Saepio sets sights on further M&A following Remitech acquisition

CEO Amir Nooriala tells CRN exclusively that the cybersecurity specialist wants to become a home for independent partners as it completes its second acquisition

UK cybersecurity specialist Saepio has acquired Remitech, a technology reseller and consultancy specialising in workplace technology, identity and device management, as it looks to broaden its capabilities and accelerate its growth.

The news marks Saepio’s second-ever acquisition, following the acquisition of Ruptura in 2025, which added in-house penetration testing to the business.

The deal also forms part of Saepio's ambition to become a home for independent UK partners looking for greater scale, with Nooriala telling CRN the cyber specialist has an appetite for further acquisitions.

“Generally, an acquisition is for two reasons,” Amir Nooriala, CEO of Saepio told CRN.

“One reason is you want to buy capability … The other one is you're buying a client book.

“With Remitech, we believe we're getting both.”

CRN had the chance to speak exclusively with Nooriala at Fal.Con Europe about the acquisition on the day the deal closed.

What was the strategic rationale behind the Remitech acquisition?

Nooriala said that the acquisition of Remitech will enable the business to expand its offering into secure workplace products.

He explained that the acquisition brings in a “really nice client base that has very little crossover and includes some of the biggest names in the UK fintech scene.”

On the capability side of the coin, “we're also buying capability in terms of the skill set they have around workplace security, which we don't have,” he explained.

Having already integrated capabilities it did not previously hold in-house following its acquisition of Ruptura, Nooriala said this approach can make integrations easier.

“When you're saying, not only do I want your client base, but I actually want your capability, and I want to bring that to my existing client base, that shows the value that you place on them.

“I think it makes it more like an integration of equals as opposed to someone just kind of vampire sucking someone else dry,” he said.

Why was now the right time for another Saepio acquisition?

Nooriala acquired Saepio in April 2024 and said the business has since doubled in size.

“It's been two and a half years since we bought the business [Saepio], and we've got all of our processes and systems in place.

“We've integrated our first acquisition, and we feel like we know how to integrate well now, and it's time to start doing more of that,” Nooriala said.

Saepio has taken the time to refresh its back-end systems, has hired a CFO and implemented new finance systems, as well as starting work on its marketing.

“We've got a really, really good engine just humming now. We're adding about 21 to 22 clients a month organically, and we're a good profitable business,” Nooriala explained.

He told CRN that the company is now looking at using its own profits to accelerate its growth.

“We're a business that has its sights on growing,” he said.

Remitech’s culture was another factor behind the deal.

“When I bought Saepio, one of the reasons the founders didn't sell to private equity was that they wanted to keep Saepio as a standalone business with its culture retained.

“We're very proud of the fact we're High Wycombe based, and we’re a local business.

“We're looking at the moment to move to a new headquarters in High Wycombe, and we invest a lot in young adults, so culture is really important to us.”

He explained that Remitech’s culture fit with Saepio’s, as the company is dedicated to a quality, honest service for its customers and building long-term relationships with them.

Saepio sets its sights on further acquisitions

In the long-term, Saepio is looking to absorb the Remitech brand in a “thoughtful timeline.”

“We’re not planning to change the way they work, it fits in perfectly in how we do,” he said.

“What we want to do is add more capability to them, so bring the whole vendor suite that we have, and all of the pre-sales and post-sales technical staff, and our CISO advisory.”

Saepio will also be looking at integrating and continuing the Remitech fintech dinners and accelerating these events.

But Remitech is unlikely to be Saepio’s last deal.

Looking to the future, Saepio has an appetite for further acquisitions, “but not because we need it.”

“When Rob [Pooley] and Andy [Pitt], the original founders of Saepio, founded their business, they set it up with three main company tenets,” Nooriala said.

“The first one was to be the partner of choice for anyone looking to buy cybersecurity. The second one was to be the partner of choice for any vendor looking to work in in the UK market. And the third one was to be the employer of choice for anyone who wants to work in cybersecurity.

“We still have those tenets; we've kept them, but we've added a fourth one now, which is to be the home for any independent partner that wants the benefit of scale and size, and so that's what we're working towards.”

As the industry has seen large-scale consolidations, largely driven by private equity, Saepio’s goal is to be an independent business that can acquire businesses and help them grow.

“We think there are a lot of independent players in the UK who might want to be part of something bigger, but still want to be an independent cyber partner.”

In terms of capabilities that Saepio wants to add, Nooriala said there are no specific capabilities they are looking for at the moment, but that it is driven by client need.

“Every year, we look at the portfolio of vendors that we partner with and refresh them.

“And so, what we need to do every year is on that new refreshed portfolio have capabilities so that we can continue to be a full-service partner for everything that our clients want to buy and use,” he explained.

“We're a fast-moving partner who works with fast-moving vendors.

“We need to keep up with them, so that's the capability we always need to bring in.”