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Eskenzi PR currently works with over 30 clients, ranging from some of the world’s largest publicly listed/quoted security companies to the most innovative start-ups, not only in cybersecurity, but also in broadcasting, forensics, and general IT.

We have successfully worked with our clients on 25 IPOs and 19 acquisitions worth over $16bn with the most recent being Imperva who were acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.1bn.

Most of our clients stay with Eskenzi for an average of 5 years with many stemming out of Silicon Valley or Tel Aviv. Often our clients kick off with their PR in the UK, but quickly use our services to build momentum across Europe into the US and Singapore or Australia.  We work increasingly with VC funds as well as a number of highly successful, fast-growing UK start-ups.

We embed ourselves into each and every company that we work with, quickly becoming an extension of their executive team for counsel, advice and of course brainstorming to keep that content pipeline well oiled.

For a current list of our clients contact lara@eskenzipr.com

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Voltage Security × Hewlett-Packard: Putting Encryption's Best-Kept Secret in the Spotlight

Voltage Security had an extraordinary pedigree. Trusted by six of the largest payment processors in the United States, with market-leading data encryption and key management solutions protecting organisations across data centres, clouds, and mobile environments. Their technology was robust, their client roster was impressive, and their reputation among those who knew them was second to none. The problem? Not enough of the right people knew about them.

Eskenzi PR set out to change that. Our team developed a strategic communications programme that repositioned Voltage from a specialist vendor to an essential enterprise security partner. We drove high-impact coverage in enterprise IT and security media, placed executives in front of key industry audiences at major conferences and roundtables, and built the kind of sustained credibility that gets boardrooms talking and investors paying attention. Every piece of coverage, every speaking opportunity, and every thought leadership placement was designed to tell a single, coherent story: that Voltage Security wasn’t just keeping pace with the evolving data protection landscape, it was defining it.

The strategy worked. Voltage’s profile grew steadily among the enterprise buyers, analysts, and decision-makers who matter most in the security industry. The company moved from being a well-kept secret among specialists to a recognised name in conversations about serious enterprise data protection.

In February 2015, Hewlett-Packard acquired Voltage Security, bringing its technology into HP’s Atalla security division and validating everything we had worked to communicate about the company’s value. It was a moment that confirmed what the communications programme had always set out to prove: that world-class technology, paired with the right story told to the right people, doesn’t stay hidden for long. When the deal closed, Voltage wasn’t a hidden gem anymore; it was exactly where it deserved to be.

The acquisition marked an ending, but also a beginning. Our relationship with the Voltage team didn’t conclude with the deal, it deepened. We went on to support Hewlett-Packard’s security division for several years, helping to integrate and amplify the Voltage story within a much larger enterprise. And as Voltage’s founders moved on to build new ventures, they brought us with them. It is a pattern we take great pride in. When the work is done well, the relationships outlast the engagement.

“For us, the proof is in the numbers. The Eskenzi team both in the UK and the US consistently get us high quality coverage that puts HPE Security in the spotlight and positions us as the leader within the encryption and tokenisation marketplace. They are professional in everything they do and their enthusiasm is infectious. We love working with them in both the US and the UK as the teams are always in sync and are pulling in the same direction.” Cynthia Leonard – Marketing Program Manager

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NuData Security × Mastercard: Turning a Vancouver Startup into a Global Acquisition Target

When NuData Security came to Eskenzi PR, they had a genuinely world-class product – behavioural biometric technology that could tell a real user from a fraudster in milliseconds, operating invisibly in the background without adding a single point of friction to the customer experience. The technology was sophisticated, the problem it solved was urgent, and the market opportunity was enormous. What they needed was a story the world could hear, and a platform from which to tell it.

We built and executed a full communications strategy designed to put NuData on the radar of the enterprise players that mattered most. Through targeted media relations, thought leadership placements, and a consistent drumbeat of earned coverage across cybersecurity and fintech publications, we elevated NuData’s founders as authoritative voices in the fraud prevention space, the people journalists and analysts turned to when they needed to understand where the industry was heading. We shaped a clear, compelling narrative around the company: this wasn’t just an anti-fraud tool; it was the future of digital identity. That distinction mattered, and we made sure it landed.

Over time, NuData’s presence in the conversation grew from a promising startup to a company that the industry’s most influential voices were actively tracking and referencing. Coverage in the publications that financial services and technology decision-makers read every day helped shift perception, building the kind of third-party validation that no marketing budget can simply buy.

The result spoke for itself. In March 2017, Mastercard acquired NuData Security, integrating its NuDetect platform into one of the world’s most powerful payments networks, giving it the global scale its technology had always deserved. Our communications work helped ensure that when Mastercard looked at the fraud prevention landscape, NuData was impossible to ignore. From a Vancouver startup to a Mastercard company in just a few years: that is what the right story, told consistently and strategically, can achieve.

