Radar · Cybersecurity in Germany
Best Cybersecurity Companies in Germany
The 519 best Cybersecurity companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: LeanIX.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
519companies tracked
$868Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
121have raised
Germany's Cybersecurity sector is more active than its funding numbers suggest: 519 companies tracked, $868M in total disclosed capital, and no unicorns yet, but the pipeline is moving. Hawk leads the pack at $27M raised, with revel8 at $7M and QuoIntelligence at $6M rounding out the top tier. The global cybersecurity market sits at roughly $72.5B, growing at a 10.99% CAGR, driven by tighter government regulations and the sheer volume of open interfaces companies now expose. Germany's regulatory environment, shaped by both EU mandates and national frameworks, makes that demand pressure local and immediate.
So what's pulling capital right now? Threat surfaces are shifting fast. Recent funding into AI-era security and encryption-focused rounds like Pantherun's $12M show where global investors are looking, and I'd expect German players to follow that current hard over the next few quarters. Backers like HTGF, eCAPITAL and German Accelerator are the ones you'll see most often in German cap tables here. Coverage may be flat, but the underlying threat themes, fraud statutes, drone warfare, infrastructure attacks, are anything but.
Sources & further reading
- Cybersecurity market grows 16% despite deteriorating economic conditio
- AI and ML threats drive security investment shift, ISG study finds
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CYBERSECURITY × GERMANY
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
285kcombined LinkedIn audience
34%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Cybersecurity companies in Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LeanIX Provider of enterprise architecture solutions for business transformation and IT alignment 53Tech top 25%Funding top 33%Moat top 39%Growth top 45% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 25% Fundingtop 33% Moattop 39% Growthtop 45% AItop 45% Producttop 46% Globalbottom 45% Newsbottom 32% Marketbottom 28% Tech: 60 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services Funding: Raised $120M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 11 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $120M | 63 mo ago | 11 | 2012 | — | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+32 | — | 1 launch |
| 2 | DataGuard Provider of IT security, consulting, data protection, and other services 55Growth top 24%Funding top 31%News top 39%Talent top 46% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 24% Fundingtop 31% Newstop 39% Talenttop 46% Techtop 47% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 37% Growth: Headcount 14 → 31 (+121%) across vintages · 1 acquisition/expansion move in 24 mo Funding: Raised $80.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $80M | 44 mo ago | 31 | 2018 | Reinhard Gorenflos Co-Founder | HubSpot CMS HubSentryApple iCloud Mail+18 | — | 1 job opening |
| 3 | SoSafe Cloud based platform offering cyber security training for employee awareness | $73M | 53 mo ago | 370 | 2018 | Felix Schurholz Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+29 | — | 2 launchs |
| 4 | VMRay Threat detection using hypervisor based dynamic analysis 50Moat top 22%Funding top 32%Talent top 38%Growth top 45% All 8 signals ▾Moattop 22% Fundingtop 32% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Marketbottom 48% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 43% Newsbottom 27% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn Funding: Raised $62.9M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 12 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $63M | 41 mo ago | 79 79 → 121 (+53%) · sector median +25% | 2013 | Ralf Hund Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+25 | — | — |
| 5 | Wire Provider of secure collaboration platform with messaging, calls, and file sharing 50Talent top 28%Moat top 31%Funding top 35%Customers top 38% All 11 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Moattop 31% Fundingtop 35% Customerstop 38% Techtop 39% Markettop 43% Producttop 44% Innovationtop 48% Globalbottom 38% Newsbottom 27% Growthbottom 25% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $55M | 46 mo ago | 156 | 2012 | Alan Duric COO/CTO & Cofounder | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20 | — | 1 award |
| 6 | Unify Software based Enterprise Unified Communications | $52M | 78 mo ago | 3,000 | 2008 | — | DrupalPHPApache HTTP Server+6 | 967 patents Telecom network hardware, signaling protocols, power management, and flash storage control solutions | — |
| 7 | IDnow Provider of automated and expert-led identity verification and digital trust services | $40M | 46 mo ago | 450 | 2010 | Sebastian Baerhold Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+39 | 18 patents Digital identity verification and biometric authentication services | — |
