Information Technology

Kape Technologies plc

Market Cap (£m) 1213.6
Listing AIM

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Company Description

Kape Technologies is a cyber security company focused on digital privacy and protection. Kape develops and distributes a variety of software products in the online security space, utilising its proprietary digital distribution technology to optimise its customer reach and create a superb user experience. The company offers products that provide online security, privacy and optimal online experience. The acquisitions of virtual private network provider Private Internet Access in December 2019 and Webselenese in 2021 were both transformational and significantly earnings-enhancing deals for the group. The latter provides Kape with a new way to reach customers and a deep understanding of driving readers to security-related content across the web.

Investment Summary

The highly significant and transformational acquisition of PIA accelerated Kape's strategy and transported its quest to become a world leader in digital privacy to a new level. It is benefitting from a significantly enhanced pool of R&D talent with the addition of PIA's market-leading development team. The Webselenese acquisition gives Kape a competitive advantage and augments the group's go-to-market capabilities and product development roadmap. It brings infrastructure that will create a strengthened organic online presence and should drive organic growth across the business. The launch of CyberGhost's first unified privacy and security suite during 2020 was also a key moment for Kape, in our view. We continue to expect strong growth, fuelled by the enlarged group's significant opportunities for organic growth.

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Company Management Team

  • Ido Erlichman

    Group Chief Executive Offier

    Ido joined Kape Technologies plc in May 2016 as Group Chief Executive Officer. Ido has more than nine years’ experience in the technology sector garnered through roles in private equity, consulting and finance. Prior to joining Kape, Ido was acting Joint Chief Executive Officer of VisualDNA (which was acquired by The Nielsen Company), a leading psychographic data business, where he led its geographic expansion and oversaw significant EBITDA growth. Prior to VisualDNA, Ido worked as a Senior Associate within KPMG's Private Equity deal advisory practice in London and as a Senior Manager within KPMG's Transaction Services practice focusing on technology deals in Israel and with the Israeli Ministry of Finance. Ido is the author of the bestselling book 'Battle of Strategies' published in Israel by Yediot Books. Ido is a Certified Public Accountant, having graduated magna cum laude in Accounting and Economics from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he also obtained his Masters degree in Law from Bar-Ilan University, and has received an MBA from the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School.

  • Oded Baskind

    Chief Financial Officer

    Senior finance leader with 11 years of experience. Familiar with operating within multi-national and growth environments. Extensive experience in managing multi-national finance teams, financial planning and analysis, integration of newly acquired activities, capital returns, financial modeling, SaaS and internet companies.

  • Don Elgie

    Non-Executive Chairman

Key Dates

Mar 2020
17th
Finals
Actual
May 2020
21st
AGM
Actual
Jun 2020
25th
CMD
Actual
Jul 2020
21st
Q2 TU
Actual
Sep 2020
15th
Interims
Actual
Jan 2021
19th
Q4 TU
Actual
Mar 2021
17th
Finals
Actual
May 2021
20th
AGM
Actual
Jul 2021
20th
Q2 TU
Actual
Sep 2021
21st
Interims
Actual
Jan 2022
18th
Q4 TU
Actual
Mar 2022
22nd
Finals
Actual
Jun 2022
16th
AGM
Actual
Jul 2022
19th
Q2 TU
Actual
Sep 2022
12th
Interims
Actual
Jan 2023
17th
Q4 TU
Actual
Mar 2023
21st
Finals
Actual
Jun 2023
16th
AGM
Estimate
Jul 2023
19th
Q2 TU
Estimate
Sep 2023
12th
Interims
Estimate