Static2358 website at www.static.co.uk

The Listening Company

The Listening Company is a specialist outsourced call centre with expertise in value-added customer management. The company provides a service that is bespoke to its clients needs and in a short time has garnered a strong reputation as a leading provider of CRM call centre solutions.
The company is focused on using its expertise to build long-term, high-margin relationships with its customers and to help them maximize the lifetime value of their customer relationships.
The company has UK sites in London and Portsmouth. Its customers include SKY, O2 and MBNA.

Visit the The Listening Company website at www.listening.co.uk

Where Are You Now?

Where Are You Now? (WAYN) is the world’s largest travel and lifestyle social network. Founded in 2002 by friends Pete Ward, Jerome Touze and Mike Lines, WAYN secured initial funding from Steve Pankhurst, founder of Friends Reunited in 2003. 

WAYN enables its users to create custom profiles and upload photos and allows its members to keep friends and family informed of where they are, when they are travelling and where they are going next. Members can share their experiences with others by adding their favourite places and sharing tips on where to stay and things to do. Membership has grown from 45,000 users in March 2005 to 7 million today, and is increasing by up to 35,000 new members per day, and popular in over 220 countries WAYN is a truly global brand.

Esprit led the Series A investment in WAYN alongside Brent Hoberman, co-founder of lastminute.com; Adrian Critchlow and Andy Phillipps, co-founders of Active Hotels, David Soskin and Hugo Burge of Cheapflights; and Constant Tedder, founder of Jagex.

Visit the Where Are You Now? website at www.wayn.com