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Best Cybersecurity Companies in Amsterdam, Netherlands

The 85 best Cybersecurity companies in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: AVG Technologies.

85companies tracked
$471.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
31have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CYBERSECURITY × AMSTERDAM

Our analysis of 174 Cybersecurity companies

$16.2b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

174companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
20unicorns
2018median founding year
515kcombined LinkedIn audience
80%of audience held by top 3

Ranked: Best Cybersecurity companies in Amsterdam

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1AVG Technologies
Anti-virus solution on endpoint devices for online security
$252M200 mo ago171—SalesforceBootstrapGoogle Cloud+27Top 100k7 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
—
2EclecticIQ
Provider of a threat intelligence platform that delivers contextual business insights
$52M30 mo ago95Cody Barrow
Chief Executive Officer
HubSpot CMS HubFacebook LoginLinkedin Sign-in+25Top 10M—1 launch · 1 partnership
3Zivver
Provider of email security solutions for data loss prevention and compliance
$32M67 mo ago130Lukas Valkenburg
Director Sales & Co-founder
HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailSalesforce+17Top 5M——
4Essentia
Blockchain based Platform for data management and decentralized interoperability
$26M95 mo ago8Matteo Gianpietro Zago
Co-Founder
————
5Hadrian
Cloud and AI based solutions for analyzing security vulnerabilities
$14M40 mo ago77Olivier Beg
Co-Founder & Chief Hacking Officer
WebflowSentryMarker+24Top 5M——
6ThreatFabric
Provider of mobile threat intelligence and fraud risk management solutions
53Growth top 35%Funding top 38%Tech top 45%AI top 45%
All 10 signals ▾
Growthtop 35%
Fundingtop 38%
Techtop 45%
AItop 45%
Moattop 47%
Patentstop 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Innovationbottom 48%
Marketbottom 40%
Globalbottom 36%
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $12.6M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$13M8 mo ago40Cengiz Sahin
Founder & Owner
HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+22Top 10M4 patents
Machine‑learning based fraud detection and anomaly monitoring for financial transactions
1 award
7Speakap
Enterprise messaging platform
$11M99 mo ago100—WebflowSentryApple iCloud Mail+23Top 5M——
8Sentinels
API-based transaction monitoring solutions for financial institutions
$10M57 mo ago102Joost van Houten
Founder & CEO
————
9Amberscript
Provider of automatic transcription of audio and video to text solution
$10M55 mo ago100Peter-Paul Leeuw
Founder
WordPressMySQLRedis+33Top 1M—1 launch
10Imagr.ai
Provider of AI-based smart shopping cart solutions for retail businesses
$10M77 mo ago—Konstantinos Raptis
Co-Founder
————
11Truvity
Decentralized customer identity verification software
$9M36 mo ago20Konstantin Mashukov
Co-founder and CEO
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+23Top 50M—3 launchs · 1 partnership
12Blanco
Cloud based software suite for the financial services industry
$8M51 mo ago54Joost Walgemoed
Ceo
Craft CMSPHPYii+23Top 50M——
13RedSocks
Network traffic flow analytics based malware threat defender
$6M119 mo ago3—————
14VisionLabs
Provider of facial recognition solutions using computer vision techniques
$6M103 mo ago95—WordPressMySQLPHP+20Top 10M12 patents
Biometric authentication integration for payment terminals and mobile devices
1 partnership
15Fraudio
AI and SaaS-enabled AML solutions for payment service providers and merchant acquirers
45AI top 20%Growth top 35%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 48%
All 7 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Growthtop 35%
Talentbottom 49%
Techbottom 48%
Fundingbottom 41%
Globalbottom 38%
Marketbottom 32%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100
$3M15 mo ago30Joao Moura
CEO
WebflowPipedriveLeadfeeder+18Top 50M—1 award
16ReaQta
AI-based protection against APT & ransomware threats for endpoint security
$2M116 mo ago42—————
17Oneleet
Provider of penetration testing platform
$2M8 mo ago3Bryan Onel
Founder & CEO
Framer SitesApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+20Top 5M—1 launch · 4 partnerships
18Apvera
Data driven insider threat intelligence on cloud
$2M115 mo ago5James Busta————
19Zerocopter
Vulnerability scanning and analysis platform
$1M117 mo ago46Junior Meijering
Founder
RubyRuby on RailsAmazon Web Services+12Top 5M——
20Syntho
Cloud-based data privacy solutions provider
$1M60 mo ago14Marijn Vonk
Co-Founder
WordPress Block EditorWordPressPlesk+16Top 5M——
21Mibo
Real-time video chat tool for informal meetings
$1M62 mo ago10—————
22Red Tulip Systems
Cloud based workspace containerization based secure communication
$341K112 mo ago—Rob Sutter
Co-Founder & CEO
————
23Tella
Online video editing platform provider
$150K69 mo ago8Grant Shaddick
Co-Founder
SentryNode.jsRadix UI+16Top 5M——
24Insiber
Platform offering cybersecurity and cyber insurance solutions
$105K42 mo ago2—————
25SmartLockr
Provider of secure email and file-sharing platform with AI protection
—39 mo ago30Hans Graaf
Co-Founder & CEO
HubSpot CMS HubHubSpotcore-js+16Top 10M——
26ComplianceWise
Developer of a automation compliance processes
—45 mo ago18Vincent Glazenburg
Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19Top 10M——
27Intel 471
Provider of cyber threat intelligence, exposure management, and threat hunting solutions
—57 mo ago200—Craft CMSApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+28Top 5M——

