The Cytix Show and Why They Chose to Integrate SkilledUp Lifers into Their Team

When Manchester-based tech startup, Cytix secured its breakthrough ￡1.6m seed funding from Praetura Ventures, the world of tech beamed for it. This is because only a few startups – about 4-5, maybe 6% of tech startups – survive their first few years. So, hearing the news of this particular successful fundraiser inspired hope in many tech startups.

At SkilledUp Life, we were ecstatic! The news represented success for us, not just for being a tech startup friend to Cytix and basking in its light, but for having served as a support agent in the early days when Cytix was still self-funded and bootstrapping.

“It is extremely hard to raise investment with an idea nowadays. It's much better to keep your head down, validate the idea, build your initial product, gain customers and grow revenue by assembling teams of volunteers at SkilledUp Life to supplement the funding team, before starting the fundraising journey.” - Manoj Ranaweera, CEO SkilledUp Life.?

Cytix is the first truly continuous security testing platform in the computer and network security world and handles penetration and baseline testing, as well as infrastructure security on both app and SaaS systems.

Few years ago, when Cytix was a fledgling startup and needed to build its team, Thomas Ballin and Ben Armstrong, co-founders of the startup, reached out to SkilledUp Life for skilled volunteers. When Thomas was reached last week, he expressed his joy at having taken that all-important step to leverage volunteers from SkilledUp Life back then.

“SkilledUp Life was a great way to punch over our weight by acting as a force multiplier, giving us access to talent that a fledgling startup like ours would never normally get access to.” - Thomas Ballin, Cytix co-founder.

Cytix's decision to Integrate SkilledUp Lifers into its team helped it run up to this success. It helped to build the ideal team then, and solidify the foundation for growth and stability currently enjoyed by the staff of Cytix.

Briefly On The SkilledUp Life Advantage

SkilledUp Life is the tech company responsible for providing tech startups with the ideal staff volunteers to help them grow into strong companies and eventual leaders of the industry.

Customers like Cytix chose to team up with SkilledUp Life to draw from its pool of volunteering talent, over 50,000 skilled talents, with proficiencies spread across HR admin, support, event management, content creation, marketing, designs, ads management, SMM and professional services.

Since 2020, SkilledUp Life has provided volunteers for tech startup businesses around the world because they understand the unique support a tech business deserves in its early stages to be able to survive in the hugely capital-intensive market of tech.

Today, the show is for Cytix. Tomorrow it could be for your business, to spend less and gain more from SkilledUp Life.

Choose to Integrate SkilledUp Lifers into your team today.

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