| 8 | Link11 DDoS protection and CDN solutions provider 40Talent top 28%Growth top 42%Funding top 45%Tech top 45% All 10 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthtop 42% Fundingtop 45% Techtop 45% Moattop 45% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 37% Patentsbottom 34% Innovationbottom 31% Newsbottom 22% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 2 named leaders on record Growth: 1 acquisition/expansion move in 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $29M | 29 mo ago | 38 | 2005 | Karsten Desler Co-Founder & Managing Director | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+24 | 3 patents Network security DDoS mitigation and traffic filtering solutions | 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 9 | ORY Cloud based identity and access management solutions 53Talent top 28%Tech top 29%Funding top 39%Moat top 39% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Techtop 29% Fundingtop 39% Moattop 39% Growthtop 45% Globalbottom 49% Marketbottom 33% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Tech: 47 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $28M | 26 mo ago | 16 | 2015 | Thomas Curran Co-Founder & CEO | TurbopackSentryNode.js+25 | — | 1 partnership |
| 10 | Hawk Provider of AI-powered anti-money laundering and fraud prevention technology solutions 57Funding top 31%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Moat top 41% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 31% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Moattop 41% AItop 45% Techtop 49% Patentstop 49% Innovationbottom 48% Marketbottom 40% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $27.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 7 yrs (0.4/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $27M | 14 mo ago | 36 | 2018 | Tobias Schweiger Co-Founder & CEO | DrupalApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19 | 4 patents Financial fraud detection and compliance monitoring using explainable AI analytics | 2 partnerships · 1 award |
| 11 | Netviewer Internet Visual Communication | $24M | 211 mo ago | 56 | 2001 | — | — | 6 patents Hybrid adaptive image compression algorithms for efficient digital image storage | — |
| 12 | Fraugster Fraud protection API for online payments | $19M | 91 mo ago | 55 | 2014 | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Code Intelligence Provider of vulnerability assessment and fuzz testing solutions provider | $15M | 48 mo ago | 16 | 2017 | Khaled Yakdan Co-Founder & Chief Scientist | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33 | — | — |
| 14 | Utimaco Encryption and centralized management based data security solution | $13M | 273 mo ago | 347 | 1983 | Stefan Auerbach CEO | DrupalApple iCloud MailMariaDB+22 | 4 patents Secure key exchange and payload transmission for vehicle communication systems | — |
| 15 | Cobion Web and spam content filtering employing network layer appliance | $13M | 276 mo ago | — | 1997 | Rene Seeber Co-Founder & CTO | — | 2 patents Image database compilation and similarity-based image matching for visual recognition | — |
| 16 | Astaro Unified Threat Management | $13M | 265 mo ago | 51 | 2000 | — | — | 3 patents High‑performance clustered stateful firewalls for intensive network application processing | — |
| 17 | Wonder Cloud-based online events virtual space provider | $12M | 66 mo ago | 19 | 2020 | — | — | 4 patents Fastening devices and mechanisms for securing objects, e.g., clasps and attachment systems. | — |
| 18 | nyris Developer of visual search technology for product and spare part identification | $11M | 39 mo ago | 30 | 2015 | Markus Lukasson Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 19 | Baobab Provider of cyber risk and vulnerability assessment solutions 27Moat top 39%Funding top 43%Market bottom 43%Global bottom 39% All 5 signals ▾Moattop 39% Fundingtop 43% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 21% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked Funding: Raised $9.6M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $10M | 12 mo ago | 37 | 2015 | — | — | — | 1 launch |
| 20 | Swyx Integrated unified communication solutions for SMB's | $9M | 246 mo ago | 125 125 → 98 (-22%) · sector median +25% | 1999 | — | PleskNginxZendesk+5 | — | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 21 | movingimage Cloud based enterprise video platform | $9M | 118 mo ago | 58 58 → 75 (+29%) · sector median +25% | 2004 | Ingo Hofacker Chief Executive Officer | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — |
| 22 | Collax Unified threat management for enterprise network | $8M | 244 mo ago | 14 | 2005 | Boris Nalbach Founder & GM | — | 2 patents Cluster node fencing hardware for secure isolation in high‑availability computing | — |
| 23 | Shutter Network Cryptography solution for Ethereum security | $8M | 27 mo ago | 33 | 2021 | — | WebflowGSAPSwiper+13 | — | — |
| 24 | Schutzklick Product insurance platform for retailers and individuals | $8M | 135 mo ago | 105 | 2012 | Robin von Hein Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — | — |
| 25 | Roqad Identity solutions provider focusing on GDPR compliance | $7M | 36 mo ago | 16 16 → 38 (+138%) · sector median +25% | 2014 | Carsten Frien CEO & Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | 2 partnerships |
| 26 | Edgeless Systems Confidential computing solutions for secure and accountable storing and processing of data | $7M | 39 mo ago | 19 | 2019 | Thomas Tendyck Co-Founder | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 27 | revel8 Provider of AI-powered platform for social engineering and phishing attack simulations 40Talent top 38%AI top 45%Funding top 46%Tech bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 38% AItop 45% Fundingtop 46% Techbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 31% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $7M | 8 mo ago | — | 2024 | Julius Muth Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowSentryApple iCloud Mail+19 | — | — |
