Galveston Group

Galveston Technologies is a geopolitical intelligence platform purpose-built for institutional wealth management. We deliver real-time threat detection, entity-level exposure mapping, and scenario simulation capabilities to private banks, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices managing portfolios of £500M and above.

The wealth management industry faces a fundamental intelligence gap. When geopolitical events unfold — sanctions, regime changes, trade disruptions, conflict escalation — advisors responsible for billions in client assets are forced to rely on fragmented manual processes to assess exposure. They trawl through news feeds, cross-reference spreadsheets, and make phone calls to compliance teams. The typical response time from a geopolitical signal to a portfolio action is 72 hours or more. In a world where markets move in minutes, this is an unacceptable vulnerability for institutions entrusted with protecting generational wealth.

Galveston exists to close that gap. Our core product, Mithril, is a decision intelligence layer that sits across an institution’s portfolio infrastructure and continuously monitors geopolitical risk in real time. The platform ingests and synthesises data from sanctions lists, beneficial ownership registries, SEC filings, adverse media sources, political risk indicators, and live market signals. It maps these against client holdings at the entity level — not just by country or sector, but by the specific companies, individuals, and relationships within a portfolio. When a relevant event occurs, Mithril identifies exposed positions, quantifies potential impact, and presents advisors with actionable scenarios within minutes.

Before founding Galveston, I spent my career immersed in the mechanics of political power and information systems. My introduction to the world of data-driven intelligence came early. At fourteen, I built what became one of the UK’s largest political donor database — a system that mapped the relationships between political funding, influence, and decision-making. That experience taught me something fundamental: that the ability to see connections others cannot see, and to see them faster, is the most valuable capability in any high-stakes environment. Coming from a world where political intelligence systems could map influence networks and flag emerging threats in real time, this felt like stepping back in time. The gap between the intelligence capabilities available to governments and defence organisations and those available to the wealth management industry was staggering. I knew immediately that this was the problem I wanted to solve.

I founded Galveston Technologies to bring military-grade intelligence infrastructure to institutional wealth management. The name itself carries personal meaning — Galveston is named after the song by Glen Campbell, a family story, whose music has always represented a sense of foresight and looking beyond the horizon. It felt fitting for a company whose entire purpose is helping institutions see what is coming before it arrives.

Rhys Cooper

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Julie Cooper

Chief Operating Officer (COO)