Best Cybersecurity Companies in Italy
The 126 best Cybersecurity companies in Italy in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: CY4GATE.
Tracking the best Cybersecurity companies in Italy by disclosed equity funding, this directory covers 126 ventures that have collectively raised $176M, with zero unicorns so far but some clear breakout names. Cyber Guru leads the pack at $29M raised, followed by Exein at $26M and Wallife at $17M. That top tier is doing real work: those three alone account for roughly 41% of all disclosed funding across the directory. The cybersecurity market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of around 10.99%, and Italy's cluster is positioning itself ahead of that curve, particularly in IoT security, identity protection, and behavioral analytics.
What's moving the sector right now? Government pressure, internet dependency, and the blurring line between physical and digital conflict are all accelerating demand. OpenAI's newly outlined cybersecurity action plan signals how seriously the AI layer is being taken at the infrastructure level, and Italian founders are paying attention. Instasafe's European expansion push is a reminder that inbound competitive pressure into this market is real. If you're mapping the Italian security landscape, the funding gap between the top five and the remaining 121 companies tells you everything about where consolidation is heading.
- Cybersecurity Market to Grow 15% between 2020 and 2026
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 Italy
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CY4GATE Provider of IT security suite services | $46M | 30 mo ago | Public | 493 | Emanuele Galtieri CEO | PHPMicrosoft AdvertisingjQuery+9 | — | 1 internship · 1 partnership |
| 2 | Cyber Guru Provider of security awareness training platform designed to transform user behavior | $29M | 19 mo ago | Series B | 77 | Gianni Rossi Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — | — |
| 3 | Exein Provider of AI-powered cybersecurity solutions embedded directly into device firmware 67Growth top 20%Funding top 27%News top 28%Tech top 30% All 11 signals ▾Growthtop 20% Fundingtop 27% Newstop 28% Techtop 30% Moattop 41% Patentstop 45% AItop 45% Innovationtop 46% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 34% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $25.6M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $26M | 6 mo ago | Series C | 26 | Gianni Cuozzo Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22 | 5 patents Runtime security policy enforcement for embedded IoT devices | — |
| 4 | Wallife Provider of workplace risk and safety management services | $17M | 1 mo ago | Series A | 45 | Fabio Sbianchi Founder & Chairman | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 13 patents Voice-based user authentication and recognition for mobile devices and IoT security | 1 partnership |
| 5 | Cleafy Provider of online platform for fraud management and prevention solutions | $11M | 3 mo ago | Series B | 52 | Nicolo Pastore Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowSalesforceAtlassian Statuspage+20 | 9 patents Network intrusion detection and mitigation using traffic analysis and threat identification | — |
| 6 | Gyala Provider of cyber security services | $10M | 3 mo ago | Series A | 27 | Andrea Historian Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+24 | — | — |
| 7 | DFLabs Automated cyber incident management and SOAR platform | $9M | 100 mo ago | Acquired | 30 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | 9 patents Automated cyber incident response, visualization, playbook generation, and digital evidence management platforms | — |
| 8 | Ermes Business Provider of real-time browser security solutions | $5M | 36 mo ago | Series A | 41 | Hassan Metwalley Board Member & Co-founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+30 | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch · 3 partnerships |
| 9 | YogiTech Supplier of agricultural and groundcare machinery, parts, and service | $3M | 176 mo ago | Acquired | 35 | — | — | 10 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 10 | MorphCast Facial Expression and Emotion Recognition AI platform | $3M | 118 mo ago | Seed | 7 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPress Site EditorWordPress+23 | — | — |
| 11 | TrueScreen Platform offering document verification solution 48Tech top 28%Growth top 35%Talent top 45%Product bottom 45% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 28% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 45% Productbottom 45% Fundingbottom 41% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 28% Tech: 42 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $3M | 20 mo ago | Seed | 21 | Fabio Ugolini Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — | — |
| 12 | Kee Square Solutions for biometric identification and tracking | $3M | 220 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Fabio Mazza CEO | — | 8 patents Computer‑vision based object recognition for virtual fitting mannequins in fashion retail | — |
| 13 | Cyberating Provider of a platform for cybersecurity risk rating and management | $2M | 15 mo ago | Seed | — | Niccolo Baldi Co-Founder & Head of Consulting Services | — | — | — |
| 14 | Equixly AI based solutions for API security | $2M | 6 mo ago | Series A | — | Alessio Piazza Co-Founder | JekyllApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+11 | 3 patents Automated detection of security vulnerabilities in application programming interfaces (API security) | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 15 | Mopso AI-based onboarding and AML solutions 8AI top 45%Global bottom 36%Funding bottom 35%Market bottom 20% All 4 signals ▾AItop 45% Globalbottom 36% Fundingbottom 35% Marketbottom 20% AI: Product described with: ai-based Global: Investors from 1 country beyond Italy rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 8/100 | $1M | 15 mo ago | Seed | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | ToothPic Provider of fingerprint-based biometric systems | $981K | 65 mo ago | Seed | 10 | Giulio Coluccia Co-Founder & CEO | — | 8 patents Secure encryption and key management methods for protecting confidential data on user devices | — |
| 17 | Muscope Risk assessment and rating platform for cybersecurity | $875K | 35 mo ago | Acquired | 2 | Maciej Mordasiewicz Founder and Head of Infrastructure | — | — | — |
| 18 | Emotiva Provider of an AI and cloud-based facial recognition platform for enterprises | $707K | 55 mo ago | Seed | 10 | Lorenzo Corbo Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+39 | — | — |
| 19 | Ermes Cyber Security Provider of web application firewall to protect website against cyber attacks | $673K | 83 mo ago | Seed | 43 | Stefano Traverso Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 20 | VoiceMe Decentralized identity and payment security solutions | $659K | 58 mo ago | Seed | 1 | Nicolas Musikas Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | 3 patents Voice-activated payment processing and transaction authentication systems | — |
| 21 | CyLock Platform offering anti phishing solutions | $542K | 22 mo ago | Seed | 10 | Alessio Salzano Co-founder and CFO | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | 2 patents AI-driven automated detection, testing, and remediation of software vulnerabilities | — |
| 22 | Security Pattern Provider of cybersecurity suite solutions | $521K | 44 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Filippo Melzani Co-Founder & CTO | WixSentryTypeScript+18 | — | 1 partnership |
| 23 | Bit4id Authentication, digital signature and cryptography tools | $517K | 42 mo ago | Acquired | 200 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+40 | 13 patents Secure hardware tokens and certification methods for decentralized digital identity and asset authentication | — |
| 24 | Minded Security Banking malware detector and client-side security vulnerbaility analyser | $496K | 57 mo ago | Acquired | 27 | Giorgio Fedon Co-Founder & COO | BloggerJavaPython+6 | 2 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 25 | Aspisec Provider of threat detection security solution for critical infrastructures | $420K | 101 mo ago | Acquired | — | Gianni Cuozzo Founder & CEO | — | 3 patents Fog‑based decentralized firmware integrity verification for IoT device security | — |
| 26 | Scytale Blockchain-based platform for digital assets security | $360K | 92 mo ago | Seed | 13 | Francesco Ghizzi CEO | — | — | — |
| 27 | Crime&tech Platform offering solutions to mannage crime risks | $282K | 55 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | ITRES Provider of AI-driven big data security and operational training solutions | $167K | 30 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Michele Turi Co-Founder & Partner & CEO | — | — | — |
| 29 | Olympos Consulting Provider of cybersecurity consulting, governance, compliance, and event monitoring services | $124K | 56 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Ozlem Aydil Kayserilioglu Company Owner | — | — | — |
| 30 | Unfraud AI and big data analytics based fraud detection in online business transactions | $112K | 104 mo ago | Deadpooled | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Secure Network Provider of cybersecurity services including governance, risk rating, and security assessments | $111K | 45 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+10 | — | — |
Top 12 Cybersecurity companies in Italy
#1
Series A · Rome, Lazio · founded 2020 · 45 employees$17Mraised▾
Provider of workplace risk and safety management services
- Apr 2026Series A—
- Jul 2022Series A$12.2M
- Feb 2022Series A$4.8M
#2
Series C · Rome, Lazio · founded 2018 · 26 employees$25.6Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered cybersecurity solutions embedded directly into device firmware. The company offers a platform that provides customizable cybersecurity solutions. It allows devices to identify threats and block attacks. The company’s analyzer informs users of device health and compliance.
- Dec 2025Series C$118M
- Jul 2025Series C$81.5M
- Jul 2024Series B$16.2M
- Sep 2021Series A$7M
#3
Series B · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2014 · 52 employees$10.7Mraised▾
Provider of online platform for fraud management and prevention solutions. The platform offers visibility into attacker behavior across web, mobile, and APIs. It detects threats across the spectrum, including application, account takeover, and authorised push payment scams. The platform analyses the entire user journey and correlates data across sessions. It integrates with security tools to balance risk, user experience, and operational costs.
- Mar 2026Series B$13.9M
- Sep 2023Series B$10.7M
#4
Series A · Rome, Lazio · founded 2015 · 27 employees$9.8Mraised▾
Provider of cyber security services
- Mar 2026Series A$4.7M
- Aug 2022Series A$5.1M
#5
Series B · Rome, Lazio · founded 2017 · 77 employees$29.4Mraised▾
Provider of security awareness training platform designed to transform user behavior. The platform delivers continuous, adaptive training integrated into daily work. It focuses on converting awareness into practical skills, equipping individuals with tools for immediate use. The platform offers real-time awareness systems and proactive support, enabled by an AI assistant specializing in cybersecurity.
- Oct 2024Series B$25M
- Jun 2021Series A$4.4M
#6
Series A · Florence, Tuscany · founded 2022$1.6Mraised▾
AI based solutions for API security. It offers a SaaS AI-powered virtual hacker to secure APIs. The platform helps developers and organizations create more secure applications by executing test scenarios based on the API risks. It also eliminate blind spots and increases security posture.
- Dec 2025Series A$11.6M
- Nov 2023Seed$1.6M
#7
Public · Rome, Lazio · founded 2014 · 493 employees$45.7Mraised▾
Provider of IT security suite services
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$216.8K
- Dec 2022Grant (prize money)$462.8K
- Dec 2021Post IPO$44.9M
- Jul 2020Grant (prize money)$29.7K
#8
Seed · Italy · founded 2024$2Mraised▾
Provider of a platform for cybersecurity risk rating and management. The platform offers analysis and real-time insights to help organizations manage risks. It strengthens digital resilience across their ecosystems. Services include risk scoring, detailed reports, and recommendations for threat mitigation and regulatory compliance. The platform helps companies assess and improve their security posture.
- Mar 2025Seed$2M
#9
Seed · Bologna, Emilia Romagna · founded 2022 · 21 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Platform offering document verification solution. Offers certification solution for various types of media content, including photos, videos, audios, documents, and screenshots. The solution help prevent fraud and disputes by providing indisputable evidence with legal value. It is used in industries such as insurance, banking, and cybersecurity to ensure reliable and secure data management.
- Sep 2024Seed$2.7M
- Apr 2022Seed—
#10
Seed · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2021 · 7 employees$1Mraised▾
AI-based onboarding and AML solutions
- Feb 2025Seed$1M
- Mar 2023Seed—
#11
Series A · Torino, Piemonte · founded 2017 · 41 employees$4.9Mraised▾
Provider of real-time browser security solutions. These solutions protect against data breaches and phishing attacks, safeguarding credentials across various devices. The offerings include browser security platforms, mobile security, and threat intelligence integration for enhanced incident response. A key feature is plug-and-play technology for seamless deployment and immediate protection, minimizing employee disruption. The technology utilizes AI and deep learning for real-time threat detection and blocking within the browser itself, going beyond simple website reputation checks. Additional offerings provide secure web engagement for both corporate and personal use.
- Jun 2023Series A$3.3M
- 2021Seed$1M
- Dec 2019Grant (prize money)$313.1K
- Sep 2017Seed$348.5K
#12
Seed · Rome, Lazio · founded 2021 · 10 employees$542.3Kraised▾
Platform offering anti phishing solutions
- Jul 2024Seed$542.3K
- 2022Seed—
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 Italy
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 332 Italy-affiliated papers.
- Polytechnic University of Turin26
- University of Pisa25
- University of Padua22
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia15
- Ministry of Defence14
- Intrusion detection system10→31
- Denial-of-service attack5→13
- Anomaly detection2→10
- Scalability1→9
- Network packet4→10
- Intrusion detection system13→21
- Exploit3→8
- Computer network2→4
- Malware1→5
Where cybersecurity is researched across Italy
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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