About Us
TECHNEDs is a UK technology investment firm that provides expert coaching and guidance to help businesses succeed. TECHNEDs are always looking for technology firms to fast-track into profit, growth and prosperity. Either through private investment funding or sharing their expertise and knowledge, TECHNEDs can offer strategic, technical and or financial support. Its culture is that of leadership and guidance and TECHNEDs are looking to invest in UK based companies in the technology sector, with a turnover from £1m -£10m.
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Meet The Team
Our team has a wealth of success and experience in the technology sector to ensure your business and its
people thrive and succeed.
Simon Mewett
Founder & Managing Partner
Simon is a strategic thinker, a leader culturally and an ambassador. He exudes relentless drive and passion for people and technology, and relishes challenge, all of which translates into a fast paced decision maker who adds real value to any business.Simon is an experienced CEO and Board Executive with over 25 years’ experience within the technology sector.
He has a proven track record in the field of Cloud, Telecommunications, Data Centres and Network connectivity, and achieved aggressive growth on the board of several Technology companies including Internet Network Services, Easy Group and C4L. He has an extensive and demonstrable track record in multiple acquisitions and business transactions in his career to date.
Ed Crane
Partner
Ed is an experienced executive director who has worked in the technology sector for over 18 years. He has a proven track record in both sales and operations, and his experience ranges from small start-ups to large corporations. Some of his key achievements include closing a $37m sales pipeline for Symantec’s consulting division, co-founding and merging a small start-up into an existing business, and as a director of 4sl, contributing enormously to the company’s rapid growth. This resulted in achieving two consecutive years of recognition in the Sunday Times Top Tech 100 fastest growing private companies.
Ed is a strategic thinker, an entrepreneur, and a believer in leveraging the power of focused teams to achieve outstanding results.
Iain McKenzie
Senior Partner
Iain has had a 30 year career in technology encompassing both.
Corporate life and his own businesses. Iain has established significant credibility and a strong network in the Technology and related sectors over many years and holds both business qualifications (MBA from London Business School) and Finance qualifications as an FCMA, and has therefore, a unique set of skills to bring to TECHNEDs.
As part of the sale of Mettoni Group Ltd to Enghouse, Iain assumed the position of President EMEA and Asia, from 2010 to 2015, growing revenues from $30m to over $110m including heading up and subsequently integrating a number of cross border acquisitions.
Company Timeline
Why
TECHNEDs?
Guidance
Expert coaching and guidance to help entrepreneurs succeed
Growth
Helping to fast track technology companies into profit, growth and prosperity
Strategy
A team of experts in strategy, technology and operations
Funding
Strategic support, private equity funding and expertise for technology companies
Our Latest Blogs
TECHNEDs advises on the Acquisition of Guardian Technologies by Phoenix47
Acquisition strengthens Phoenix47’s capability in the IT security services space. Bournemouth, UK.; 22nd...
TECHNEDs Facilitates Acquisition Of Amtek IT For ITSB
TECHNEDs today announced the acquisition of Amtek IT for ITSB, the fast-expanding Dorset based IT company. The acquisition is expected to be...
Synthesis on track for bright future after successful year working with TECHNEDs.
TECHNEDs announced today that Synthesis has completed a successful management buyout. “As an early investor in Synthesis, we are very pleased for...