Nov 13, 2025

Tech.eu Tech.eu Insights creates insight and guides strategies with its comprehensive content and reports. Browse popular Insights content. The biggest European security tech deals in H1 2025 Across H1 2025, European security tech, from cyber to defence, targets complex public-private needs with AI, identity and privacy. From cybersecurity to defence and privacy innovation,European security companies in H1 2025 are increasingly addressing the complexsecurity needs of both enterprises and governments. The landscape spans fromsoftware-driven automation and cloud-native threat detection to emergingcategories such as AI-powered security operations, digital identity governance,and secure data exchange. A strong cluster of companies emerges from major Europeanhubs such as Paris, Berlin, London, Munich, and Dublin, each cultivatingspecialised expertise in areas like extended detection and response (XDR),privileged access management, and consent management. The convergence ofcybersecurity and compliance, along with new regulatory frameworks like NIS2and DORA, is also driving investment in automation, managed services, andprivacy-first solutions. The integration of artificial intelligence into threatanalysis, incident response, and vulnerability management has become a definingtheme, enabling faster, more adaptive protection against increasinglysophisticated attacks. The following are the ten largest funding rounds in theEuropean security tech industry during the first half of 2025. 1 Amount raised in H1 2025: €120.7M Tines is a workflow-automation platform designed to empower security, IT operations, infrastructure, engineering and product teams to move fast while staying safe. Built on a drag-and-drop, low- or no-code foundation, Tines enables organisations to connect any tool or API, craft intelligent workflows and deploy AI assistants across the enterprise with enterprise-grade security and integration flexibility. By replacing repetitive manual tasks with orchestrated workflows, Tines helps teams reduce time-to-value, scale operational coverage and focus on mission-critical work rather than “muck work.” In February, Tines secured €120.7 million in Series C financing to accelerate product innovation and ensure enterprise-grade security. 2 Amount raised in H1 2025: €72M Didomi is a Paris-based software company that helps organisations place user consent and privacy at the heart of their digital strategies. The company offers a consent and preference management platform that enables businesses to collect, store and manage user data choices across websites, mobile apps, and connected devices, while ensuring compliance with global data regulations such as GDPR and CCPA. With its tools, companies can customise user privacy journeys, track vendor risk, automate data-subject request management, and optimise marketing performance, improving consent rates and return on ad spend. In April, Didomi secured €72 million in funding, enabling the company to acquire Addingwell, a leading provider of server-side tagging technology. 3 Amount raised in H1 2025: €65M FTAPI Software is a Munich-based software company, founded in 2010, that provides a German-hosted, enterprise-grade platform for secure data exchange and automated workflows. Its platform supports the handling of sensitive files, encrypted emails, structured data collection, and workflow automation, all designed to meet compliance standards such as GDPR, NIS‑2 and DORA. With over 2,000 organisations and more than one million users relying on its tools, FTAPI serves sectors such as public administration, healthcare, and industry, aiming to give clients full control over their data flows and reduce manual overhead. In February, FTAPI Software raised €65 million to further expand its product portfolio for secure, trustworthy data exchange. 4 Amount raised in H1 2025: €26M Sekoia.io is a cybersecurity company that empowers SOC teams and MSSPs with an AI-driven operational security platform. Their flagship offering, the Sekoia SOC Platform, integrates cyber-threat intelligence (CTI), next-gen SIEM/XDR capabilities, and SOAR automation in one unified solution. Designed for rapid deployment and seamless integration into existing security stacks, Sekoia.io’s platform supports organisations across hybrid and multi-tenant environments, enabling continuous 24/7 threat detection and streamlined incident response. In April, Sekoia.io raised €26 million to inject more AI into cybersecurity. 5 Amount raised in H1 2025: $23M Cloudsmith is a cloud-native, globally distributed SaaS platform that serves as the “single source of truth” for software teams, enabling organisations to centrally manage, secure, and distribute all software artefacts across the software supply chain. Trusted by enterprises worldwide, Cloudsmith enhances visibility, compliance, and control in modern DevOps and CI/CD workflows. In March, Cloudsmith raised $23 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to over US$40 million. 6 Amount raised in H1 2025: $20M Labrys Technologies is a London-based tech company that builds Axiom, a secure workforce-management platform designed to help organisations verify, engage, coordinate and pay globally dispersed teams through a single solution. Axiom brings together four core capabilities: biometric identity and location verification, a global real-time team visualisation interface, multilingual secure communications and task assignment, and instant compliant payments (including via stablecoins). Targeted especially at high-risk, low-trust environments, such as defence, humanitarian aid and government operations, Labrys’s platform enables large‐scale coordination with enhanced security, compliance and operational efficiency. Labrys raised $20 million in June for humanitarian and security operations software. 7 Amount raised in H1 2025: €13.35M Whalebone is a cybersecurity company providing user-centric, no-installation Protective DNS and comprehensive digital security solutions for telecom operators, ISPs, enterprises, and governments. Its platform blocks phishing, malware, and fraud at the DNS layer, protecting users and devices without requiring any software installation. With products like Aura for telecoms, Immunity for enterprises, and Peacemaker for on-premise environments, Whalebone delivers seamless, scalable protection and strengthens digital trust across networks worldwide. In February, Whalebone raised €13.35 million in Series B to expand globally, enhance customer success, accelerate product development, grow enterprise and public sector reach, and strengthen threat intelligence. 8 Amount raised in H1 2025: $14M ThreatSpike Ltd is a London‐based cybersecurity company offering an end-to-end managed service designed to defend organisations of all sizes. Their “Blue” platform provides 24/7 detection and response across cloud, network, endpoints, email and applications, while their “Red” service delivers unlimited penetration testing and offensive-security exercises under a fixed subscription. The company emphasises clear outcomes over alerts, integrating AI-driven automation, cross-domain threat hunting and compliance coverage to simplify security operations and replace tool sprawl with a unified service. In June, ThreatSpike raised $14 million to simplify cybersecurity for SMEs. 9 Amount raised in H1 2025: €12M Baobab is a Berlin-based cyber-insurance MGA that combines a market-leading insurance policy with built-in risk-prevention services for Europe’s SMEs, delivered through a broker-friendly digital platform. Its approach uses automated underwriting, dynamic pricing, and continuous portfolio management in partnership with major carriers such as Zurich, ERGO, Liberty Specialty Markets, Tokio Marine Kiln, Argenta (Hannover Re) and Talbot (AIG). In June 2025, Baobab raised €12 million to further scale its integrated cyber protection offering. 10