2012 Tech Track 100
Rank: 39 OpenCloud
Produces the software to manage the switch-over to 4G broadband
Three computer science graduates - David Ferry, David Long and David Page - founded this firm in New Zealand in 2000, before it moved to Britain in 2007. Cambridge-headquartered OpenCloud produces software to manage calls and internet data that travel through telephone networks, and customers include T-Mobile, Vodafone, BT and Orange. Competition between operators to offer more data helped sales increase 72% a year, from £1.3m in 2008 to £6.7m in 2011. In September 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks invested £4m, with Advent Venture Partners and No 8 Ventures investing £1m.
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Three computer science graduates - David Ferry, David Long and David Page - founded this firm in New Zealand in 2000, before it moved to Britain in 2007. Cambridge-headquartered OpenCloud produces software to manage calls and internet data that travel through telephone networks, and customers include T-Mobile, Vodafone, BT and Orange. Competition between operators to offer more data helped sales increase 72% a year, from £1.3m in 2008 to £6.7m in 2011. In September 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks invested £4m, with Advent Venture Partners and No 8 Ventures investing £1m.
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Company facts
OpenCloud
Network platform provider
Company website
| Sales growth | 72.20% pa |
| 2011 sales | £6.7m |
| 2008 sales | £1.3m |
| 2011 staff | 78 |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Location of HQ | Cambridge |
| If applicable: * = annualised figures ‡ = draft accounts |
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