Clients

Since 2003, SFE has served over 50 clients from the USA, Canada, China, Taiwan, Russia, India, Israel, Finland, UK, France, Italy, Spain & Portugal.

We have historical relationships and influence in leading-edge sectors in the Telecom and IT domain, incl. IP Networking, Wireless, VoIP, Video and IPTV, VAS / Advertising, Business applications.

Some current clients:

SaaS / Cloud

Solutions provided via a SaaS / Cloud based model of service and billing.

Analyse2

Analyse2 is a leading developer, vendor and integrator of software tools and systems enabling consumer-centric category management in food retailing. These systems allow retailers to achieve optimal assortment planning and other strategic /tactical product management tasks matching actual consumer needs.
The company serves over 50 retail and supplier customers including Finland's top retailer KESKO and 30 of its major suppliers.
Founded in 2004, Analyse2 is based in Finland and developing operations in Brazil, Russia, Spain, Portugal and Italy.
www.analyse2.com/index.html

Tracker.com

Founded in 2010, Tracker.com is an innovative Swiss quality provider of user-friendly GPS-based tracking and locating services and devices serving the various needs of individuals and businesses. Implemented in the cloud (SaaS), the services are accessible via any browser through a very intuitive user interface. Smartphones are also supported for some operations.
The service -that allows real-time locating of people (children, handicapped people, sportsmen, ...), animals (pets, cattle, ...), equipment (e.g. vehicles) and objects (e.g. luggage)- is really easy to use by everybody (parents, dog owners, farmers, etc), very reliable (devices meeting military specifications), simple and affordable.
Tracker.com is based in Zurich, Switzerland and developing operations across Europe and beyond.
www.tracker.com

Miradore

Miradore is a Finland-based developer of software systems allowing IT service providers to offer complete IT management solutions. Miradore’s cloud-based management system enables remote access to IT devices and software, through one easy-to-use modular interface – scalable to meet an organization’s size and specific needs. Miradore supports the whole IT lifecycle, including purchasing, installation, maintenance, replacement, and retiring devices and integrates asset management, configuration management and lifecycle management tools.
Miradore serves clients through strong ICT service providers, and has entered in partnerships with leading companies including Fujitsu and HP. The partnership with Fujitsu has led to the integration of Miradore's management solution in their Patja service offering, which transfers the responsibility of the customers ICT to Fujitsu and currently covers some 150,000 workstations in Finland.
www.miradore.com

Improlity

Founded in 2003, Improlity Oy is a Finnish developer of cloud-based software for enterprise and public sector organisations. They offer practical tools allowing professional to efficiently manage processes in three distinct areas:
    - Project portfolio management
   - Idea / knowledge management within an organization
   - Quality monitoring and complaints management.
Improlity serves over 30 customers including Kone, Neste Oil, Gasum, AGCO and Proventia in Finland, and Boots, Bupa and Corus abroad.

www.improlity.fi

CrowdEngineering

CrowdEngineering is a company operating in the Social CRM (Customer Relationship Management) arena in Europe and the U.S.A. Its innovative technology platform, CrowdForce, allows large companies and SMBs to design and run a crowdsourced business process fully integrated with existing processes.
CrowdForce has already been acknowledged as one of the most complete and innovative in the industry both by the market as well as by analysts. It enables an enterprise's customer base and its web community to become valuable collaborators, a workforce who can be involved in various business processes such as customer support, sales and marketing, the three cornerstones of Social CRM.
CrowdEngineering is supporting a number of companies in the fields of Telecommunications, Media, Finance and Public Administration to design and implement their Social CRM strategy. CrowdEngineering raised $4M in a series A round in May 2011 to expand its current operations in the USA and Italy.
www.crowdengineering.com/index.html

Applications

Leading edge equipment and software -using advanced technology- to enhance productivity and efficiency.

