Best Cybersecurity Companies in Norway
The 71 best Cybersecurity companies in Norway in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: IDEX.
- 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 Norway
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IDEX Developer of biometric authentication cards for access and payment security | $140M | 6 mo ago | 93 93 → 56 (-40%) | 1996 | Stan Swearingen CEO | 6 signals ▼40% Funding · Leadership | — | — |
| 2 | Zwipe A platform offering fingerprint-based biometric authentication solutions | $26M | 54 mo ago | 32 | 2009 | — | — | 252 patents Biometric smart‑card enrollment and secure manufacturing for mobile authentication | — |
| 3 | NEXT Biometrics Provider of fingerprint-based solutions for biometric systems | $16M | 31 mo ago | 27 | 2000 | — | 7 signals Contracts · Earnings | 107 patents Integrated oxide-semiconductor fingerprint sensors on displays and multi‑segment biometric sensing | — |
| 4 | Strise Tech Provider of AI-powered automation solutions for anti-money laundering and know-your-business | $16M | 33 mo ago | 15 15 → 37 (+147%) | 2016 | Patrick Skjennum Co-founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 5 | Whereby Cloud-based video conferencing software | $12M | 63 mo ago | 37 37 → 48 (+30%) | 2013 | Ingrid Odegaard Co-Founder | — | — | 1 launch |
| 6 | Mobai Biometrics based secure authentication solutions provider | $7M | 27 mo ago | 1 | 2019 | Brage Strand CEO | — | 3 patents Anti-spoofing facial biometric detection and privacy-preserving encrypted probe‑reference matching | — |
| 7 | Maxware Identity management system and virutal directory | $5M | 246 mo ago | — | 1998 | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Pone Biometrics Offering biometrics solutions | $3M | 22 mo ago | 3 | 2017 | — | — | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 9 | Northern.tech Developer of software for managing connected device lifecycles and security | $2M | 69 mo ago | 15 | 2017 | Nick Anderson Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 10 | Signicat Provider of identity proofing, authentication, electronic signing, and trust orchestration | $2M | 77 mo ago | 150 | 2006 | Arne Vidar Haug VP Business Development | 4 signals ▲100% Leadership · New product | — | — |
| 11 | Encap Security Cloud-based two-factor authentication and digital signing | $2M | 156 mo ago | 10 | 2007 | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | CYBR AI based platform offering pentesting solutions | $2M | 49 mo ago | 11 | 2019 | Amalyn Romero Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 13 | bitUnitor Platform offering blockchain solutions for secure data sharing and management | $2M | 76 mo ago | — | 2017 | Chunming Rong CEO | — | — | — |
| 14 | Confrere SaaS-based video calling and conferencing platform for professionals | $2M | 93 mo ago | 9 | 2017 | Svein Willassen Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 15 | Fynd Reality Cloud based enterprise collaboration platform for mixed reality | $609K | 39 mo ago | 16 16 → 28 (+75%) | 2017 | Knut Henrik Aas Chief Executive Officer | — | — | 3 partnerships |
| 16 | Diwala Provider of data security solutions | $200K | 96 mo ago | 4 | 2017 | Snorre Lothar von Gohren Edwin Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 17 | CUPP Computing Cloud based containerization based mobile anti malware for BYOD security | $200K | 187 mo ago | 1 | 2005 | Art Swift CEO | — | 146 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 18 | BankID Digital credentials for identification. | $193K | 38 mo ago | 20 | 2014 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Prosa Security Application security and compliance collaboration and management platform | $177K | 96 mo ago | 1 | 2015 | Erik Rosen CEO | — | — | — |
| 20 | Memkite On-Device image recognition based search for iOS | $100K | 144 mo ago | — | 2013 | Amund Tveit Founder | — | 2 patents Brain‑computer interface enabling real‑time neural search of digital information | — |
| 21 | CLTRe Cloud-based security vulnerability assessment and awareness | $59K | 108 mo ago | 2 | 2015 | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Promon Provider of mobile app protection solutions | — | 53 mo ago | — | 2006 | Tom Lysemose Founder & CTO | — | 12 patents Runtime security and protection for virtual machine–based software applications | — |
| 23 | Promon Cloud based app wrapping and RASP based mobile app security solutions | — | 53 mo ago | 54 | 2006 | Tom Lysemose Founder & CTO | — | 12 patents Runtime security and protection for virtual machine–based software applications | 1 partnership |
Top 12 Cybersecurity companies in Norway
#1
Public · Fornebu, Viken · founded 1996 · 93 employees$139.9Mraised▾
Developer of biometric authentication cards for access and payment security. These cards offer fingerprint authentication for physical entry, digital login, and payments. The cards are designed to integrate with existing identity platforms and payment systems. They provide security against phishing, AI-driven attacks, and unauthorized access.
