Catenai

What Catenai does

Catenai Plc is an AIM-quoted (LSE: CTAI) UK technology and digital services company headquartered in London with 1-10 employees. The company develops secure, app-based solutions for data management, security, and compliance, and its primary product is OnSide, a centralised management tool purpose-built for UK local government and community groups that handles staff rota scheduling, timesheet processing, attendee management, and duty-of-care and health-and-safety reporting. Catenai also owns a 51% controlling stake in Hyperneph Software (acquired May 2021 for £320,000), which provides digital transformation software services, and has adopted a Bitcoin treasury strategy as part of its capital management approach.

Catenai's core business model is software platform services delivered via subscription or usage-based SaaS pricing to local authorities and community organisations, supplemented by returns from strategic equity investments. The most significant of these is a 16.1% stake in Alludium Ltd (increased from ~13% in March 2026 via a £250,000 investment as part of a £1 million round at a £9 million pre-money valuation), an AI developer whose no-code 'AI Agent Operating System' platform launched commercially in March 2026 with paid Stripe-processed subscription plans, a Google partnership, and an AgenticInvestor partnership secured in July 2026. Co-investor Sure Valley Ventures backs Alludium alongside Catenai, and Catenai issued warrants over 100 million new ordinary shares to Alludium's founders as part of the launch.

The company's go-to-market combines direct sales of OnSide into UK local government with a product-led, self-serve motion operated by Alludium globally. Distribution for Alludium is handled via direct website sign-up and Stripe billing, while Catenai itself communicates primarily through RNS announcements, its investor relations website, and the Investor Meet Company platform given its AIM-listed status. Management has stated the company maintains sufficient liquidity to cover corporate costs for more than 18 months.

Name

Catenai

Legal name

Catenai Plc

Website

https://catenaeinnovation.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Catenai Plc is an AIM-quoted UK technology company that builds OnSide, a SaaS management platform for UK local government and community groups, while operating as a strategic investor in early-stage technology firms including a 16.1% stake in Alludium, an AI agent platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Administration Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

ITSM Platform Implementation & Administration (ServiceNow/JSM/BMC/etc.) (BPAEAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

DAO Treasury, Governance & On-Chain Finance Tools (FSADAMAL)

Keywords

• Data management software
• Compliance software solutions
• Local government software
• Community group management
• Workforce scheduling software

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Software Platform Services: SaaS-based app solutions for data management, security, and compliance delivered to organisations via subscription or usage-based models.
2. Strategic Investments: Catenai generates returns through equity stakes in technology companies, having invested in Alludium (AI platform) and other portfolio companies, with recent £250,000 investment increasing stake to 16.1% in Alludium at £9M pre-money valuation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Catenai develops and distributes OnSide, a centralised management application specifically built for local government and community groups that handles staff rota scheduling, timesheet processing, attendee management, and compliance reporting covering duty of care and health and safety obligations. The company also delivers digital transformation software services through its majority-owned subsidiary Hyperneph Software and holds a strategic minority investment in Alludium Ltd, which has launched a no-code AI Agent Operating System available through paid subscriptions. Catenai additionally operates a Bitcoin treasury strategy as part of its asset management approach.

Product overview

Catenai Plc is an AIM-quoted technology and digital services company specialising in data management, security, and compliance. The company develops secure, app-based solutions that give organisations greater control of their operations. Catenai's primary product is OnSide, a centralised management tool for local government and community groups. The company also maintains a strategic investment in Alludium Ltd, an AI company developing no-code AI agent platforms, representing Catenai's push into AI-based automation and emerging technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OnSide: A centralised management tool specifically developed for local government and community groups that improves administration processes including staff rota scheduling, timesheet processing, attendee management, and reporting.

Products and services

• OnSide OnSide is a centralised management tool specifically developed for local government and community groups that improves administration processes including staff rota scheduling, timesheet processing, attendee management, and reporting. It provides full visibility of who is managing different groups, enhances data accuracy and reporting, and helps organisations demonstrate good governance regarding duty of care and health and safety obligations as well as detailed outcome reporting.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Alludium FounderscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 March 2026Following Alludium's public launch of its AI Agent platform, Catenai will issue warrants over 100,000,000 new ordinary shares to Alludium's founders, exercisable at 0.3 pence per share and expiring 18 months from issue.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Civica: Civica is a major UK provider of software and outsourcing services to local government and the wider public sector, including scheduling, workforce management, and compliance solutions. It is the most directly comparable competitor to Catenai's OnSide platform in the UK local authority market.
• Moveworks: Moveworks is an enterprise AI agent platform that automates workplace tasks across IT, HR, and operations via a conversational interface. It is highly comparable to Alludium's no-code AI Agent platform, both targeting workplace automation through conversational agent deployment.
• Relevance AI: Relevance AI provides a no-code/low-code platform for building and deploying AI agents and workflows for business teams. Its agent-building approach and target audience closely mirror Alludium's positioning in the no-code AI agent category.
• Yotta: Yotta (formerly Mayrise) provides software solutions specifically for UK local government, including asset management, workforce scheduling, and compliance tooling. It is a directly comparable vendor competing in similar local authority workflow niches to OnSide.

Broad incumbents

• Capita: Capita is a large UK outsourcing and digital services company serving central government, local authorities, and regulated industries. It competes for the same local government software and services contracts that Catenai's OnSide platform targets, but at significantly greater scale.
• Serco: Serco is a large UK and international public services company providing outsourced technology and operational services to government clients. As a broad incumbent, it overlaps with Catenai's public-sector software and services footprint at scale.

Emerging players

• Lindy AI: Lindy AI offers a no-code platform for building AI assistants and automations targeting individuals and small teams, with subscription-based access. Its self-serve, SMB-focused GTM and AI-agent product surface area overlap meaningfully with Alludium.
• Cognosys: Cognosys is an early-stage AI agent platform enabling users to build autonomous AI workflows for business tasks. Its product positioning in the AI agent builder category overlaps directly with Alludium.
• Stack AI: Stack AI provides a no-code platform for building and deploying AI agents and enterprise workflows. Its technology focus on accessible agent-building tools for business teams is closely aligned with Alludium's product offering.

Regional players

• Digital 9 Infrastructure: Digital 9 Infrastructure is an AIM-listed investment company focused on digital infrastructure assets. As a fellow AIM-listed holding vehicle deploying capital into technology platforms, its listed-investment structure is comparable to Catenai's emerging holding-company model around Alludium.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/catenae-innovation-plc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A2 records

Investments3 records

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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