Top 12 Cybersecurity companies in Amsterdam

#1
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2018 · 40 employees
$12.6Mraised
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Provider of mobile threat intelligence and fraud risk management solutions. It offers tools to understand criminal tactics and prevent losses. The company's solutions aim to safeguard web and mobile channels. It focuses on detecting fraud, scams, account takeover, and device takeover. The company utilizes AI-powered technology to identify threats.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%
Funding
top 38%
Tech
top 45%
AI
top 45%
Moat
top 47%
Patents
top 49%
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $12.6M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Seed (Oct 2025)
Tech: 25 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Audience (LinkedIn): 9k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Seed—
  • Dec 2024Seed—
  • May 2023Seed$12.6M
Founders & team
Cengiz SahinFounder & Owner
Investors
Abn Amro, Motive Partners, 14Peaks, 10x Founders, Rabo Investments, OneSpan
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#2
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2022 · 3 employees
$2Mraised
▾

A platform for penetration testing. The tool regularly scans for new assets, alerts of database leaks, potentially harmful new domains that are similar to yours, logo and brand infringement, and new zero-day vulnerabilities that your organization might be subject to

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches · 4 partnerships (incl. Spot) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series A$33M
  • 2022Seed$500K
Founders & team
Bryan OnelFounder & CEOOra OnelCo-FounderErik VogelzangCo-Founder
Investors
Y Combinator, Dawn Capital, Fundament, Metaplanet, FPV Ventures, NKM Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsCrazy EggFramer Sites
#3
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2019 · 30 employees
$3.3Mraised
▾

AI and SaaS-enabled AML solutions for payment service providers and merchant acquirers. It features fraud prevention, transaction monitoring, APIs for integration into existing payment infrastructures, and more. It provides solutions for merchant risk monitoring, AML detection, payment fraud detection, and more.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Growth
top 35%
Talent
bottom 49%
Tech
bottom 48%
Funding
bottom 41%
Global
bottom 38%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 9k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2025Series A—
  • May 2021Seed$3.3M
Founders & team
Joao MouraCEO
Investors
Bynd Venture Capital, Start Ventures, Alea Capital Partners, Portugal Ventures, The Fintech Fund, Shilling
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#4
Series C · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2014 · 95 employees
$52.2Mraised
▾

Provider of a threat intelligence platform that delivers contextual business insights. The platform streamlines threat analysis with prioritized intelligence, enhancing threat detection. It offers automated alert prioritization and accelerated incident response through a unified view. The platform also facilitates informed decision-making, executive reporting, and proactive risk management. It delivers scalable threat intelligence services with customized insights.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Censys) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$1.6M
  • Aug 2021Series C$3.5M
  • Aug 2021Venture Debt$17.7M
  • Sep 2020Series C$23.9M
Founders & team
Cody BarrowChief Executive Officer
Investors
TIIN Capital, European Investment Bank, Keen Venture Partners, KPN Ventures, Inkef, ACE Management
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon Web ServicesBamboohrCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#5
Acquired · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 1991 · 171 employees
$252Mraised
▾