BiTX

BiTX is the brand name of the international project launched by Your Voice. The BITX brand stands for "bit eXchange" and represents a full set of products and services dedicated to the fast growing world of machine to machine (m2m).
Your Voice S.p.A. is a leading Italian company offering services and solutions for automatic multichannel communications. Founded in 1999 by Italian business people and financed by prestigious institutional investors at an international level, Your Voice enables interactive one-to-one relationships with clients through systems including off-line services in full outsourcing, or the provision of on-demand services, or the sale of license agreements for use of the platform.
www.bitx.com

ReboundTAG

Founded in 2009, ReboundTAG is a UK-based company providing a worldwide, web-based system that permits to easily track and locate lost luggage, and to quickly return it to the air traveller. ReboundTAG system relies on its Microchip Bag Tag that uses state-of-the-art Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. Each Bag Tag features two microchips that contain both ReboundTAG's own ID along with an extra 128 bits of space usable by airlines and airports. Each TAG also includes a human-readable number and a barcode using the airline standard barcode system. The multiple layers of technology mean that Bag Tags are useful in all airports from the most basic to the most sophisticated.

With over 40 million bags missing each year, ReboundTAG solves a real problem and allows travellers to fly in peace. Since 2009, ReboundTAG has built strong inroads into airlines including Lufthansa, and partnerships with large airport baggage handling companies.

More details in the following BBC programme: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/fast_track/9380028.stm
www.reboundtag.com

Surveypal

Founded in Finland in March 2007, Surveypal delivers enterprise-class feedback management and survey software as an online service. Designed for companies of any size, Surveypal exploits the power of the Internet to allow businesses to safely and securely manage, refine and share their critical information anytime, anywhere. Surveypal's software is incredibly fast and simple to use in domain such as personnel research, event management, administration, sales management, marketing and communication.
en.surveypal.com/

Data2Logistics

Data2Logistics recovers, controls and reduces transportation costs by providing Fortune 1000 companies with actionable information that is captured from their freight bills. Data generated as a result of freight bill audits and freight bill payments provides a valuable management tool.

Data2Logistics clients depend on prompt and accurate freight bill audit, processing, payment and logistics information management services. The company reviews $14 billion worth of freight bills from thousands of carriers every year. It offers a single-source solution for all modes of freight—including air, LTL, TL, parcel, overnight express, ocean, and rail shipments.

The complex world of freight bill payment, contracts, tariffs and fuel surcharges can lead to overpayments, lost discounts and compliance errors that can hurt a company’s bottom line. Using cutting-edge technology and years of freight bill auditing experience, savings are achieved by recovering overcharges, rate errors, duplicate billings, and service failure adjustments.

Data2Logistics helps its clients improve visibility to critical information, eliminate carrier overcharges and maximize efficiencies by eliminating paper. Its Data Mining capabilities and information technology provide our customers with the information they need to better manage transportation costs and increase profitability.

Data2Logistics is owned by Platinum Equity (www.platinumequity.com), a global M&A&O® firm that has completed nearly 100 acquisitions with more than $27.5 billion in aggregate annual revenue at the time of acquisition.
www.data2logistics.com

Security

Security solutions for Government and Enterprise.

AREA

Founded in 1996, AREA is a Milan-based, independent developer and supplier of software-based monitoring systems allowing Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to perform lawful interception (LI) through wire tapping on wired and wireless telephony and IP networks.
AREA's main product - MCR Voice and Data Monitoring Center - integrates, within a consistent user interface, software components for voice and data monitoring applications, for analysing captured data and for controlling tactical devices for the geographic monitoring of moving targets via GPS, the tapping of conversations among parties, the identification of mobile target devices and of bases stations in a certain area, and for monitoring video cameras. The complete systems are delivered turn-key, including installation, testing, user training, 24/7 support, updates and maintenance.
AREA has deployed over 200 systems in Italy (home country), in Europe and in the rest of the world.

www.areamcr.com

Night Owl

Night Owl Security Products is a leading manufacturers of security DVR’s and cameras. They are primarily focused on quality, reliability and excellent customer service. The products are designed and engineered for ease of use and cost effectiveness. All security products are in use by customers around the world including home owners, retailers, dealers, distributors, integrators, government organizations and both large and small businesses.
www.nightowlsp.com

Media - VAS

Value add media, marketing and advertising technology solutions and relationships.

