SafeToNet

SafeToNet
Private limited company
Industry Software
Genre Cyber Safety
Founded 2013 (2013)
Founder
  • Richard Pursey
  • Sharon Pursey
  • Georgina Pursey
  • Jack Pursey
Headquarters London, England, United Kingdom
Number of locations
 3
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Richard Pursey, CEO
Products SafeToNet (MDM, ICBS)
Services
  • SafeToNet support
  • SafeToTalk
Owner Privately Owned
Website safetonet.com

SafeToNet is a privately funded British Social Responsibility and Cyber Security company based in London, England.[1] It has developed and supports family-focused cyber safety products for Mobile devices named SafeToNet (remote management and control of mobile devices within the family and the apps installed on them), SafeToNet ICBS (an Intelligent Content Blocking Services app) and SafeToTalk (SafeToNet advice and guidance service app). The products utilise artificial intelligence to contextualise messages sent, shared and received by children online and then blocks anything harmful to prevent damaging effects on children.[2][3]

It was founded by Richard, Sharon, Georgina and Jack Pursey in October 2013 and the products were launched in July 2017. Richard Pursey is the present CEO of the company [4][5]

Awards and recognition

Awards

  • November 2016 - Pride of Reading's "Entrepreneur of the Year" to co-founder and CEO Richard Pursey[6]
  • November 2016 - Winner of KPMG's "Best British Mobile Start-Up" competition for the South West England[7]
  • March 2017 - Winner of KPMG’s "Best British Mobile Start-Up" competition at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona[8]
  • September 2017 - GoIgnite Global Call's "Consumer Experience AI" award [9][10]
  • October 2017 - "Rising Star Award" by Women in Business to Co-founder Sharon for her work with SafeToNet[11][12]
  • November 2017 - Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards for "Best Use of Technology"[3]

Recognition

  • March 2017 - Featured in RealBusiness publication's "The 50 most disruptive UK companies in 2017: The Future 50"[13]
  • June 2017 - Featured in Businesscloud UK's "101 tech start-up disrupter's list" for 2017[14]
  • October 2017 - the company and products are featured by BBC Berkshire[15]
  • November 2017 - the company and its products are featured in BBC's Technology focussed television programme Click.[16]
  • Recognised by Cisco as one of the UK and Ireland's top 50 cyber security start-ups (the Cisco50 programme)[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Ventures, SafeToNet and DuKlaw. "SafeToNet Secures Growth Investments From DuKlaw Ventures". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. ↑ McGoogan, Cara (2017-08-12). "You're grounded...and so is your smartphone". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  3. 1 2 "The Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards 2017 Winners". businessawards.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  4. ↑ "Tech Pitch: SafeToNet | Startups.co.uk". Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas. 2017-07-25. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  5. ↑ "IT LIFE: Richard Pursey, SafeToNet CEO". Silicon UK. 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  6. ↑ Slevin, Jennie (2016-11-06). "Pride of Reading entrepreneur award goes to dad making web safe". getreading. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  7. ↑ "Winner of the KPMG best mobile app competition (South) announced -TechSPARK.co". techspark.co. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  8. ↑ "KPMG crowns SafeToNet Best British Mobile Startup 2017". KPMG. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  9. ↑ "SafeToNet wins Go Ignite global search for start-ups | Wayra". Wayra. 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  10. ↑ "Global Call – Go Ignite". www.go-ignite.com. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  11. ↑ "SafeToNet's Sharon Pursey captures the Women in Business Rising Star award | Wayra". Wayra. 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  12. ↑ "Winners for the Women in Business awards 2017 #WIB17". womeninbusiness.biz. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  13. ↑ "The Future 50: The 50 most disruptive UK companies". Real Business. 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  14. ↑ "SafeToNet, London". UKFast. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  15. ↑ "App shows suspect phone use to parents". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  16. ↑ Click - Made in China, retrieved 2017-11-20


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