Investors hope they have found the key to a quantum leap in cyber security

Exclusive interviews and insights on an exciting deeptech investment that could have a global impact

The back story to a new £2.2m investment by Foresight and Northern Gritstone reads like the premise of the next James Bond movie.

The world faces a technological catastrophe that is set to be exploited by gangs of state-backed hackers and stateless thieves.

Global banks, nations' defence systems and everyone's personal identities are under threat and the heist is already underway.

James and his small team might be the only people standing in between an unknowing world and a globally-disruptive technology attack.

The unmistakable theme tune fades as we join James in a taxi in South Korea, 15 miles outside Seoul, where he is looking for like-minded partners to help fight the good fight (and make a good commercial return allowing a healthy exit for early investors)...

Read on for exclusive interviews and insights from Northern Gritstone chief executive Duncan Johnson and the new chief executive of a University of Leeds spin-out that is already being seen as having “unicorn” potential.