YEO Messaging marks major growth milestones with new office, key hires, and investment boost

YEO Messaging, the British leader in authenticated secure communications with continuous biometric identification, has announced a trio of major growth milestones as it pushes into critical sectors including defence, government, and compliance-heavy verticals. These include:

1. New London HQ: YEO Messaging has opened a new HQ facility from within the prestigious Lloyd’s of London building. As a Lloyds Lab accelerator alumni, YEO Messaging is now thrilled to be establishing its central hub for UK operations, executive meetings, and enterprise customer engagements, from within the iconic Lime Street building. 

2. Team Expansion: The company has expanded its team with five new hires, including a new Director of Technology, appointed to deliver strategic technology product and technical oversight; two sales professionals focused on channel sales, defence, healthcare, education and government accounts;  an R&D specialist and a Lead UI/UX designer bolstering innovation in secure messaging, further enhancing the voice and video capabilities of the YEO Messaging for Business platform and the continuous facial recognition engine. 

3. Fresh Funding Secured: YEO has successfully closed a new round of Private Fund  investment exceeding £1.5 million, which will support continued product development, partner enablement, and international expansion, particularly across defence, government and the highly regulated finance sectors.

“This next phase of growth is a pivotal moment for YEO,” said Alan Jones, Co-Founder and CEO, YEO Messaging. “YEO Messaging is on a firm scaling path for sustained growth in heavily secure and highly regulated environments. This is reflected in recent strong deals and partnerships with defence and finance clients  who need control through encrypted, compliant, and identity-verified communications. These strategic growth investments ensure we can meet that demand with speed and precision.” 

Indeed, this growth trajectory has been further strengthened by YEO Messaging’s recent selection for Grow London Global Cohort 7 programme – formerly the Mayor of London’s International Business Programme (MBIP). This recognition confirms YEO Messaging as a high-growth London tech scaleup and provides 12 months of tailored support to accelerate international expansion, including access to trade missions, expert mentoring, and connections with investors and partners worldwide, starting with a fintech and cyber trade mission to North America in October.

YEO Messaging, founded in 2017, is known for its patented continuous facial recognition, geofencing controls, and audit-ready secure messaging. The company’s “privacy-by-design” approach has seen recent traction with clients such as ASU, Mission Critical Comms, One-Beyond, CS Comms and leading UK defence contractors.