*BRAND

*BRAND is a leader in the letter dialing revolution, who markets the service for all the communication companies in Israel. It is the owner of a global patent request for dialing letters of a changing length. The leading companies in the market have joined *BRAND revolution and have changed their regular phone number to a Star followed by the brand name or the company’s business field.
The company behind *BRAND is Nameber Ltd. haedquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel.
www.starbrand.co.il/default.asp

Networking

Value add best-of-class networking solutions

Asoka USA

Founded in 2001, Asoka is a leading developer of simple, secure, and reliable powerline networking products that use existing electrical wires to deliver high-speed networking throughout a home or business. Designed for both residential and commercial environments, Asoka's innovative products are sold globally through carriers and systems integrators.
Its PlugLink® family of residential products is designed to provide simple, secure, reliable home networking and includes Ethernet and wireless routers and adapters, unique Ethernet adapters integrated into power strips, and a remotely accessible IP camera.
The PlugLAN commercial product line delivers Internet to every room, every outlet, and every person in MDU/MTUs, hospitality, and small businesses with enterprise-class management, security, and scalability. The PlugLAN line includes a full-featured switching gateway, Ethernet and wireless adapters, and an innovative Ethernet adapter with integrated pass-through electrical outlets.

www.AsokaUSA.com

SMC

SMC Networks is a leading provider of LAN hardware and broadband connectivity devices. Globally, SMC Networks leverages manufacturing resources and strategic relationships to bring to market a growing range of affordable, leading-edge products; including Gigabit and Fast Ethernet Switching, Wireless networking, Broadband connectivity products as well as traditional network adapters and a broad spectrum of switches. SMC Networks specialises in solutions for the SMB/e and the home and small office (SOHO).

www.SMC.com

KEMP Technologies

KEMP Technologies, Inc. is a networking appliances company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Yaphank, New York. The company is a leader in affordable server load balancer appliances and application delivery controllers tailored to meet the needs of businesses that rely on the Internet for e-commerce and business-critical applications. KEMP helps companies rapidly grow their business with 24/7 high-availability, better web infrastructure performance, scalability and secure operations – while streamlining IT costs.
Thousands of KEMP LoadMaster products are in use today to improve customer satisfaction by accelerating user access to business-critical web applications. Managed service providers also rely upon KEMP products to enable fast time-to-market and cost-effective operations for new and existing managed services.
KEMP’s highly affordable LoadMaster products include Layers 4-7 load balancing, content switching and server persistence, SSL offload/acceleration, WTS load balancing and persistence with Session Directory integration, and application front-end capabilities (caching, compression, intrusion prevention system), plus one full year of product support – delivering industry leading price/performance value.
www.kemptechnologies.com

NMSWorks

NMSWorks Software delivers network management solutions to some of the largest and most demanding telecom service providers, network equipment vendors and enterprises. NMSWorks constantly innovates to bring distinct and comprehensive software solutions in Network, Services and Business Layers across a spectrum of communication networks - Wireline, Wireless, Next Generation and IP Networks. Backed by a strong research team NMSWorks delivers cutting-edge network management framework vertical-specific applications and mediation adapters to integrate many third party EMS and network elements including proprietary and legacy systems under our NMS solutions. All this at a competitive cost compared to the Big4 or other niche proprietary solutions.
www.nmsworks.co.in

VoIP

Business-enhancing features and low-cost calls by taking advantage of converging communications.

Media5

Media5 Corporation has built upon the leading technologies of Mediatrix Telecom and M5T to develop advanced, secure, and survivable VoIP products, technologies and services for Service Providers and Enterprise Networks. Media5 products and solutions are widely interoperable and have received commercial endorsement from some of the world’s leading manufacturers of telecommunications equipment as well as from large telecommunication carriers.
Media5 will continue to offer the following industry leading brands of solutions:
> Mediatrix VoIP access devices and gateways, which are designed for the enterprise, SOHO, and Service Providers markets.
> M5T hardware and secure software technologies, which are aimed towards chipset manufacturers, equipment vendors, and service providers developing applications and products for real-time multimedia communications over IP.
> Media5Boss, an all-in-one suite of solutions designed for security, survivability and mobility in multi-site, branch office environments.
Media5 has its corporate offices in the Sherbrooke area, in Canada, and regional offices in the United States, Europe, Middle East and Latin America.

