We have nearly 300 people globally, based across 7 locations: London, Sheffield, and Cheltenham in the UK; New York and Boston in the US; Toronto, Canada; and Brisbane, Australia
Egress is founded in London, UK, by CEO Tony Pepper, COO Neil Larkins and CSO John Goodyear.
Tony, Neil and John met when working together at Reflex Magnetics, a data security company that was later acquired by Checkpoint Software Technologies. They launched Egress following this success.
We launch our first security solution, Egress Switch.
Now known as Egress Protect, our email encryption software was adopted by a network of local authorities based in London and quickly spread throughout the wider public and corporate sectors in the UK.
We successfully receive Series A funding of $2.8m from Albion VC, helping to accelerate our rapid growth.
Albion VC partner Ed Lascelles joins the Egress board, where he continues to serve, and uses his expertise to help us transition from start-up to scale-up. Albion would later fill Egress' Series B funding round as well.
We launch the product now known as Egress Prevent, which ensures emails and attachments are sent to the right people, mitigates spear phishing, and applies appropriate protection to sensitive data.
This innovation creates a new category of security technology: human layer security, which uses intelligent machine learning to prevent insider data breaches.
Egress acquires cutting-edge NCSC Accelerator company Aquilai, an anti-phishing provider with machine learning and natural language processing technology that stops targeted email attacks.
The acquisition sees the launch of Egress Defend, with founder Jack Chapman joining Egress as VP of Threat Intelligence, along with many members of the Aquilai team.
Meet some of our amazing people across teams and locations
Sales
Jordan Mertel
Account Director, New York
People at Egress are inspiring and kind to work with, at all levels and I always feel supported.
Lucy Holmes
Account Director, London
Egress is full of opportunities for career progression, with lots of support to help achieve your potential. There is a great culture here, with lively offices that make it a fun place to work.
Bobbie Darrock
Head of Sales APAC, Brisbane
Engineering
I contribute to cutting edge engineering projects; driven by the most talented engineers I know.
Hannah Clough
Staff Software Engineer, Sheffield
I love the inclusive culture here in Egress and the fact that I'm constantly encouraged to grow.
Jing Xu
Staff Software Engineer, Sheffield
I work with a great team and develop products that protect real people.