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Imperva × Thoma Bravo: From Israeli Startup to Global Cybersecurity Leader

Imperva arrived with strong foundations. Built by some of the most respected minds in Israeli cybersecurity, including serial entrepreneur Shlomo Kramer, whose companies have consistently reshaped the industry, Imperva had the technology and the talent to compete at the highest level. What they needed was a communications partner who understood both the cybersecurity landscape and the challenge of building a brand in markets far from home.

Eskenzi PR had been helping Israeli cybersecurity startups establish themselves in Europe and beyond for years, and Imperva was a natural fit. We began in the UK, working to build their brand among enterprise buyers and security professionals who would come to define their customer base. The relationship grew quickly. As Imperva’s ambitions expanded across the continent, so did ours, extending our programme into France and Germany, helping them build the kind of regional credibility that turns a promising vendor into a recognised name.

In time, we took on their US communications as well, a relationship that would last eight years and take the company through some of its most significant moments. We supported Imperva through its acquisition by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, and through the strategic acquisitions of Incapsula and Skyfence, each one a chapter in a story about a company that knew exactly where it was going.

Imperva is today one of the most successful cybersecurity companies in the world and as with so many of the companies we have had the privilege of supporting, the relationships forged during those years have endured well beyond the engagement itself, with several of Imperva’s founders going on to build new ventures, and choosing to bring Eskenzi with them when they did.

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AlienVault × AT&T Building a Brand from the Ground Up and Seeing It Through

Some client relationships begin with a brief. Others begin with a conversation between people who have already built something remarkable together and are ready to do it again. Our work with AlienVault began the second way.

We had worked closely with Fortify Software, helping them build their profile and navigate their exit from the market. When Barmak Meftah, one of Fortify’s founders, approached Eskenzi’s founder Yvonne Eskenzi with a new idea, a SIEM company that would become AlienVault, the answer was never in doubt. We had seen what this team could do. We wanted to be part of what they would build next.

What followed was one of the most rewarding long-term partnerships in Eskenzi’s history. We were there from the very first meeting, a small gathering in Madrid where a founding team began to sketch out what AlienVault could become. We contributed to the early work of shaping the brand, and from that starting point we helped grow AlienVault’s presence across multiple regions and international markets over the years that followed.

The outcome spoke for itself. After eleven years, AT&T acquired AlienVault in a deal valued at approximately $600 million, a moment that validated the technology, the team, and the story we had worked together to tell. We continued supporting AT&T’s security division for a further two years after the acquisition closed.

The relationships built during those years have continued to bear fruit. Eskenzi’s founders have since become investors in Ballistic Ventures, a cybersecurity-focused venture capital fund established by some of the most accomplished figures in the industry, among them Barmak Meftah, Ted Shlein of Kleiner Perkins, Kevin Mandia of Mandiant, Jake Seid, and Roger Thornton. It is, in the truest sense, a community built on shared success and one we are proud to be part of.

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Nozomi Networks × Mitsubishi: From Swiss Startup to Billion-Dollar Industrial Security Leader

Some of the most significant partnerships begin not in a boardroom, but in a conversation between people who already know what the other is capable of. Yvonne Eskenzi had worked alongside Edgard Capdevielle at Imperva, helping to take that company through a successful exit. When they crossed paths again at a party during RSA Conference in 2014, the introduction that followed would prove equally consequential.

Edgard was there with Andrea Carcano, co-founder of a young Swiss company called Nozomi Networks. Their question was straightforward: could Eskenzi help them become the defining name in IoT and industrial security? It was a space that was only beginning to receive the attention it deserved, overlooked by much of the industry, yet critical to the infrastructure that underpins modern society. For Eskenzi, it was precisely the kind of brief we are built for: an exceptional technology company at the earliest stage of its journey, with ambitions that stretched well beyond its current profile.

We began in Europe, where Nozomi had its roots. Working across Switzerland, Germany, and France, we set about building the kind of regional credibility that gives a young company the confidence to reach further. Over the following years, that reach extended to the United States, where we helped Nozomi earn recognition not only in specialist trade publications but in broadcast and national press, the kind of visibility that signals to the wider world that a company has truly arrived. By the time Mitsubishi acquired Nozomi Networks in a deal exceeding one billion dollars, the company had become exactly what Andrea and Edgard had envisioned when they posed that question in 2014: the recognised leader in industrial IoT cybersecurity and critical national infrastructure protection. It was an outcome built on extraordinary technology, exceptional leadership and a story told consistently, credibly, and to exactly the right audiences.

“In Nozomi Networks’ early days, Eskenzi PR was instrumental in helping us get noticed. Their nimbleness, creativity, and result-oriented approach made a real difference. They consistently delivered effective coverage and impact, which helped us build momentum at a critical stage of our growth.” — Edgard Capdevielle, CEO, Nozomi Networks

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