UKCloud is a multi‑cloud platform that helps UK public‑sector and regulated organisations deliver digital services. It specialises in infrastructure‑as‑a‑service (IaaS) and platform‑as‑a‑service (PaaS) and assembles stacks from Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat and VMware. The company emphasises high security, data sovereignty and risk assurance and is developing UKCloudX to enable secure retention of highly classified information for UK public customers. UKCloud serves hundreds of public services across government and health; the article cites a £2 billion market opportunity in the UK public‑sector segment, with IaaS/PaaS representing under 10% of that market today. UKCloud estimates roughly 20% of UK data and IT services are enabled by cloud, positioning it to grow as adoption increases. The company says the platform’s diversity of technology drives value and innovation. UKCloud operates a multi-cloud platform hosted within secure UK data centre facilities that brings cloud technologies and traditional enterprise systems onto a single platform. The company targets resource-constrained UK public sector organisations, enabling low-risk modernization of existing IT while supporting cloud-native development using services such as Azure, Docker and Kubernetes. It has recently introduced UKCloud Health to serve the Health and Life Sciences community and launched UKCloudX for Defence and National Security customers. UKCloud intends to use the new funds to expand its reach across the UK public sector by enhancing teams and platform technologies. The company also plans to strengthen its alignment with networking leader Cisco in the UK to support its platform growth. Skyscape Cloud Services is a Farnborough-based provider of cloud infrastructure services aimed at central government departments, local authorities and independent government organisations. The company offers platform hosting and cloud services and has supported more than 70 projects across 38 customer organisations through over 100 partners. Skyscape currently employs 45 people and holds contracts with public-sector bodies including the Cabinet Office, Home Office, HMRC and the MOD. In May 2014 it secured a £4m investment from the Business Growth Fund to accelerate growth. The capital will be used to enhance platform capacity, develop customer service propositions, and expand its offering into healthcare, local government and research/higher education. Skyscape was founded in May 2011 by Jeff Thomas (Chairman), Phil Dawson (CEO) and Simon Hansford (CTO).

Total raised

$40M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Mar 2019