The Volentio Group comprises brands founded or acquired by tech entrepreneur Dan Lane. Under the Volentio Group umbrella, there are a diverse range of brands spanning telecoms, content delivery, and yachting financial management. The common thread among these brands is their commitment to enhancing and enriching the lives of their users.

Our brand ideas are developed within the Volentio Group, stemming from the passions of our team. With a highly skilled in-house team dedicated to software development and architecture, brand strategy and design, startup incubation and acceleration, as well as raising capital for our brand portfolio, we are positioned to transform concepts into fully-fledged products internally and occasionally collaborating with cherry-picked specialist partners when necessary.

Dan, initially in telecommunications, assisted in the development of Presence Broker working alongside Hutchison Whampoa / Three UK. This socially aware technology integrated users’ social media profiles, creating a contacts list on the phone.

Though Presence Broker didn’t progress with Three, the socially-aware handset project evolved into the INQ range. Dan collaborated with INQ, acquiring prototypes of their first phones, one of which featured the inscription ‘NIL DIFFICILE VOLENTI’ (later changed to ‘AUDACES FORTUNA IUVAT,’ meaning ‘fortune favours the brave’).

“NIL DIFFICILE VOLENTI” translates to “Nothing is impossible for those who desire it.” It encapsulates the brand’s ethos, akin to the sentiment of “live, laugh, love” in Latin/Roman culture.

“The 20-something me thought it was a great sentiment for the struggles that come with a startup, even if it is owned by one of the largest companies in the world. Well over a decade later, when considering the name for our new business and reflecting on having founded several companies called Impossible Something (telecom, mobile, research, etc.), it still resonates.” – Dan Lane, Volentio Founder & CEO

The inscription on the back of a prototype mobile phone struck a chord with Dan, prompting him to name the new business Volenti. He registered the domain Volenti.io and began referring to it as Volentio.