Tadaweb: Why We Invested

Today, I’m thrilled to announce that Forgepoint Capital International is leading Tadaweb’s $20 million funding round alongside Arsenal Growth, with participation from existing investor Wendel.

We are excited to partner with co-founders François Gaspard and Genna Elvin and the Tadaweb team transforming Publicly Available Information (PAI) and Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) investigations with a human-centered, Small Data approach.

OSINT information overload and investigation delays

In our highly connected digital world, information is ubiquitous and essential for security and safety. Analysts and intelligence professionals across law enforcement, enterprise security, national defense, and beyond collect and analyze massive amounts of PAI to inform critical decisions.

During OSINT investigations, significant public safety, national security, business, and financial risks are on the line. Time is a valuable resource: analysts must quickly determine which information is relevant and derive insights from fast-changing, voluminous sources including social media platforms, market data, and news outlets.

Information overload poses a major challenge. An estimated 463 exabytes of data is generated each day with the total amount of digital data globally projected to reach nearly 400 zettabytes by 2028 (for scale, one exabyte equals one billion gigabytes and one zettabyte equals one trillion gigabytes)- and much of this data is PAI. Analysts often struggle to find meaningful signals, leading to costly delays.

Most PAI and OSINT technologies approach the issue from a Big Data perspective, processing vast amounts of PAI with a disparate collection of automations, features, and tools. These solutions require significant computing power and focus on data instead of analysts, failing to fully leverage human expertise and bridge the gap between information and insight.

OSINT investigations continue to be hindered by an unmanageable volume of PAI and scattered, incomplete tool sets. As the $14 billion global OSINT market expands- projected to reach $58 billion by 2033- this problem is only amplified.

A human-centered Small Data operating system for PAI and OSINT investigations

Tadaweb flips the script with a Small Data operating system that harnesses the best of human tradecraft and OSINT automations.

Tadaweb’s human-centered platform delivers targeted, high-value data sets and workflow automations that help analysts uncover valuable insights from seemingly insignificant details. An intuitive AI-enabled low/no-code visual query engine and dashboard allows users to seamlessly design, run, and automate complex investigations with secure browsing, monitoring, evidence capture, and other custom capabilities. Analysts focus on evaluating a small number of precise data points instead of filtering through massive amounts of data, dramatically improving productivity and investigation results. The platform also fully integrates with third party tools and supports agnostic data ingress and egress for maximum flexibility.

This innovative technology reduces time to insight from days to minutes. Tadaweb’s customers, including public and private sector organizations across Europe and the U.S., experience more efficient OSINT investigations to quickly identify national security and cyber threats and disinformation campaigns, prevent fraud, stay ahead of supply chain disruptions, and anticipate first response needs.

Complementary co-founders and a hacker-inspired company culture

As an interested observer of emerging PAI and OSINT technologies, I was first introduced to François, Genna, and Tadaweb over five years ago, thanks to a glowing recommendation from one of the company’s earliest angel investors.

I have since spent a significant amount of time immersed in the company’s Luxembourg headquarters, otherwise known as the Tadaplex.

Inside the Tadaplex, nothing feels impossible- an exuberant hacker mentality permeates the company culture. Tadaweb’s growing team, now over 120 professionals from more than 20 countries across offices in Luxembourg, Paris, and London, constantly embraces creativity to find solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems.

This mindset can be traced back to its exceptional founders who, upon starting the company in 2011, immediately brought complementary skillsets to Tadaweb’s helm. François has deep technical expertise with experience leading information and cybersecurity engineering and architecture at Sun Microsystems (acq. Oracle) and telecom provider Spark New Zealand. Genna is a serial entrepreneur with impressive business acumen and a successful track record developing company growth, culture, and go-to-market capabilities. Together, François and Genna have built an innovative culture and recruited an impressive team to drive Tadaweb’s unique Small Data platform forward.

Tadaweb: Poised for success at scale

Forgepoint Capital International backs innovative companies solving critical challenges in cybersecurity, AI, and infrastructure software. Tadaweb does exactly that with its highly differentiated and market-validated Small Data operating system.

As we join Tadaweb’s international ecosystem of strategic partners including Carahsoft, Microsoft, and Constella Intelligence, along with investors Wendel and Arsenal Growth, we’re confident that the company has the technology, team, culture, and support to scale globally. We look forward to working closely with the team on the journey to scale their platform and recruit more top global talent as they revolutionize PAI and OSINT investigations using Small Data.