| 28 | Enginsight Provider of security analytics for IT infrastructure in enterprises 57Tech top 25%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Funding top 43% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 25% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 43% Fin. healthtop 43% Marketbottom 38% Globalbottom 32% Newsbottom 18% Tech: 46 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $7M | 20 mo ago | 14 | 2016 | Mario Jandeck Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+35 | — | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 29 | fraud0 Cloud based ad fraud detection software | $7M | 33 mo ago | — | 2020 | Tilman Pfeiffer Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — |
| 30 | Mobius Labs Developer of open-source multimodal AI for text, audio, and video | $6M | 57 mo ago | 29 | 2018 | Aleksandr Movchan Co-Founder | WebflowYouTubecore-js+20 | 12 patents AI-driven video highlight selection, automated image capture, and training data generation. | — |
| 31 | IDEE Provider of blockchain based identity verification solutions | $6M | 78 mo ago | 3 | 2015 | Al Lakhani Founder & CEO | WebflowGSAPEmotion+23 | 6 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 32 | QuoIntelligence Provider of cyber threat intelligence services, including risk and digital protection 42Tech top 35%Moat top 39%Growth top 45%News top 45% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 35% Moattop 39% Growthtop 45% Newstop 45% Fundingtop 50% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 39% Globalbottom 37% Tech: 43 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $6M | 1 mo ago | 40 | 2020 | Marco Riccardi Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+29 | — | 1 award |
| 33 | Kertos Offers data privacy solutions 40Growth top 35%Talent top 38%News top 45%Funding top 49% All 8 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Newstop 45% Fundingtop 49% Techbottom 48% Moatbottom 38% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 33% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $5M | 9 mo ago | 22 | 2021 | Kilian Schmidt Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+22 | — | — |
| 34 | Secunet Security Networks Enterprise security solution suite | $5M | 53 mo ago | 755 755 → 971 (+29%) · sector median +25% | 1997 | — | TYPO3 CMSPHPVideoJS+13 | 95 patents Secure messaging, confidential data access, and fail‑safe network communication technologies | 1 partnership |
| 35 | Unosecur Cloud identity security platform 32Growth top 45%Funding bottom 48%Tech bottom 47%Talent bottom 45% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 45% Fundingbottom 48% Techbottom 47% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 28% Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $5.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $5M | 14 mo ago | — | 2021 | Santhosh Founder & CEO | WebflowGSAPAmazon Web Services+16 | — | 1 expansion |
| 36 | siOPTICA Developer of switchable privacy display solutions for various industries | $5M | 99 mo ago | 15 15 → 14 (-7%) · sector median +25% | 2013 | — | — | 282 patents Switchable optical filters and anti‑glare elements for displays and vehicle lighting systems | — |
| 37 | Enclaive Platform offering software for docker container security 27Talent top 38%Funding bottom 49%Market bottom 37%Global bottom 36% All 4 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $4.9M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $5M | 4 mo ago | — | 2021 | Sebastian Gajek Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 38 | ZenMate Encryption based secure browsing & VPN for business & consumers | $5M | 124 mo ago | 20 | 2013 | — | Cart FunctionalityBootstrapTrustpilot+14 | — | — |
| 39 | Ubitexx Mobile Device Management | $4M | 211 mo ago | — | 2002 | Markus C. Mueller ex-CEO | — | 3 patents IoT device provisioning and remote wireless configuration management | — |
| 40 | Cakewalk Identity and access management platform for security teams 21Talent top 28%Funding top 50%Tech bottom 45%Global bottom 37% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 50% Techbottom 45% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 21% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $3.3M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $3M | 13 mo ago | 8 | 2022 | Gonzalo Torrente Co-Founder | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesSegment+19 | — | — |
| 41 | Diligent AI based compliance management solutions for businesses 42AI top 30%Funding top 44%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 45% All 5 signals ▾AItop 30% Fundingtop 44% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 45% Marketbottom 37% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai based Funding: Raised $3.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $3M | 3 mo ago | — | 2023 | Edoardo Maschio Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 42 | Tenzir Provider of an AI-powered data pipeline for security data management | $3M | 29 mo ago | 14 | 2016 | — | DocusaurusVarnishReact+8 | — | 1 partnership |