AVG Technologies (formerly Grisoft) provides anti-virus solution for endpoint devices for personal & business user. Released protection and performance products for Windows, Android, iOS and Mac OSX devices which allows to monitor and manage across an unlimited number of devices from a single dashboard.Technology is delivered to over 200M+ active users monthly worldwide. Its consumer portfolio includes internet security, performance optimization, and personal privacy and identity protection for mobile devices and desktops. Among Top 5 anti-virus software vendor & claims to have over 28k resellers, partners and distributors globally.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2009Series C$200M
  • Sep 2005Series B$52M
Investors
Enterprise Investors, Intel Capital, TA, Giant Leap Fund, Adams Street Partners, Benson Oak Capital
Tech stack
Adobe AnalyticsAdobe Audience ManagerAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAdobe Experience Platform LaunchAkamaiAkamai Mpulse
#6
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2021 · 77 employees
$13.9Mraised
▾

Cloud and AI based solutions for analyzing security vulnerabilities. It provides a cyber security platform that offers solutions such as asset discovery and contextualization, digital asset monitoring and testing, interpretation, intelligent risk assessment, and more. Features of the platform include risk alerts and notifications, contextualization, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 2.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2023Seed—
  • Jun 2022Seed$11.1M
  • Nov 2021Seed$2.9M
Founders & team
Olivier BegCo-Founder & Chief Hacking OfficerTijl Van VlietCo-Founder & Software EngineerRogier FischerCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Abn Amro, Slimmer AI, Village Global, CyLon, HV Capital, Picus Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#7
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2021 · 20 employees
$8.6Mraised
▾

Decentralized customer identity verification software. It offers a regulatory technology and onboarding tool with a variety of options for businesses to enhance self-governance, control workflows, and implement the power of SSI in operations and applications. It provides solutions for industries such as financial services, insurance, education, and human resources.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 3 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. WE BUILD Payments Interest Group) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Series A$8.6M
Founders & team
Konstantin MashukovCo-founder and CEO
Investors
Artek Group
#8
Acquired · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2015 · 130 employees
$32.2Mraised
▾

Provider of email security solutions for data loss prevention and compliance. The company offers tools for secure email and file transfer, threat protection, and domain security. It helps organizations meet compliance requirements, including GDPR, NIS2, HIPAA, DORA, and NTA 7516. The company provides integrations for Outlook and Gmail, along with secure gateways. It offers training to improve security awareness.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 15k LinkedIn followers — 2.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2020Series B$17M
  • Oct 2018Series A$12M
  • Apr 2017Seed$3.2M
Founders & team
Lukas ValkenburgDirector Sales & Co-founder
Investors
henQ, DN Capital, SmartFin, Dawn Capital, DutchBasecamp
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAura
#9
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2015 · 54 employees
$8.1Mraised
▾

Cloud based software suite for the financial services industry. It offers KYC, on boarding, and monitoring solutions that include client onboarding, remediation module, and client file module. It also offers a cloud based banking platform for wealth and asset managers. Platform modules include client financial investment plan, client file, portfolio management system, and security administration.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2022Seed$3.4M
  • Apr 2019Seed$2.3M
  • Apr 2018Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Joost WalgemoedCeo
Investors
Volta Ventures, KBC Focus Fund, Dutch Founders Fund, KBC Securities, Capiva Plus
Tech stack
Alpine.JsApache Http ServerAtlassian StatuspageBlitzCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#10
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2017 · 100 employees
$10Mraised
▾

Provider of automatic transcription of audio and video to text solution. The platform converts the provided audio and video to text. It provides automatic speech recognition. It caters to different industries such as education, enterprise, government, research, speech annotation, and media, and broadcasting. It monetizes through a subscription-based pricing model.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2021Series A$10M
Founders & team
Astrid DEcommerce Business OwnerPeter-Paul LeeuwFounderPeter-Paul LeeuwCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Endeit Capital, StartCapital Partners, Knight Capital
Tech stack
BraintreeCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCookiebotCore-Js
#11
Acquired · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2020 · 102 employees
$10.4Mraised
▾

API-based transaction monitoring solutions for financial institutions. It offers a detection engine with predefined and customizable scenarios; comparison of client's transaction data with relevant peer's data; report on risk assessment quality, team performance, and workload improvements; an overview on account activity, risk level, historical alerts, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2021Seed—
  • Jun 2021Seed$7M
Founders & team
Joost van HoutenFounder & CEO
Investors
Inkef, PPRO, DutchBasecamp, Slimmer AI
#12
Funding Raised · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2017 · 8 employees
$25.5Mraised
▾

