Our story
Videris was developed and launched to help professional investigators and analysts make sense of the wealth of data available on the internet.
Today, huge and growing volumes of publicly available data are available online. Increasing numbers of organisations are trying to make use of this information to address critical challenges; a process known as Open Source Intelligence, or OSINT. OSINT is used to fight major societal problems, such as terrorism, financial crime and human trafficking – but investigators often rely on manual processes to leverage OSINT for their investigations.
Connecting data for a safer world
In 2014, we realised that the people working against these crimes needed the best possible technology to help them, so we set out creating Videris, the first investigations platform that specialised in open source intelligence.
Today, the Videris platform helps investigators across a range of sectors and use cases to work faster and gain better insights, combining internal data with external data, and ensuring organisations benefit from improve efficiency and effectiveness in the fight against crime. Our customers include major international banks, governments and global corporates, who use Videris to stop crime and make the world a safer place.
Our Achievements
20+
Global Partners
30+
Countries where Videris is used
60%
of the Blackdot team is dedicated to continuous R&D
Our Team
Adam de Courcy Ling
Executive Chairman
Adam leads the company's strategy and operations. He is an experienced software sector investor and director. He was an investor and director in fintech software vendor Multifonds, sold in 2015 to Temenos AG, and lead investor and director at an artificial intelligence vendor, Expertmaker, sold in 2016 to eBay Inc. Prior to this, he was an M&A banker in the technology sector in Europe, as Head of European Technology M&A at Credit Suisse until 2003 and a partner at Arma Partners until 2010.
Antonia Edmunds
Head of Go To Market
Antonia heads the Go To Market team, responsible for defining and optimising the go to market strategy to drive and scale revenue growth. This role spans sales strategy, marketing, business development and partnerships. Antonia has over 15 years experience in enterprise software and start up SaaS solutions in both Europe and Asia, and is passionate about technology, data, and in building teams that deliver growth and client success.
Stuart Clarke
Head of Product
Stuart is an internationally respected investigations and cybersecurity expert with extensive business management, consultancy, and leadership expertise. He has advised the United Nations’ peak cybersecurity body ITU and led the product strategy of several award-winning cybersecurity and investigation solutions. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) and a BSc(Hons) in Computer Forensics.
Mark Stevens
Head of Client Engagement
Mark leads Blackdot’s client engagement team, advising clients across the public and commercial sectors on how they can improve their investigative capabilities through the use of technology and data. Mark’s team also supports clients through their on-boarding and deployment of Blackdot’s software ensuring they get maximum benefit. Prior to joining Blackdot, Mark spent ten years in government service managing investigations and operations across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Alex Davies
Head of Customer Success
Alex joined Blackdot in 2013 and has played a key role in shaping Videris, as well as establishing Blackdot's Customer Success team. He has extensive experience using Videris to answer a wide range of investigative questions for an array of blue chip clients. He now leads our customer success function, using that experience to help our customers leverage Videris and apply it to their complex investigations.
Dr. David Walsh
Head of Test
David joined Blackdot Solutions in 2018 and heads the software testing team. David has worked in testing for the past nineteen years, following an eclectic academic career in Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence and Medical Imaging.
Charles Brown
Head of Community
Charles has spent the past decade working in both operational and business development roles for a number of risk management and corporate investigations consultancies. He has managed complex investigative assignments for leading banks, law firms and major corporates and is well placed to understand the requirements of prospective clients drawn from these sectors.
Rebecca Lindley
Marketing Lead
Rebecca coordinates Blackdot’s marketing and brand awareness activities, in order to drive awareness of Videris and its capabilities. She works with users and experts in Videris’ target sector to understand how Videris can improve outcomes in different types of investigations. Before joining Blackdot Rebecca led the first marketing function at another Cambridge software company. She has a degree in Russian and German from Cambridge University.
Shaun O'Mahony
Founder and Non-Executive Director
Shaun founded Blackdot Solutions in Cambridge in 2011. Since then he has seen it take on investment and new directors, and grow to a team of 30 staff working in offices in Cambridge and London. Prior to founding Blackdot, Shaun worked as a Solutions Architect at Detica (now BAE Systems).
Our Advisors
Jennifer Hanley-Giersch
Jennifer Hanley-Giersch
Jennifer is a co-founder and managing partner of Berlin Risk, co-founder of BCF Partners, Chairwoman of ALL AML, and founding and board member of the ACAMS Germany Chapter. She has been working in investigations and anti-financial crime for twenty years and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and a Certified Fraud Examiner. Jennifer has published widely on compliance topics relating to financial crime issues and has helped develop industry standards and tools around customer due diligence and risk analysis.
Matthew Redhead
Advisor – Financial Crime, Government
Matthew is an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. He has extensive experience in financial services, having trained as a ‘front office’ banker and worked in various senior roles in financial crime risk functions. He has previously served as a government official at the MoD, and on secondment at the Office of Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT) at the Home Office.
Samantha Sheen
Advisor - Financial Crime
Sam Sheen has worked for almost 15 years in the field of financial crime prevention. Her experience spans working as MLRO, Data Protection Officer, Chief Compliance Officer to various roles at the Group level. Sam worked for several years as a regulator, overseeing the enforcement of AML/CFT cases and setting up the first AML/CFT supervisory division for the financial services regulator in Guernsey. She also works with the European Commission in various capacities providing expertise, advice and support.
