Best Cybersecurity Companies in Belgium
The 70 best Cybersecurity companies in Belgium in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: itsme.
- Cybersecurity Market to Grow 15% between 2020 and 2026
- AI and ML threats drive security investment shift, ISG study finds
- Cybersecurity market researchers forecast significant growth
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.
Ranked: Best Cybersecurity companies in Belgium
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | itsme Customer identity verification solutions provider | $29M | 59 mo ago | 12 | 2007 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | itsme Provider of digital identity solutions for secure online transactions and signatures | $29M | 59 mo ago | 20 | 2017 | — | SentryAtlassian StatuspageZendesk+23 | — | 1 expansion |
| 3 | Intigriti Provider of security testing and bug bounty platform | $27M | 49 mo ago | 13 | 2016 | Stijn Jans Founder & CEO | DatoCMSTurbopackEmotion+20 | — | 1 launch |
| 4 | Venly Provider of Web3 and blockchain‑infrastructure company | $25M | 49 mo ago | 9 | 2018 | Tim Dierckxsens Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowCart FunctionalitySentry+34 | — | 1 award |
| 5 | Aikido Platform offering cloud security software | $25M | 5 mo ago | 7 | 2022 | Willem Delbare Co-Founder & CEO & CTO | WebflowYouTubeAmazon Web Services+27 | — | 2 job openings |
| 6 | Dust mobile Secure communication solution | $16M | 43 mo ago | 20 | 2017 | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Phished AI-based anti-phishing solutions provider | $8M | 25 mo ago | 22 | 2018 | Arnout Meulebroucke Founder & CEO | Craft CMSApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+31 | — | 1 job opening |
| 8 | Belfort Developer of hardware and algorithmic solutions for encrypted data processing | $6M | 8 mo ago | — | 2025 | Laurens Poorter Co-Founder & CEO | — | 2 patents Efficient hardware design and accelerated bootstrapping for homomorphic encryption | — |
| 9 | Sweepatic Cloud based vulnerability assessment and reconnaissance exposure detection | $4M | 56 mo ago | 21 | 2016 | Stijn Casteele Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 10 | Raito Cloud-based platform for data security | $4M | 44 mo ago | 17 | 2021 | Dieter Wachters CTO & Co-Founder | WebflowThree.jsAmazon Web Services+10 | — | — |
| 11 | miaa Guard Cloud based platform offering access governance solutions | $3M | 89 mo ago | 3 | 2010 | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Scaled Access Provider of cloud based authorization platform | $3M | 89 mo ago | 8 | 2009 | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Spencer Cloud-based employee communication platform provider | $3M | 91 mo ago | 31 | 2014 | Thomas Sundert Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+29 | — | 1 partnership |
| 14 | Skedify Appointment scheduling software for local businesses | $2M | 96 mo ago | 34 | 2014 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Ceeyu Offering external cybersecurity risk identification and management solutions | $987K | 30 mo ago | 10 | 2020 | Jimmy Pommerenke Founder | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Node.js+19 | — | 1 launch |
| 16 | Sign2Pay Secure mobile payments using signature | $769K | 137 mo ago | 1 | 2013 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Limecraft Offers collaboration solution for film and media production | $693K | 101 mo ago | 9 | 2010 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | 2 patents Automated analysis and indexing of audio‑visual content | 2 launchs |
| 18 | Chestnote Secure mobile messaging app | $691K | 114 mo ago | 1 | 2014 | — | — | 2 patents Conditional storage and retrieval of medical records for healthcare data management | — |
| 19 | Toreon Business-driven cyber consulting, securing organizations, products, and people | $333K | 30 mo ago | 56 | 2013 | — | WordPressNode.jsPHP+31 | — | — |
| 20 | AME AML solutions for financial institutions | $66K | 63 mo ago | 7 | 2004 | Gerard McNamara Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 21 | pryml Data privacy solutions provider | $20K | 76 mo ago | 3 | 2017 | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | GuardSquare Cloud based mobile application security testing solutions | — | 11 mo ago | 43 | 2014 | — | HubSpot CMS HubSalesforceEnvoy+24 | 13 patents Mobile app security via automated code partitioning, verification, and component encryption | — |
Top 12 Cybersecurity companies in Belgium
#1
Series B · Ghent, Flanders · founded 2022 · 7 employees$24.5Mraised▾
Platform offering cloud security software. It enables users to scan the source code and cloud to identify security vulnerabilities. It scans the cloud infrastructure to identify the misconfigurations in real time. The platform analyzes and monitors the codebase and infrastructure to identify and resolve security issues. It supports languages such as Python, Javascript, PHP, and more.
- Jan 2026Series B$60M
- May 2024Series A$17M
- Nov 2023Seed$5.3M
- Jan 2023Seed$2.2M
#2
Seed · Leuven, Flemish Brabant Province · founded 2025$6Mraised▾
Developer of hardware and algorithmic solutions for encrypted data processing. It provides tools to process sensitive information without decryption, focusing on speed and scalability. The company's technology aims to make encrypted computation practical across various sectors. It offers hardware designed for seamless integration, enhancing speed and scalability. The focus is on maintaining data protection throughout operations, ensuring confidentiality.
- Sep 2025Seed$6M
#3
Funding Raised · Leuven, Vlaanderen · founded 2018 · 22 employees$8Mraised▾
AI-based anti-phishing solutions provider. The product offers AI-driven phishing simulations that train every recipient in recognizing possible phishing attacks based on their knowledge level. The features of the product include prevention of spear phishing, CEO fraud, manual simulations, reporting, etc. It uses an AI-based algorithm that generates training programs.
- May 2024Conventional Debt$8M
#4
Series B · Antwerp, Flanders · founded 2016 · 13 employees$27.2Mraised▾
Provider of security testing and a bug bounty platform. The features of the product include a continuous security assessment, vulnerability, and bug detection, security testing, threat prevention, etc.
