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Maven VCTs lead funding round in advanced intelligence and investigations platform provider, Blackdot Solutions

London, 6 February 2025: Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s leading private equity firms, has led a £4.5 million funding round in Cambridge-based Blackdot Solutions (“Blackdot”), a provider of advanced intelligence and investigations software. The transaction includes a £3.7 million investment from Maven’s Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs), as well as £350,000 from ScaleUp…

Blackdot listed in the RegTech100 2025

By Charli Foreman

We’re delighted to share that Blackdot has been listed in the RegTech100 2025. This award, presented by RegTech ...

Blackdot makes BusinessCloud’s RegTech 50 ranking for 2024

By Charli Foreman

We are pleased to reveal that we feature in the RegTech 50 innovation ranking for 2024. Readers of ...

Blackdot Solutions Shortlisted for the 2024 Business Weekly Awards

By Charli Foreman

We are delighted to announce that Blackdot Solutions has been shortlisted for the 2024 Business Weekly Awards, which ...

Enterprise Awards Nomination

By Blackdot Solutions

Stuart Clarke shortlisted for Enterprise Awards We’re delighted to announce that our CEO, Stuart Clarke, has been shortlisted ...

Blackdot Solutions Videris Open Source Intelligence Platform listed in the 2024 RegTech100

By Rebecca Lindley

We’re delighted to announce that our Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) investigations platform, Videris, has been recognised as a ...

Blackdot Solutions Receives ISO 27001 Certification

By Blackdot Solutions

Cambridge, UK -- Blackdot Solutions, the UK-based creator of leading investigations platform Videris, today announced it had received ...

Blackdot Solutions appoints new CEO to support ambitious growth targets

By Blackdot Solutions

Blackdot Solutions, the UK-based creator of leading investigations platform Videris, today announced the appointment of Stuart Clarke as ...

The Future of OSINT

By Stuart Clarke

Over the course of my career, I have watched the world of open source intelligence (OSINT) grow. Techniques ...

Jake Taylor joins Blackdot Solutions

By Blackdot Solutions

We’re delighted to announce that Jake Taylor has joined us as Head of Public Sector. Leading Blackdot Solutions’ ...

How Five Stones Intelligence uses Videris to add value and see the bigger picture

By Rebecca Lindley

About Five Stones intelligence 5 Stones intelligence (5Si)® is a leading Professional Services company based in Miami, Florida, with ...

Blackdot Solutions Videris to be available through G-Cloud 13

By Rebecca Lindley

Blackdot Solutions is delighted to announce that our application to be listed on the UK government’s G-Cloud 13 ...

OpenSanctions Partnership

By Stuart Clarke

We’re delighted to announce a partnership with OpenSanctions. OpenSanctions brings together global datasets including sanctions lists, databases of ...

How TRAFFIC uses Videris to fight environmental crime

By Rebecca Lindley

About TRAFFIC TRAFFIC is a leading non-governmental organisation working globally on trade in wild animals and plants, in ...

Announcing Videris 4.0

By Stuart Clarke

This month we’re excited to announce the release of Videris 4.0; a new, more powerful version of Videris ...

Blackdot welcomes Stuart Clarke as Head of Product

By Blackdot Solutions

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Stuart Clarke as our new Head of Product. Stuart is an ...

Sir Mark Rowley QPM joins Blackdot Solutions

By Rebecca Lindley

We're excited to welcome Sir Mark Rowley QPM as a Board Advisor. Here's the press release about our ...

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