| 43 | Nect Solutions for identity verification 72Growth top 28%Innovation top 30%Product top 32%Customers top 32% All 11 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Innovationtop 30% Producttop 32% Customerstop 32% Techtop 34% Patentstop 34% Talenttop 38% Moattop 42% Markettop 46% Fundingtop 49% Globalbottom 40% Growth: Headcount 40 → 85 (+112%) across vintages · Web rank 500,000 → 5,000,000 YoY Innovation: 13 patents (top 48% of patent-holders) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 4 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $3M | 14 mo ago | 85 85 → 103 (+21%) · sector median +25% | 2017 | Carlo Ulbrich Co-Founder & Chief Sales Officer | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | 13 patents Automated verification and integrity proofing of remote video recordings and live identification | — |
| 44 | Crypta Labs Quantum cryptography based security solutions for IoT applications | $2M | 83 mo ago | 10 10 → 11 (+10%) · sector median +25% | 2014 | — | WordPress Block EditorElementorCart Functionality+32 | — | — |
| 45 | Neuramancer Developer of software for detecting deepfakes and manipulated media 24Talent top 38%Funding top 45%AI top 45%Tech bottom 35% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 45% AItop 45% Techbottom 35% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 25% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $2.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $2M | 3 mo ago | — | 2024 | Anatol Maier Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+18 | — | — |
| 46 | TrustNXT Company that provides software solutions 57Patents top 37%Innovation top 40%Funding top 46%Talent bottom 49% All 5 signals ▾Patentstop 37% Innovationtop 40% Fundingtop 46% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 35% Patents: 7 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 7 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Innovation: 7 patents (top 61% of patent-holders) · 7 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $2M | 9 mo ago | — | 2024 | Sebastian Adank Co-Founder & Managing Director | — | 7 patents Secure cryptographic key management, data signing/decryption, and sensor authentication for IoT devices | 1 partnership |
| 47 | Staex Provider of a decentralized network for secure device connectivity and data monetization 16Innovation top 47%Patents top 50%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 43% All 8 signals ▾Innovationtop 47% Patentstop 50% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 43% Moatbottom 42% Fundingbottom 39% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 19% Innovation: 3 patents (top 83% of patent-holders) · 3 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Patents: 3 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 3 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $2M | 15 mo ago | 10 | 2020 | Philip Toepffer Co-Founder & CFO | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+10 | 3 patents Distributed messaging middleware for reliable message routing in networked systems | 1 expansion |
| 48 | NetBird Provider of zero trust network access and secure remote connectivity 48Growth top 28%Tech top 28%Funding top 47%Moat top 48% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Techtop 28% Fundingtop 47% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Productbottom 48% Customersbottom 46% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 28% Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 38 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $1M | 5 mo ago | 6 | 2022 | Maycon Santos Co-Founder & CTO | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+17 | — | 1 launch |
| 49 | heylogin Provider of cloud-based access management platform | $882K | 44 mo ago | 11 | 2018 | Vincent Breitmoser Co-Founder | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesPlausible+10 | 2 patents Secure server-side confidential data management and encryption key handling. | 1 partnership |
| 50 | MATVIS Provider of AI firewall for enterprise security and compliance solutions | $217K | 28 mo ago | — | 2023 | Nico Widmann Co-Founder & COO | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — | — |
Top 12 Cybersecurity companies in Germany
#1
Series A · Frankfurt Am Main, Hesse · founded 2020 · 40 employees$5.5Mraised▾
Series A · Frankfurt Am Main, Hesse · founded 2020 · 40 employees
Provider of cyber threat intelligence services, including risk and digital protection. The company delivers finished intelligence, augmented by analysts, to help anticipate cyber, digital, and geopolitical risks. It offers threat intelligence as a service, delivering insights that empower decision-makers. Services include digital risk protection, threat intelligence, and risk intelligence. The company provides monitoring of brand and supplier threats, helping to detect risks early and predict supply chain cyber attacks.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 35%Moat
top 39%Growth
top 45%News
top 45%Funding
top 50%Talent
bottom 49%Tech: 43 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Devops: Varnish
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 50,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 10k LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series A$8.6M
- Jul 2023Seed$5.5M
- 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
minimal vc, eCAPITAL, Elevator Ventures, BMH, Mercurius Private Equity
Tech stack
Animate.CssApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElementor
#2
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021$4.9Mraised▾
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021
Platform offering software for docker container security
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 27how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%Funding
bottom 49%Market
bottom 37%Global
bottom 36%Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $4.9M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Feb 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed$4.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Join Capital, Amadeus Apex Fund, Auriga Cyber Ventures
#3
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2023$3Mraised▾
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2023
AI based compliance management solutions for businesses. It is a platform for fraud and AML teams to automate and strengthen customer due diligence controls in the fintech industry. It focuses on fraud prevention and anti-money laundering compliance. It strengthens KYC procedures by verifying identity documents, conducting background checks, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 30%Funding
top 44%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 45%Market
bottom 37%AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai based
Funding: Raised $3.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Seed (Mar 2026)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Alma) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Seed$2.5M
- Jun 2023Seed$500K
Founders & team
Investors
Speedinvest, Shapers, Y Combinator
#4
Seed · Rosenheim, Bavaria · founded 2024$2Mraised▾
Seed · Rosenheim, Bavaria · founded 2024
Developer of software for detecting deepfakes and manipulated media. The software analyzes images and videos to determine authenticity and identify traces of artificial intelligence. It offers contextual analysis with explanations based on research methods. The software provides API integration for applications to automate image sorting.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%Funding
top 45%AI
top 45%Tech
bottom 35%Global
bottom 33%Market
bottom 25%Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $2.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Mar 2026)
AI: Product described with: artificial intelligence
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Seed$2M
Founders & team
Investors
Vanagon Ventures, Bayern Kapital, Lightfield Equity
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsComplianzHstsHttp/3Jquery
#5
Series C · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2018 · 36 employees$27Mraised▾
Series C · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2018 · 36 employees
Provider of AI-powered anti-money laundering and fraud prevention technology solutions. The company offers a unified platform designed for financial institutions and regulated entities. It helps streamline programs, reduce false positives, and detect risks. The platform includes transaction monitoring, customer risk rating, and screening capabilities.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 31%Growth
top 35%Talent
top 38%Moat
top 41%AI
top 45%Tech
top 49%Funding: Raised $27.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 7 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series C (Apr 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 22k LinkedIn followers — 7.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. financial crime ecosystem specialists) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Series C$56M
- Jun 2024Series B—
- Jan 2023Series B$17M
- Jun 2021Series A$10M
Founders & team
Investors
Sands Capital, DN Capital, BlackFin, Picus Capital, Coalition Capital, BlackFin Tech
Tech stack
AosApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare Rocket Loader
#6
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2024$6.7Mraised▾
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2024
Provider of AI-powered platform for social engineering and phishing attack simulations. The platform offers tools for threat intelligence, risk profiling, and attack simulations across multiple communication channels. It delivers security education with gamified elements and reporting to align with compliance frameworks. The platform aims to build a solid human firewall.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%AI
top 45%Funding
top 46%Tech
bottom 49%Global
bottom 48%Market
bottom 31%Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Product described with: ai-powered
Funding: Raised $6.7M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Sep 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Seed$6.7M
Founders & team
Investors
Peak, Fortino Capital, Merantix Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare TurnstileCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#7
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2021 · 22 employees$5.5Mraised▾
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2021 · 22 employees
Offers data privacy solutions. It is a privacy compliance system that enables continuous data and process discovery, regulatory compliance, and privacy automation. It features a no-code system integration that makes it possible to fully automate data privacy operations and demands, including deletion concepts and access requests.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%Talent
top 38%News
top 45%Funding
top 49%Tech
bottom 48%Moat
bottom 38%Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
News: 2 BI events in 12 mo (of 6 tracked, 1 types) · Top themes: Funding
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Series A$16.5M
- May 2023Seed$4.4M
- May 2022Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Investors
10x Founders, xdeck.ventures, Superlyst Ventures, Redstone, PI LABS, Seedandspeed
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCalendlyCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#8
Series A · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2015 · 37 employees$9.6Mraised▾
Series A · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2015 · 37 employees
Provider of cyber risk and vulnerability assessment solutions. It provides a cyber security platform that assesses cyber risks for protecting businesses against cyber attacks. It also provides solutions such as security assessment, digital purchase management, active risk reduction, etc.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 27how this company ranks against its industry peers
Moat
top 39%Funding
top 43%Market
bottom 43%Global
bottom 39%News
bottom 21%Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Funding: Raised $9.6M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series A (Jun 2025)
Market: 37 employees
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Series A$13.7M
- Apr 2023Conventional Debt—
- Jan 2023Seed$5.4M
- Jan 2022Seed$4.2M
Investors
Augmentum Fintech, Discovery Ventures, La Famiglia, Project A, IBB, Viola FinTech
#9
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022 · 6 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022 · 6 employees
Provider of zero trust network access and secure remote connectivity. The platform offers secure remote access, zero-config deployment, and seamless single sign-on with multi-factor authentication. It features dynamic posture checks, centralized network management, and detailed activity logging. The platform facilitates network segmentation, access control, and integration with identity providers. It supports various operating systems and cloud environments.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 28%Tech
top 28%Funding
top 47%Moat
top 48%Talent
bottom 49%Product
bottom 48%Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 38 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Nginx
Funding: Raised $1.2M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series A (Jan 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Series A$10M
- Dec 2024Grant (prize money)—
- Dec 2024Seed$4.2M
- May 2023Seed$1.2M
Founders & team
Investors
Nauta Capital, Antler, Rheingau Founders, Bmbf, InReach Ventures, Pace Capital
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDiscourseEmber.Js
#10
Seed · Harburg, Hamburg · founded 2024$1.9Mraised▾
Seed · Harburg, Hamburg · founded 2024
TrustNXT builds a trust infrastructure for digital media, providing innovative software solutions to safeguard digital photos and videos from unauthorized sharing. The company helps individuals, professionals, and businesses protect their image content and maintain control over its distribution. With its flagship product, origo, TrustNXT empowers responsible AI practices and addresses the growing concern of digital misinformation.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 37%Innovation
top 40%Funding
top 46%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 35%Patents: 7 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 7 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Innovation: 7 patents (top 61% of patent-holders) · 7 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21
Funding: Raised $1.9M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Sep 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 806 LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Materna) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Seed$1.9M
Founders & team
Investors
D11Z.Ventures, HTGF
#11
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021$5Mraised▾
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021
Cloud identity security platform. They help in eliminating the cloud permissions gap and maintain continuous security across multi cloud environments. The platform helps organizations detect, quantify, remediate and centrally manage identity and access risks. It provides activity-based access control, enforcing the principle of least privileges and access right sizing.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 32how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 45%Funding
bottom 48%Tech
bottom 47%Talent
bottom 45%Global
bottom 38%Market
bottom 28%Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $5.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Apr 2025)
Tech: 22 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Audience (LinkedIn): 26k LinkedIn followers — 9.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Seed$5M
Founders & team
Investors
Venture Friends, DFF Ventures, Leo Capital, APX, HEARTFELT_
Tech stack
CloudflareCookieyesGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#12
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022 · 8 employees$3.3Mraised▾
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022 · 8 employees
Identity and access management platform for security teams. The platform automatically discovers applications and monitors employee access through self-service workflows. Some of the features of the platform include regular access and vendor reviews, role-based access management, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 21how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%Funding
top 50%Tech
bottom 45%Global
bottom 37%Market
bottom 21%Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $3.3M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Seed (Apr 2025)
Tech: 22 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Seed$7.5M
- Jun 2023Seed$3.3M
Founders & team
Investors
Fly Ventures, Seedcamp, Possible Ventures, Kindred Capital, Vertex Ventures, Verena pausder
Funding & investor landscape
$868Mtotal disclosed funding
80companies funded
154disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Marco Riccardi
Founder & CEO · QuoIntelligence
Sebastian Gajek
Co-Founder & CTO · Enclaive
Andreas Walbrodt
Co-Founder & CEO · Enclaive
Edoardo Maschio
Co-Founder & CEO · Diligent
Anatol Maier
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Neuramancer
Anika Gruner
Co-Founder & Managing Director · Neuramancer
Tobias Schweiger
Co-Founder & CEO · Hawk
Wolfgang Berner
Co-Founder & CPO · Hawk
Julius Muth
Co-Founder & CEO · revel8
Tom Muller
Co-Founder & CEO · revel8
Kilian Schmidt
Co-Founder & CEO · Kertos
Johannes Hussak
Co-Founder · Kertos
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,110,885 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 rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany
How research on Cybersecurity is moving in Germany
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 423 Germany-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 19% → 27% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Technische Universität Berlin20
- Siemens20
- Technical University of Munich15
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg14
- German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence13
leading researchers
Wojciech Mazurczyk · Hans D. Schotten · Harald Baier · Daniel Fraunholz · Christoph Meinel · R. Krebs · Steffen Wendzel · Georg Carle
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Breakthroughs154 · 36%
▼ 38%→37% share
▲1.0× share momentum1 median citations46% since 2021mostly methods-led
Anomaly detection research is surging — papers tripled from 3 to 8, mirroring parallel malware detection growth across German institutions.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Protocol (science)3→8
- Set (abstract data type)1→6
- Anomaly detection3→8
- Malware1→6
- Identification (biology)2→5
Newly emergingTestbed 0→5
Landmark Accelerated deep neural networks for enhanced Intrusion Detection System · 203 cites
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Advancements143 · 34%
▼ 35%→32% share
▼0.9× share momentum4 median citations43% since 2021mostly methods-led
Covert channel research newly emerged with 6 papers, signaling intensifying focus on hidden-communication threats in German cybersecurity labs.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Malware2→6
- Denial-of-service attack3→6
- Security service2→4
Newly emergingKey (lock) 0→7 · Covert channel 0→6 · Artificial neural network 0→5
Landmark A structured approach to anomaly detection for in-vehicle networks · 177 cites
▼
Concerns91 · 22%
▲ 19%→23% share
▲1.2× share momentum2 median citations48% since 2021mostly empirical
Computer network vulnerability research is intensifying — papers doubled from 4 to 8 as concern-segment field-share rose to 23%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Computer network4→8
- Anomaly detection1→4
- Network packet3→4
Landmark An Overview of IP Flow-Based Intrusion Detection · 454 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany
Where cybersecurity is researched across Germany
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.
Munich29 · +0.57
Berlin27 · +0.50
Jülich/Bonn18 · +0.43
Aachen11 · +0.59
Karlsruhe11 · +0.35
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany
Who's filing cybersecurity patents in Germany
Germany cybersecurity patent filing is accelerating — 22,130 filings from 6,617 assignees (2016–2025), led by Siemens, Robert Bosch, SAP SE; annual filings 1408→2619.
22,130 filings6,617 assigneespeak 2644/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Siemens5710
- Robert Bosch2591
- SAP SE1548
- Infineon Technologies1449
- Bundesdruckerei1336
- Giesecke & Devrient1093
- Deutsche Telekom788
- SAP600
Common questions
How many Cybersecurity companies are there in Germany?
Radar tracks 519 indexable Cybersecurity companies headquartered in Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Cybersecurity companies in Germany?
The Cybersecurity companies in Germany on this list have raised a combined $868M in disclosed equity funding across 80 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in Germany?
LeanIX is the highest-funded Cybersecurity company in Germany, with $120M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Cybersecurity companies in Germany are funded?
80 of the 519 Cybersecurity companies in Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Cybersecurity unicorns are there in Germany?
None of the Cybersecurity companies in Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Germany Cybersecurity companies?
The most active investors in Germany Cybersecurity companies on this list include German Accelerator, HTGF, Europa, eCAPITAL, IFB Innovationsstarter.
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