- Apr 2022Series B$22.6M
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$126.8K
- Jun 2020Series A$4.6M
- Mar 2019Grant (prize money)$56.1K
#5
Series A · Willebroek, Flanders · founded 2018 · 9 employees$24.8Mraised▾
Venly is a blockchain infrastructure and financial services company headquartered in Belgium. Venly provides the technology and regulated entity framework that connects blockchain rails to the global banking system, enabling businesses to send, receive, and settle payments using stablecoins with fiat on- and off-ramps built in. The company operates across two layers. The technology layer provides APIs for wallet infrastructure, digital asset management, and payment orchestration. The financial services layer, operated through its wholly-owned subsidiary Venly Finance Sp. z o.o. (Poland, EU VASP registered)- handles stablecoin settlement, digital asset custody, and card issuance under regulatory supervision. Venly's settlement infrastructure routes cross-border payments through the optimal combination of stablecoin and local payout rails (SEPA, SWIFT, ACH, Faster Payments) across 40+ corridors. Clients include primarily fintechs, iGaming operators, affiliate networks, and prop trading firms — reduce settlement costs by 40-60% compared to traditional correspondent banking, with same-day settlement as standard. The group is SOC 2 Type II certified and ISO 27001 compliant, with MiCA CA
- Apr 2022Series A$23M
- Apr 2021Seed$1.8M
- 2019Seed—
#6
Deadpooled · Brussels, Brussels · founded 2017 · 20 employees$15.8Mraised▾
Secure communication solution. The solution offered by the company provides protection against network cyber threats and malicious attacks such as MITM attack, traffic interception, denial of service, and diameter attacks.
- Nov 2022Series B$12.5M
- Dec 2019Series A$3.3M
#7
Series B · Brussels, Brussels · founded 2007 · 12 employees$29.3Mraised▾
itsme provides a mobile to prove the user identity and approve a transaction to both individuals and businesses. The mobile combines a mobile phone, SIM card and a personal identifier like a fingerprint or a personal code to generate a unique ID for the user. The Android & iOS mobile app is free for use cases like digital identification, authentication or approval of transactions. The company offers a partnership-based model to incorporate the product capabilities to the business organizations. Notable partners include BNP Paribas Fortis, Randstad, Belfius, ING, Bolero, ClearMedia, and AXA. Started as an initiative of Belgian Mobile ID, a consortium of major Belgian banks like Belfius, BNP Paribas Fortis, ING, & CBC and Belgian mobile network operators like Orange Belgium, Proximus, and Telenet.
- Jul 2021Series B$29.3M
#8
Series B · Brussels, Brussels · founded 2017 · 20 employees$29.3Mraised▾
Provider of digital identity solutions for secure online transactions and signatures. It allows users to securely log in, create accounts, confirm transactions, and sign documents. The platform offers a method for identity verification without card readers or passwords. It facilitates secure access and confirmation processes across various online platforms.
- Jul 2021Series B$29.3M
#9
Acquired · Brussels, Brussels · founded 2021 · 17 employees$3.9Mraised▾
Cloud-based platform for data security. It allows users to share data and information with encryption. It also offers tools for cyber security and data access management. It offers tools for automating data access requests.
- Oct 2022Seed$3.9M
#10
Seed · Bonheiden, Flanders · founded 2020 · 10 employees$987Kraised▾
Offering external cybersecurity risk identification and management solutions. The SaaS platform periodically performs automated scans and risk analysis of the digital footprint of both its customers and the suppliers or partners of its customers. It also offers the possibility to carry out questionnaire-based audits. This can be done by creating questionnaires tailored to the supplier, from a white sheet or starting from templates that Ceeyu makes available.
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$333.2K
- Sep 2022Seed$753.6K
#11
Acquired · Leuven, Flemish Region · founded 2016 · 21 employees$4.4Mraised▾
Sweepatic Security provides a cloud based vulnerability assessment platform that emulates reconnaissance attacks to discover and assess the security gaps and exploitable digital footprints of ana organizations. Features include a dashboard, reporting and alerting modules, and integration with SEIM platforms like Qualys, Acunetix, Splunk, ArcSight, Electric IQ, and Anomali. Notable clientele includes KBC, and Christelijke Mutualiteit.
- Oct 2021Series B$3.3M
- Jul 2019Series A$1.1M
#12
Funding Raised · Belgium · founded 2013 · 56 employees$333.2Kraised▾
Business-driven cyber consulting, securing organizations, products, and people. They offer comprehensive cybersecurity services and solutions, empowering organizations to achieve business objectives. They focus on securing organizations through strategy, risk management, and virtual CISO services. For securing products, they integrate security into software development with application security experts and technology implementation. To secure people, they build cyber capacity through awareness training and professional education via the Data Protection Institute. They are committed to knowledge sharing, impact, and acting as an independent partner, guiding clients in ICT security decisions. They are dedicated to improving trust in the digital society, supporting related initiatives. Services include security strategy, governance, risk & compliance, secure development, cloud security, security architecture, ethical hacking, and operational technology security.
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$333.2K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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 rising
How research on Cybersecurity is moving in Belgium
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 34 Belgium-affiliated papers.
- KU Leuven8
- UCLouvain5
- University of Liège4
- Université Libre de Bruxelles4
- Royal Military Academy3
- Intrusion detection system5
- Scalability4
- Network security2
- Anomaly detection2
- Edge device2
- Computer security2
- Computer network2
- Context (archaeology)2
- Exploit1
- Baseline (sea)1
- Network security7
- Computer network4
- Computer security3
- Network packet2
- Key (lock)2
Where cybersecurity is researched across Belgium
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.
Common questions
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