<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
was	O
a	O
global	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
and	O
collaboration	O
software	O
company	O
that	O
provided	O
cloud-based	O
Instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
,	O
meeting	O
and	O
calling	O
for	O
business	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
enabled	O
people	O
to	O
meet	O
and	O
collaborate	O
from	O
their	O
desktop	O
and	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
via	O
proprietary	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
and	O
third-party	O
meeting	O
room	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
June	O
2022	O
Starleaf	B-Application
Limited	O
entered	O
into	O
administration	O
and	O
its	O
services	O
and	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
platform	O
ceased	O
operation	O
in	O
October	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
was	O
established	O
in	O
2008	O
by	O
Mark	O
Loney	O
,	O
Mark	O
Richer	O
and	O
William	O
MacDonald	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
trio	O
had	O
previously	O
founded	O
Calista	O
,	O
which	O
offered	O
cloud	O
based	O
voice	O
services	O
and	O
which	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Cisco	O
Systems	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
Codian	O
,	O
a	O
UK-based	O
manufacturer	O
of	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
infrastructure	O
that	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Tandberg	O
for	O
$270m	O
in	O
2007	O
and	O
subsequently	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
Cisco	O
Systems	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
initially	O
developed	O
a	O
telepresence	B-Application
and	O
video	O
meeting	O
service	O
that	O
offered	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
personal	O
and	O
group	O
telepresence	B-Application
endpoints	O
connected	O
via	O
a	O
dedicated	O
on-premise	O
PBX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
launched	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
Cloud	O
,	O
a	O
global	O
network	O
managed	O
by	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
with	O
regional	O
points	O
of	O
presence	O
,	O
to	O
which	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
endpoints	O
could	O
connect	O
from	O
anywhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
ceased	O
selling	O
on-prem	O
systems	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
Cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
Breeze	O
software	O
client	O
enabled	O
people	O
to	O
join	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
meetings	O
from	O
laptops	O
(	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	O
OS	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	O
)	O
smartphones	O
and	O
tablets	O
(	O
iOS	O
and	O
Android	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
from	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
personal	O
videophones	B-Application
and	O
meeting	O
room	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
introduced	O
a	O
dedicated	O
room	O
system	O
for	O
Skype	O
for	O
Business/Microsoft	O
UC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
this	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
"	O
Teamline	O
by	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
"	O
and	O
was	O
extended	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
Teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
being	O
make	O
calls	O
and	O
join	O
meetings	O
,	O
it	O
added	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Poly	O
in	O
2020	O
to	O
make	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
services	O
available	O
on	O
Poly	O
conferencing	O
and	O
meeting	O
room	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Usage	O
of	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
grew	O
by	O
over	O
1,000	O
%	O
between	O
January	O
and	O
April	O
2020	O
as	O
global	O
lockdowns	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
dramatic	O
increase	O
in	O
home	O
and	O
remote	O
working	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
transitioned	O
from	O
hardware	O
led	O
sales	O
to	O
being	O
a	O
SaaS	O
based	O
offering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
was	O
VC-backed	O
and	O
had	O
secured	O
eight	O
funding	O
rounds	O
totaling	O
almost	O
£60m	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
£12m	O
of	O
which	O
came	O
in	O
2019	O
with	O
investment	O
from	O
Grafton	O
Capital	O
and	O
Highland	O
Capital	O
Partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
June	O
2022	O
Starleaf	B-Application
Limited	O
entered	O
into	O
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
platform	O
provided	O
video	B-Application
calling	I-Application
,	O
meetings	O
,	O
and	O
messaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Functionality	O
was	O
available	O
through	O
its	O
apps	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	O
,	O
iOS	O
and	O
Android	O
and	O
through	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
and	O
third	O
party	O
room	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
had	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
schedule	O
meetings	O
,	O
either	O
through	O
the	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
portal	O
or	O
using	O
Outlook	O
or	O
Google	O
Calendar	O
plug-ins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
and	O
calling	O
features	O
included	O
blurred	O
and	O
virtual	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
background	O
noise	O
cancellation	O
,	O
screen	O
sharing	O
,	O
in-meeting	O
chat	O
and	O
participant	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
apps	O
and	O
devices	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
make	O
audio	O
or	O
video	B-Application
calls	I-Application
,	O
either	O
to	O
other	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
users	O
,	O
H.323	O
addresses	O
,	O
SIP	B-Application
addresses	O
,	O
or	O
when	O
configured	O
with	O
a	O
SIP	B-Application
trunk	O
,	O
PSTN	O
telephone	O
numbers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
sold	O
its	O
own	O
range	O
of	O
room	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
Huddle	O
combined	O
the	O
codec	O
and	O
touch	O
screen	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
device	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
wide	O
angle	O
camera	O
and	O
microphone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
sold	O
Pronto	O
cable	O
accessory	O
for	O
its	O
meeting	O
rooms	O
which	O
when	O
plugged	O
into	O
your	O
laptop	O
's	O
USB	O
A	O
or	O
USB	O
C	O
port	O
,	O
instantly	O
transferred	O
any	O
meetings	O
the	O
user	O
had	O
been	O
invited	O
to	O
onto	O
the	O
room	O
system	O
for	O
one	O
touch	O
join	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
its	O
partnership	O
with	O
Poly	O
,	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
had	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
Poly	O
Studio	O
X30	O
,	O
Studio	O
X50	O
and	O
G7500	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
join	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
meetings	O
,	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
rooms	O
were	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
join	O
third	O
party	O
meetings	O
such	O
as	O
Zoom	O
or	O
Teams	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
they	O
had	O
H.323	O
or	O
SIP	B-Application
access	O
enabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
also	O
supported	O
SIP	B-Application
and	O
H.323	O
endpoint	O
registration	O
from	O
third	O
party	O
room	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Calls	O
via	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
were	O
encrypted	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
been	O
ISO/IEC	O
27001	O
certified	O
since	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
provided	O
an	O
industry-leading	O
99.999	O
%	O
uptime	O
guarantee	O
(	O
effectively	O
no	O
more	O
than	O
5.5	O
minutes	O
of	O
unplanned	O
downtime	O
per	O
year	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Customers	O
had	O
control	O
over	O
where	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
stored	O
their	O
organisation	O
’s	O
data	O
(	O
data	O
sovereignty	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
web-based	O
StarLeaf	B-Application
management	O
portal	O
provided	O
controls	O
and	O
analytics	O
for	O
administrators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
hosted	O
15	O
points	O
of	O
presence	O
(	O
as	O
of	O
2019	O
)	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarLeaf	B-Application
received	O
awards	O
and	O
recognition	O
for	O
both	O
business	O
development	O
and	O
video	B-Application
conferencing	I-Application
service	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
