North East Accelerate Fund

Military intelligence veteran raises £1m to ‘crowd source’ threat data

10th November, 2026

A former British Army intelligence operator who has developed a platform that identifies security risks in countries...

Michael McCabe and Sara Azari McCabe of Crowd Threat, Owen Conquest of Mercia Ventures and Sophia Birks of Crowd Threat

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