Funding
Cellcrypt Ltd, which provides secure mobile voice calls, has announced the completion of a new funding round. Alongside existing investors, the latest round includes Notion Capital, the investment firm set up by founders and senior executives from the internet security company MessageLabs, which was sold to Symantec in 2008 for $695 million.
Stephen Chandler, a founding partner at Notion Capital and former President, EMEA and CFO at MessageLabs, will join the Cellcrypt Board.
The amount raised was not disclosed but London-based Cellcrypt said it will be used to further expand its international presence, following the recent opening of its US office and the launch of Cellcrypt Mobile, a secure voice-calling product for BlackBerry mobiles.
Chandler said Cellcrypt offers a compelling proposition in a currently under-served market. “Traditionally, high security voice calling has only been available using specialised military-specification equipment, but Cellcrypt now makes this easily accessible to all, with no impact on service performance.”
Chandler claims Cellcrypt is ahead of the market in delivering unmatched voice call quality, international calling capability and high reliability, across wireless networks, using standard devices and infrastructure.
“Most governments and corporates now secure their email: voice is the last unsecured data service,” said Simon Bransfield-Garth, CEO of Cellcrypt.
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