- Dec 2025Post IPO$2.2M
- Jul 2025Post IPO$2.9M
- Sep 2024Post IPO$6.6M
- Nov 2023Post IPO$3.2M
#2
Series A · Oslo, Oslo · founded 2017 · 3 employees$3.4Mraised▾
Offering biometrics solutions
- Aug 2024Series A$3.4M
#3
Public · Oslo, Oslo · founded 2000 · 27 employees$15.8Mraised▾
Provider of fingerprint-based solutions for biometric systems. It provides users with a company produces active thermal sensing technology. Its product portfolio includes fingerprint sensor modules, fingerprint readers, aadhar products, and software kits. It can be used in smart card, government ID, access control, and notebook. It provides fingerprint sensor technology for authentication in the smart card, government ID, access control, and notebook markets.
- Nov 2023Post IPO$5.5M
- Feb 2021Post IPO$10.5M
- May 2020Post IPO$5.1M
- Jan 2019Post IPO$18.4M
#4
Seed · Norway · founded 2019 · 1 employees$6.8Mraised▾
Mobai is a biometrics-based secure authentication solutions provider. The product offered by the company is a facial recognition system. The features of the product include user data protection, secure data transfer, identity theft prevention, iris recognition, data security, and privacy, liveliness detection, detection of imposter attacks, continuous authentication, etc.
- Feb 2024Seed$2.8M
- Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$389.2K
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$3.2M
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$388.8K
#5
Series A · Oslo, Oslo · founded 2016 · 15 employees$15.6Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered automation solutions for anti-money laundering and know-your-business. It offers tools for UBO discovery, KYB/KYC onboarding, global business data screening, and perpetual monitoring. The company provides an API for AML automation and client-facing form design. It serves industries including banking, payment services, insurance, legal, audit, and asset management.
- Sep 2023Series A$10.8M
- Nov 2022Series A$3.3M
- Apr 2020Seed$1.5M
#6
Public · Oslo, Oslo · founded 2009 · 32 employees$25.8Mraised▾
A platform offering fingerprint-based biometric authentication solutions. It provides users with cardholders to register the fingerprints on the cards and wearables. It also uses the technology to develop contactless NFC-based payment cards and access cards. The fingerprint scanner on the straps of the wearables authenticates the user and confirms the payment. It provides next generation biometric cards for payment, physical and logical access control and identification solutions.
- Nov 2021Grant (prize money)$56.4K
- Aug 2021Post IPO$12M
- Sep 2020Post IPO$10.7M
- Apr 2019Grant (prize money)$5.4M
#7
Series A · Maloy, Vestland · founded 2013 · 37 employees$12Mraised▾
Cloud-based video conferencing software. It allows users to customize names, brands, and URLs of the meeting room with features such as recording chatting, whiteboards, sharing, and live reactions. It can be integrated with youtube and miro. It is a tool available on the subscription-based pricing model.
- Mar 2021Series A$12M
#8
Seed · Oslo, Oslo · founded 2019 · 11 employees$1.7Mraised▾
AI based platform offering pentesting solutions. AI governed social penetration test identifies where weak spots are, and then launches a conclusive simulation to press on those weaknesses. Through the support of a security engineering centre, users will be exposed to a full social engineering threat landscape.
- May 2022Seed$1.7M
#9
Seed · Elverum, Innlandet · founded 2017 · 16 employees$609.1Kraised▾
Cloud based enterprise collaboration platform for mixed reality. It develops systems for learning, training, and interaction. It also allows users to communicate via any device. The platform enables users to personalize their clients' AR and VR experiences, training, learning, and operational usage.
- Mar 2023Seed$609.1K
#10
Seed · Oslo, Oslo · founded 2017 · 15 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Developer of software for managing connected device lifecycles and security. Products include tools for server configuration management, over-the-air software updates for embedded systems, and remote access solutions for troubleshooting fleets of connected hardware. These technologies facilitate the deployment, maintenance, and security of systems throughout their operational lifespan. The software supports automated configuration, compliance monitoring, and secure remote connectivity for various industrial and embedded applications.
- Aug 2020Grant (prize money)$59.5K
- Sep 2018Grant (prize money)$2.4M
- Dec 2017Seed$2.5M
#11
Acquired · Trondheim, Trondelag · founded 2006 · 150 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Provider of identity proofing, authentication, electronic signing, and trust orchestration. The company offers solutions for identity verification of people and organizations using trusted sources. It automates compliant identity and risk workflows, manages access rights, and enables remote document signing. The company also provides data verification, ongoing monitoring, and orchestration for risk management and compliance.
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$64.4K
- May 2019Grant (prize money)$1.5M
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$1.7M
- Oct 2017Grant (prize money)$1.5M
#12
Acqui-Hired · Trondheim, Trondelag · founded 1998$5Mraised▾
Provider of identity management products and services which manages identity information across distributed directories, databases and other repositories. The company optimizes the lifecycle management of users and resources. It also provides virtual directory which enables a single access point to various data sources.
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 Norway
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 88 Norway-affiliated papers.
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology21
- Ministry of Defence14
- University of Oslo7
- Ministry of Transport7
- OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University5
- Intrusion detection system1→5
- Computer security1→4
- Computer security1→5
- Computer security8
- Network security2
- Honeypot2
- Server2
- Network packet2
Where cybersecurity is researched across Norway
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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