About Umbra Systems Ltd

About Umbra Systems

Umbra Systems was founded by a team of experienced, dedicated engineers based in Manchester, England. Having recognised the flaws and impracticalities of cloud storage providers, Umbra set out to revolutionise the sector by offering a clever solution to data vulnerability, uptime and security.

Umbra is backed by experienced industry CIOs who see the importance of making a change to the way we store data in the cloud, and it's technology is endorsed by a former Royal Navy Cryptographer and Professor of Cyber-Security Simon Shepherd.

Recently Umbra was announced as a project lead as part of the UKRI's £62 million telecoms research boost, due to the technology's expected impact on telecoms and cloud storage.

Umbra is a member of the North West Cyber Security Cluster and the Greater Manchester Digital Security Hub.

Umbra is best known for its flagship product ShadowStream™. This service helps to keep data safe, secure, and accessible by splitting it up into seven "Shadows".

Ed French
Founder & CEO
Ed French is an experienced tech CEO and deeptech investor. He has been involved in numerous successful technology start-ups previously, has raised venture capital, and negotiated exits.
Ed is an engineer by background, and developed the first version of the product, since far-surpassed by the team!
Ed enjoys travel, archery and family.
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Rupert Rutledge
CTO
Rupert Rutledge has 15 years cross-functional technology product experience over a range of industries and products. His drive to develop Umbra's ShadowStream comes from his work in the healthcare sector where he built a platform collating diagnostics from a range of healthcare and research devices. The strict requirements on the privacy and security of such data informs much of the development of Umbra's Technologies today.

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Partners

TSF has played a vital role in accommodating Umbra's growth, providing both an office space and valuable expertise in the form of a skilled engineering staff.
Umbra systems is a proud member of the North West Cyber Security Cluster, a collaboration of cybersecurity experts providing support and networking opportunities for SMEs and start-ups in the technology and cyber security sector.

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