www.Media5corp.com

AndreXen

AndreXen is a Paris-based, worldwide Telecom Manufacturer delivering innovative VoIP and Unified Communication applications since 2004.
AndreXen provides telecom operators with end-to-end, ready-to-use, feature-rich IP telephony and communications solutions through a unique technology, « Hybrid Communication Platform ». This patented technology solves the issues of IP Centrex Technology and offers the best of IPBX and IP Centrex architectures.
With references in Europe, South East Asia, Africa, and South America, AndreXen works hand-in-hand with operators and helps them provide enterprises' customers with appropriate convergence solutions and residential customers with triple and quadruple play offers. AndreXen solutions bring productivity and increase ROI to any type of business and are compliant with every network (SIP, WiMax, LTE… ).
As a a leading player in SIP & Unified Communication, AndreXen is underpinned by OSEO, French Ministry of Research, COFACE and PM’UP .
www.andrexen.com/en

Wireless Communications

High quality wireless backhaul & access, to voice and data communication services and content networks

Extricom

Extricom is the designer and manufacturer of an award-winning Wireless LAN System which represents a new generation of enterprise WLAN infrastructure for providing converged data, voice (VoWLAN), and video services.
This unique wireless system delivers the lowest total cost of ownership, at the same time as achieving a performance leap in capacity, coverage, and seamless mobility. All this, while making deployment and management radically easier than anything in the market today. The result is a large-scale WLAN infrastructure for enterprise-wide triple play services, with the dependability and performance of a wired network.
Extricom customers include universities, healthcare/medical campuses, municipalities, primary and secondary school boards, and hospitality concerns.
www.extricom.com/

Cambridge Broadband Networks

Cambridge Broadband Networks provides telecommunications operators with carrier-class wireless point-to-multipoint transmission equipment. The company’s unique approach to backhaul means that its technology provides operators with a highly compelling business case, reducing backhaul costs by up to 60%.
To date, Cambridge Broadband Networks products have been commercially deployed and technically proven in more than 30 countries, and the company continues to expand into new geographical markets as wireless networks become more widespread throughout the world. Privately-held, Cambridge Broadband Networks has headquarters in Cambridge, UK, with offices in Malaysia and South Africa and manufacturing facilities in China.
www.cbnl.com

Consumer Electronics

ICT hardware or software products purchased by individuals for use in entertainment, communications, home management / security and personal productivity / safety.

GearHead

Gear Head, LLC., manufactures, engineers, imports, markets, tests and supports a comprehensive line of high quality Computer Peripherals /Accessories including Optical Drives, Wireless Desktops, WebCams, Mobile Mice, Desktop Mice, Keyboards, Headsets, Mac Accessories, USB Hubs, Card Readers, Media and Speakers. Gear Head offers high quality products and cutting edge technology for today’s consumer, which is backed by a dedicated technical support.
www.pcgearhead.com

Night Owl

Tracker.com

Commercial Services

We work closely with country organizations that support local SMBs for R&D in technology, innovation and international market development.

TEKES

Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation --- Tekes works with the top innovative companies and research units in Finland for challenging R&D and business development. Every year, Tekes finances some 1,500 business research and development projects, and almost 600 public research projects at universities, research institutes and polytechnics.
Research, development and innovation funding is targeted to projects that create in the long-term the greatest benefits for the economy and society. Tekes does not derive any financial profit from its activities, nor claim any intellectual proprietary rights.

Our collaboration with Tekes is managed locally by PROFict Partners Oy

www.tekes.fi/en/community/Home

ICEX

The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX) provides services to Spanish companies with the aim of promoting and facilitating their international expansion. The Institute has its own financial resources and manpower. It is active in the following areas:

Design and implementation of trade promotion programs in foreign markets
Development and dissemination of information about Spanish products in international markets
Training of companies’ management and professionals on foreign trade
Support for investment, industrial or business cooperation projects in foreign markets

To effectively accomplish its objectives, ICEX operates abroad through the network of Economic and Commercial Offices of the Embassies of Spain and, in Spain, through the Regional and Territorial Trade bodies.

Our collaboration with ICEX is driven through the plan PIPE

www.icex.es