Background
Bridewell is a cyber security services company providing 24×7 managed detection and response services and end to end cyber security consultancy. They provide expert solutions for organisations across a wide range of sectors, often involving critical national infrastructure, regulated industries, public sector and regulatory bodies.
They are headquartered in Reading they employ 146 people and have offices across the UK including London, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Manchester.
We partnered with founders Scott Nicholson and Anthony Young through a minority investment in March 2021.
Our investment partnership
Bridewell has an excellent track record of delivering growth (67% CAGR since 2018) and is recognised as a leading cyber security and Critical National Infrastructure expert with deep technical cyber security and defence capabilities and a wide range of industry accreditations. The business has embedded, trusted customer relationships with a focus on strategic advisory and long-term managed services solutions.
Bridewell has an experienced technical management team led by CEO’s Scott Nicholson and Anthony Young, and is highly focused on people strategy and culture, growing headcount by 83% since March 2021.
Bridewell is ideally positioned to take advantage of the large and growing cyber security market, driven by the ever-changing threat landscape, security complexities of digital transformation, Board level focus and increasing requirement for managed detection and response services.
Strategic support through our Growth Toolkit
Since our investment we have closely supported the Bridewell team with numerous strategic growth initiatives, leveraging our Growth Toolkit and Network:
