Based on pioneering British analysis and real-world intelligence purposes, FACT360 is utilizing behavioural analytics to assist governments and organisations detect fraud, terrorism and critical crime with out breaching privateness. The Gurus spoke to Paddy Lawton, Founding father of FACT360, in regards to the origins of the corporate, the issue it solves and the way government-backed programmes have helped speed up its international attain.
Inform us about your self and FACT360
“Three or 4 years in the past, after I had exited an organization referred to as Spend360, I used to be seeking to examine how we may predict fraud inside companies. This was the unique plan.”
“I used to be fortunate sufficient to fulfill Professor Mark Bishop at Goldsmiths College, and he informed me about analysis based mostly on work from Bletchley Park in 1939, earlier than the Enigma code was cracked – analysis into how adjustments in behaviour can point out intent.”
“FACT360 is all about taking a look at communications (emails, voice, textual content) however not taking a look at what’s being mentioned. We have a look at who you talk with, who they impart with, and the way these patterns change over time.”
“That analysis has now been utilized and become a product referred to as FACT360. It’s been available on the market for round 18 months, following an extended testing and refinement section.”
What downside does your expertise clear up, and why does it matter proper now?
“What we do is spot adjustments in behaviour. Earlier than somebody commits fraud or does one thing dangerous, their behaviour normally adjustments and that’s what we are able to determine.”
“We’re not breaching any privateness legal guidelines as a result of we’re not studying content material. We’re taking a look at behavioural indicators and relationships.”
“We work in areas like anti-terrorism, warfare crimes and large-scale fraud, serving to governments and safety companies determine individuals of curiosity.”
“All of this got here from British educational analysis, and we’ve utilized it to real-world issues the place it genuinely issues.
The place do you see FACT360 in 12 months’ time?
“The product’s been out for about 18 to 24 months now, and thru CyberASAP (Cyber Safety Tutorial Startup Accelerator Programme) we’ve been on three commerce missions to this point.”
CyberASAP, which is funded by the UK Authorities Division for Science, Innovation and Know-how (DSIT) and delivered by Innovate UK, helps the worldwide commercialisation and worldwide development of UK cyber improvements by connecting industry-engaged educational groups with companions, clients and traders. By creating early alternatives to showcase and validate new cyber services and products in nationwide and abroad markets, the programme helps lay the groundwork for actions reminiscent of worldwide commerce missions.
“We have been in Australia and met an organization referred to as Core Integrity, who are actually distributing our expertise there. The US would be the similar — we’re constructing these long-term relationships.”
“The aim is that FACT360 stays UK-owned, however distributed globally. Companions construct consultancy and income streams round it, whereas we scale internationally.”
“With out the government-backed programmes, we merely wouldn’t have had entry to those markets. We don’t have massive advertising and marketing budgets — that badge of honour actually issues.”
What recommendation would you give to individuals seeking to apply to government-backed programmes?
“In my view, a very powerful factor is teaming up with academia.”
“There’s a lot untapped talent inside universities. When you’re business and also you’ve obtained a powerful thought, go to Innovate UK, get the matchmaking going, and convey the 2 worlds collectively.”
“It’s actually exhausting for lecturers to be dragged into business life, and it’s actually exhausting for {industry} to entry that stage of analysis. Once you mix them, that’s when it turns into highly effective.”
“Go to the occasions, meet individuals, make associates with academia — or should you’re an instructional, discover business companions. This implies you’re really utilising the expertise that’s already there.”
“My recommendation could be easy: buddy up.”
FACT360 can be at CyberASAP’s Demo Day as a part of the alumni showcase on the twenty fifth February 2026 in London. CyberASAP Demo Day additionally options the 14 last groups on this 12 months’s cohort who can be pitching and demonstrating their proofs of idea. Discover out extra and register to attend right here.
