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Cutover
Techstars '15London, GB · Founded 2013 · 145 employees on LinkedIn · 10 known investors
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Cutover provides cloud disaster recovery and incident management automation software using AI-powered orchestration to replace manual recovery processes. The platform serves organizations managing application availability and IT resilience, backed by a partnership with AWS.
Also known as Cutover
Founders & leadership
Cutover was founded in 2013 by Ky Nichol.
Investors · 10
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$52M disclosed across 2 rounds · 2019–2021
- $35MSeries BMar 2021 · 3 sources
Eldridge (lead), Contour Ventures, Index Ventures, Sussex Place Ventures
Source ↗ - $17MSeries ANov 2019 · 4 sources
Index Ventures (lead), Barclays Bank, Contour Ventures, Outrun Ventures, Partnership Fund for New York, Sussex Place Ventures
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Cutover develops a SaaS "Collaborative Automation" platform that combines AI, automation and human decision-making to plan, execute and audit complex IT operations work. Its core construct is the runbook: dynamic, executable, task-based plans that sequence and orchestrate activities across both people and machines in real time, replacing static documents with editable plans that can be adapted during execution. Runbooks can be stored as templates and linked to a configuration management database so that recovery plans spanning hundreds or thousands of applications can be mobilized quickly, covering core infrastructure, control planes and individual applications by criticality.
The platform is packaged into products including Cutover Recover (IT and cyber disaster recovery), Cutover Respond (incident response aimed at reducing mean time to resolution) and Cutover AI, alongside features such as real-time dashboards and analytics, and an integration suite with a REST API and connectors to third-party tools and collaboration platforms including Slack, Microsoft Teams and Zoom. Cutover AI, which the company says leverages Amazon Bedrock and Anthropic's Claude, summarizes runbooks, evaluates and suggests improvements using execution data, and generates new runbooks with tasks and dependencies from sources such as Confluence and other structured and unstructured data. An immutable, auto-generated audit log supports regulatory compliance and evidencing of recovery processes to regulators. Use cases extend beyond disaster recovery to cloud migration, software release and patching, large-scale technology implementations and operational resilience testing, across on-premises, cloud, hybrid and multi-cloud estates.
Business model
Cutover sells its platform as a SaaS product to large enterprises, marketed through demo requests and supported by an ecosystem of systems integrator and cloud partners.
Traction
Named customers and references include Barclays, Nationwide Building Society, Danske Bank, LSEG, Accenture and Deloitte. The company reported doubled revenues and an almost tripled workforce in 2020. Published outcome claims include 50% reduction in execution time, 70% reduction in planning and testing time, 60% more efficient audit, and 3x faster cloud migrations; a Forrester Total Economic Impact study of Cutover Recover cites 313% ROI, $3.17M net present value and payback in under six months.
Latest developments
Current product line spans Cutover Recover, Cutover Respond and Cutover AI, with AI capabilities built on Amazon Bedrock and Anthropic's Claude for runbook creation, summarization and improvement. The company publishes ongoing blog content on IT disaster recovery planning, cyber resilience metrics and planned failover, and operates a Cutover Resilience Funding Program and a customer community.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Positions itself as an enterprise work orchestration and observability platform; states three of the five largest US banks are among its users and that it holds an AWS Resilience Software Competency as one of the inaugural partners in that program. Listed in Deloitte's 2020 UK Fast 50 fastest-growing technology companies.
Technology
AI-powered, dynamic runbooks that orchestrate human tasks and machine automation, with real-time dashboards and analytics, an integration suite with REST API and connectors to third-party IT and collaboration tools, and an immutable auto-generated audit log. Cutover AI applies models via Amazon Bedrock and Anthropic's Claude to summarize, improve and generate runbooks.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise sales supported by demos, customer success stories and a customer community, plus a partner ecosystem that includes AWS (as an Advanced Technology Partner and ISV), Deloitte, Accenture and CSTechnology; the company also runs a Cutover Resilience Funding Program.
Large enterprises, with particular depth in financial services (banks, investment firms, building societies and exchange groups), as well as technology, retail and insurance; buyers include C-suite, IT operations, cyber security and DevOps teams.
Geography
Headquartered in London, UK, with an expanded footprint in New York City; serves global enterprises.
History
Cutover raised a $17 million Series A led by Index Ventures in November 2019, with Barclays Bank, Sussex Place Ventures, Contour Ventures, Partnership Fund for New York and Outrun Ventures participating. It graduated from the Partnership Fund for New York City's FinTech Innovation Lab in 2018 and was listed in Deloitte's 2020 UK Fast 50. In March 2021 it announced a $35 million Series B led by Eldridge, closing the final wave later that month with the addition of Partnership Fund for New York City, Outrun Ventures and angel investors.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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Timeline · 7
launches, deals, and filingsCutover achieved the AWS Resilience Competency as one of the inaugural AWS partners in the program, recognizing technical proficiency in helping customers increase resilience.
The Partnership Fund for New York City noted that Cutover, which graduated from its FinTech Innovation Lab in 2018, had chosen to expand its footprint in New York City.
Cutover announced the final close of its $35 million Series B, adding Partnership Fund for New York City, Outrun Ventures and angel investors Cris Conde, Gokul Rajaram and Andy Brown to the round led by Eldridge with follow-on from Index Ventures, Sussex Place Ventures and Contour Ventures.
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Cutover announced a $35 million Series B financing round led by Eldridge, alongside existing investors Index Ventures, Sussex Place Ventures and Contour Ventures. The company said revenues had doubled and that it had almost tripled its workforce in 2020, and planned to expand into new verticals and double investment in engineering and product.
$35M source ↗
Cutover is an Advanced Technology Partner and Independent Software Vendor to AWS, and works with a partner ecosystem including Deloitte, Accenture and CSTechnology.
Cutover was listed in Deloitte's 2020 UK Fast 50 fastest-growing technology companies.
Cutover raised $17 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Barclays Bank, Sussex Place Ventures, Contour Ventures, Partnership Fund for New York and Outrun Ventures.
$17M source ↗
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Legal entities · 1
corporate structureCompanies House · registry record
View on Companies House ↗- Registered name
- CUTOVER LIMITED
- Company number
- 09805139
- Status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 Oct 2015
- Registered office
- Second Floor, 3 Liverpool Gardens, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1TF
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 99999 — Dormant Company
- Accounts
- last made up to 31 Oct 2025 · next due 31 Jul 2027
- Confirmation statement
- last made up to 1 Oct 2025 · next due 15 Oct 2026
Current officers · 1
- Ky Perry Nichol — director, appointed 2 Oct 2015
Source: Companies House public register · retrieved 24 Jul 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Cutover do?
- Cutover is an enterprise platform for automated runbooks that orchestrate IT disaster recovery, incident response and cloud migration.
- Who founded Cutover?
- Cutover was founded by Ky Nichol in 2013.
- Who are Cutover's investors?
- Cutover's investors include Contour Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Outrun Ventures, Sussex Place Ventures, Techstars, Eldridge, SparkLabs Global Ventures.
- How much funding has Cutover raised?
- Cutover has disclosed $52M raised across 2 rounds.
- Where is Cutover headquartered?
- Cutover is headquartered in London, GB.