Essentia is a modular framework for data management and decentralized interoperability. Allows users to store their digital identity and dApps in the framework and share them with concerned parties when needed. This puts control of personal data into the hands of the owners.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2018ICO$25.5M
Founders & team
Matteo Gianpietro ZagoCo-FounderMirco MongiardinoCo-FounderVladimir HolubovychCo-Founder
Investors
Du Capital, Youbi Capital, Black Edge Capital, Kosmos Ventures, Oneboat capital

Funding & investor landscape

$471.2Mtotal disclosed funding
24companies funded
43disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa3 rounds
Abn Amro2 rounds
Antler2 rounds
CyLon2 rounds
Dawn Capital2 rounds
DutchBasecamp2 rounds
Inkef2 rounds
Rockstart2 rounds
Slimmer AI2 rounds
Startupbootcamp2 rounds

Notable founders

Cengiz Sahin
Founder & Owner · ThreatFabric
Bryan Onel
Founder & CEO · Oneleet
Ora Onel
Co-Founder · Oneleet
Joao Moura
CEO · Fraudio
Cody Barrow
Chief Executive Officer · EclecticIQ
Olivier Beg
Co-Founder & Chief Hacking Officer · Hadrian
Tijl Van Vliet
Co-Founder & Software Engineer · Hadrian
Konstantin Mashukov
Co-founder and CEO · Truvity
Lukas Valkenburg
Director Sales & Co-founder · Zivver
Joost Walgemoed
Ceo · Blanco
Astrid D
Ecommerce Business Owner · Amberscript
Peter-Paul Leeuw
Founder · Amberscript
Prism market signals · Netherlands · country-scoped Prism corpus, 122,680 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Cybersecurity coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth flat

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Netherlands

How research on Cybersecurity is moving in the Netherlands

A read on the academic research around Cybersecurity — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 108 Netherlands-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201520192025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 15% → 31% across 2015–2025.
top research entities
  • University of Twente28
  • Delft University of Technology20
  • Ministry of Defence14
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam8
  • Radboud University Nijmegen5
leading researchers
Anna Sperotto · Aiko Pras · Nitin Naik · Paul Jenkins · Qiang Shen · Sandro Etalle · Jessica Steinberger · Harald Baier
▲ Breakthroughs41 · 38%
▲ 17%→42% share
▲2.5× share momentum4 median citations39% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (17%→42% of field), led by Scalability.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Scalability1→4
  • Intrusion detection system5→6
  • Denial-of-service attack3→4
Landmark Building an Intrusion Detection System Using a Filter-Based Feature Selection Algorithm · 619 cites
◆ Advancements28 · 26%
▼ 39%→13% share
▼0.3× share momentum11 median citations32% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (39%→13% of field), led by Computer security.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computer security10
  • Intrusion detection system9
  • Network security7
  • Data mining5
  • Firewall (physics)4
Landmark A framework for attack patterns' discovery in honeynet data · 87 cites
▼ Concerns27 · 25%
▼ 28%→26% share
▼0.9× share momentum4 median citations44% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (28%→26% of field), led by Intrusion detection system.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Intrusion detection system1→4
  • Network security3→5
Landmark An Overview of IP Flow-Based Intrusion Detection · 454 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Netherlands

Where cybersecurity is researched across Netherlands

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Delft22 · +0.18
Hot · Computer securityAdvancing · Intrusion detection systemOpportunity · BotnetConcern · Network security
Groningen19 · +0.46
Hot · Network securityAdvancing · Intrusion detection systemOpportunity · Key (lock)
Amsterdam11 · +0.45
Hot · Computer security
Nijmegen5 · +0.42
Opportunity · Entropy (arrow of time)
Eindhoven5 · -0.08
Hot · Computer securityConcern · Network security

Common questions

How many Cybersecurity companies are there in Amsterdam, Netherlands?
Radar tracks 85 indexable Cybersecurity companies headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Cybersecurity companies in Amsterdam, Netherlands?
The Cybersecurity companies in Amsterdam, Netherlands on this list have raised a combined $471.2M in disclosed equity funding across 24 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in Amsterdam, Netherlands?
AVG Technologies is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with $252M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Cybersecurity companies in Amsterdam, Netherlands are funded?
24 of the 85 Cybersecurity companies in Amsterdam, Netherlands on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Cybersecurity unicorns are there in Amsterdam, Netherlands?
None of the Cybersecurity companies in Amsterdam, Netherlands on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Amsterdam, Netherlands Cybersecurity companies?
The most active investors in Amsterdam, Netherlands Cybersecurity companies on this list include Europa, Abn Amro, Antler, CyLon, Dawn Capital.
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